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Everything We Know About 'Murderbot' TV Series (So Far) | The Mary Sue (www.themarysue.com)
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I've just finished reading the last of the books, and I'm pretty excited to see what they do with the series.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's a tough role to cast, since the books never describe what Murderbot looks like at all, beyond "has a face" and "has short hair but no body hair" and "some organic parts on arms but not on legs". And Murderbot can pass as human if someone doesn't know what SecUnits look like. No indication of height, build, complexion, features, nothing. So anyone they cast is going to look wrong to a bunch of readers because their mental pictures can vary so widely.

Mine is somewhere between Gwendolyn Christie and Robocop. But I like Alexander Skarsgard and I'll definitely watch this. He has a good "I am 100% done with everyone's nonsense" expression, which is vital.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

He has a good “I am 100% done with everyone’s

nonsense” expression, which is vital. Honestly, that's the key quality for me: someone who can pull off the social anxiety and the disgust with humans while also clearly caring for at least some of them.