Ask me no more, for fear I should reply;
Others have held their tongues, and so can I,
Hundreds have died, and told no tale before:
Ask me no more, for fear I should reply —
How one was true and one was clean of stain
And one was braver than the heavens are high,
And one was fond of me: and all are slain.
Ask me no more, for fear I should reply.
-- Alfred Edward Housman
"It's going to be tight and quite tender for the next few days, so, bed rest. And my finest broderie anglaise notwithstanding, don't exert yourself overmuch."
"The girl's still missing, I've got to get back."
Road trip from Leicestershire especially to see James Bradshaw in Cash on Delivery at The Mill at Sonning near Reading.
My goodness, was it worth it! I laughed til I cried. I was a goner as soon as he fell through the door onto his knees within the first few minutes. Absolutely helpless.
What if - the original Inspector Morse was remade with Shaun Evans
Shaun Evans is now 45, so older than John Thaw had been when he first played Morse in the eponymous TV series. Of course, Shaun looks much younger than Thaw did at the time, so let's assume any remake will not happen for at least another 5 years.
But for the sake of argument, let's imagine at least the 13 original novels by Colin Dexter are remade as TV movies between maybe 2030 and 2035. What would the cast look like?
The cops:
Morse would of course be played by Shaun Evans as mandated in Colin Dexter's will.
Strange? Given that Sean Rigby is almost decade younger than Evans IRL, gotta wonder if a different actor would be needed...
Lewis? This is where it gets really interesting because the series could revert to the older Lewis in the books, or stick with the younger one (especially since Endeavour made it a point to mention "A young police cadet, Robert, in Newcastle" in the context of murder victim Andrew Lewis in S9). If keeping with the younger sidekick, perhaps Niall Wright (Callum McCarthy in Hope Street) might fit the role?
The docs:
Max is a no-brainer, with James Bradshaw reprising the role.
Grayling Russell could be dispensed with, as could the fill-in pathologists in the later series of the original IM until Hobson came on.
Laura Hobson - I would love it if someone like Emily Blunt played her, thought that would require a fundamental rethink of Laura as Max's protege and a young pathologist just starting out as ME (which would put her in the mid-30's age range at her first appearance). With Emily being pretty close to Shaun's age (actually just a touch older), that wouldn't work... BUT it would make the flirtation between Hobson and Morse more believable. Or maybe Dakota Blue Richards could transform from Shirley Trewlove to Laura Hobson? She would be the right age, most certainly has the sass to carry off the style espoused by Clare Holman, and was a perfect foil for Shaun in Endeavour...
Other casting ideas for the series that might never be made (tbh, I am not sure if that would be fortunate or otherwise)?
