Edward James Olmos, the man who is now known as Admiral Adama in the greatest television show in history, the new Battlestar Galactica, actually got his name established for his supporting role in the Miami Vice TV show as the rugged and battle scared Lt. Martin Castillo. Man he was amazing in that show.
Well now the new Miami Vice movie is about to be released, and while at Comic-Con someone asked him if he was ever asked to be involved in the new film. His answer is really interesting:
“I have not seen it and I have not been involved in it all. [Mann] asked me to be in it. They asked me to do but I couldn’t. I’m inside of Battlestar so I opted not to juggle them. If I hadn’t been working and they offered it to me and I read the script and I enjoyed it, I’d be in there in a second. For sure”.
Wow! So they did in fact ask him to be in it? That would have been cool to see. For these TV-to-Movie projects, I much prefer to see new lead actors… otherwise it’s not a movie… it’s just a TV show reunion. But to have one or two of the side characters in their former roles is a nice way to add authentic feel while not distracting from the “newness” of the incarnation. (VIA)
