I'd love you to, but alas I'm at work and can't risk getting too flustered

Oh how could I forget that smile and those eyes!

There's a sort of joy about Buckie, a zest for life.

And in this part the prouducer talks about why the network didn't want to hire Dirk!! But he wanted him to play Starbuck. And the rest is history!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCJbN...elated&search=


And it is in this part where the Dirk and Richard problem is talked about. Dirk tells it like it is...go Dirk!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtIZn...elated&search=

The narrator says "Richard was being a pain in the butt and Dirk doesn't really care one way or the other"!!
Last edited by Hera : 20-02-2007 at 11:50

Go Dirk

Ohh i can't stand Apollo...such a goody two shoes and cliched character!!
Starbuck kicks his butt in every department!!!

Thats the Dirk we know and love - tell it the way it is

What fools they were to not want Dirk for the part of Starbuck from the off! That part was made for him as Glen Larson said. I think I read in his book that he had a meeting with Glen Larson before the series started and he created that character for him. No-on else could have done it better

we get a very strong impression that Dirk is a very laid back character and doesn't give a **** about anyone and anything especially on set . He just seems like a fun guy to hang out with whether it was in the days of him being Starbuck, Face or the present day Dirk. He in one cool American dude!!

It must have stuck in the guts of the powers that be - the person they didnt want and were forced to have became the most popular out of the whole series

I think he knows there is more to life than work - which is all it is really, no matter how popular it becomes

I KNOW!!! The network were clueless muppets for not wanting him. Didn't he say it was the same with the A Team and the network. The A Team producers wanted Dirk to play the character but the network didn't agree ...but again he got his way and went on to become a star!!

I think there was huge pressure on Glenn Larsson to find someone else - in his book Dirk says they had actually started filming publicity shots for BSG without having decided on who should play Starbuck. Good for the producer for sticking to his guns

Just think how different it might have been if he hadn't stuck to his guns

He sure is When it came to his career you get the impression that he just goes along for the ride and his ultimate goal is to enjoy himself. What a great attitude to have. He went through so much before BG that by then I think his prime objection was to enjoy life to the full

I loved that tiny clip of Dirk on that food show with Richard Hatch and Lorne Green mucking about Shame we can't see the whole thing. I bet it was really fun

Yeah Larsson also said that the producer sent in an actor of their choice to the studio to play Starbuck and Larsson described him to be very short..something like 5ft 1 . Larsson knew straightaway that he wasn't the guy to play Starbuck, he compared the cast to look like something out of wizard of Oz lol . But that made Larsson more determined to get his man, Dirk, to play Starbuck.

I would love to find that clip. It looked like they were all having fun!! Dirk was enjoying the food on the show too.
Last edited by Hera : 20-02-2007 at 12:16

Your right, the same thing happened with TAT. Someone else did the pilot show and then they realised their mistake and Dirk was brought in for the actual series.

He's been told its because he doesn't want it enough! Because of his laid back couldn't care lesss one way or the other attitude the people in suits didn't like him the fools! They wanted someone who would suck up to them which isn't Dirk's style

It did look such fun Shall we guess what it was he was eating? Maybe rice or beans

Right I am off for a bit - see y'all laters

But that is what we all love about him...his laid back attitude to life!! He is the guy next door (i wish he was next door to me ) And for a celebrity (especially in the modern day time) he has no ego, he is down to earth and what you see is what you get with him.

On TAT thing, I seriously can't imagine anyone but Dirk playing the Faceman and i get the shivers thinking that another actor was close enough to play him.
Last edited by Hera : 20-02-2007 at 12:30

My bet is on rice!!


Bye RGWT!! Talk to you soon babe

Exactly thats what we all love about him. Apparently Don Johnson was considered for the part of Starbuck. I did like him in Miami Vice but the part of Starbuck was meant for Dirk and thank goodness at the end of the day he did play the part that was written for him and rightly so.

I can't see anyone else playing Faceman either. I'm getting the box set soon of Series 1-3 so will get the chance to see the man who played Faceman in the pilot eposide. That will be a strange experience I think

See you later RGWT

I am off too.

I will be back later on in the afternoon.

Bye Den xx

I'm off too - see you later Hera