Series 10 Casting Discussion

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(28-11-2010 01:24 PM)binkie Wrote:  

(28-11-2010 12:07 PM)Nitrus Wrote:  Can we please not let this thread be hijacked by the Lucas storyline.

The problem with this perfectly reasonable instruction is that the writers of season 9, in issuing the "confrontation which will change Section D forever" edict, have more or less hijacked their own cause. It is possible that only the fine old-fashioned distraction technique of stunt casting will save them now. Perhaps some tedious sleb with an ill-advised desire to try acting can be wheeled in to play the part of the anti-Harry while the investigation gets underway. I'm going for national-sweetheart (apparently) Cheryl Cole, in the role of a world class Secret Service officer, operating so far under the radar she has been able to pass for years as a shiny singing star, but has now returned to The Grid to fulfil her destiny as Cheryl-Ace-of-Spies. It could work

Please not another 'Maya'! Luckily for herself CC has just got a 7-figures contract in USA, so she should not be around at the time of filming season 10..
What season 10 needs is a good casting for the Section Chief (Alec will be around as IA expert defence for Harry, I hope) and set the stories for Dimitri and Beth, if there is a plan for a season 11...
If season 10 is the last, then I see max 6 episodes filmed, with 3-4 cases or an arc-long one (Nightingale/Yalta?) solved, and no return of Tom or Zoe or other previous agents from the past.