The New Dad’s Army Cast Certainly Look The Part!
October 28, 2014 by brennon
I imagine some of you might have see these images already but it's quite cool for us to finally see some of the images of the new Dad's Army cast! Toby Jones, Bill Nighy and Catherine Zeta Jones head up the new cast!
The top image shows off the whole bumbling crew and they look great. They seem to have got the character and actor choices just right and I think it's going to be awesome seeing how they portray these legendary personalities. I would hope that it doesn't just feel like they are imitating the old cast and they are able to put their own spin on things too.
Toby Jones is a great actor and if you haven't already I urge you to watch a comedy on BBC4 called The Detectorists. It's very funny, in a very British way, and has a bit to do with history if you fancy that angle too.
Are you still excited for the return to Walmington-On-Sea?
Massive shame that they chose not to film in Thetford (The original Warmington-upon-Sea) and location of the Dad’s Army museum. Still the museum has loaned them the original “Jones’s Van” for the filming.
I grew up in Thetford, so the absence of the familiar locations is a real disappointment. A lot of the back roads they used are still much as they were.
Didn’t know you were a Thetfordian! Still I look forward to the new series, the cast is very strong but they have so much to live up to.
Who do they think they are kidding…. Mr Hitler?
They look like a bunch of Dad’s Army cosplayers, or some alternate reality version of the cast. And Tom Courtenay (behind Tobey Jones on the left) looks more like Captain Mainwaring than Captain Mainwaring does!
Watching actors trying to act like other actors is going to be painful to watch, like some feature length impressionists show. I’ll have to see them in action before I’m convinced.
why is the question i ask myself? the cast is great and it should based off that be pretty good but did it need making.
They don’t look too bad now that I’ve seen them in full costume. 🙂 Wait a minute is that a beardless Dumbledore [Michael Gambon] I see on the far right?
yup that’s Gambon at the end.
Have a small box set of the original shows, it is really hard to find this great show here in the States.
The really good thing about Zeta-Jones being in the film is that there is a chance of a run in North America.
i think they look great, looking forward to the movie, they will do it proud 🙂