Well, this sounds like a great news, doesn’t it? Simon Jones, the original Arthur from the radio and TV series, will play a small part in the Hitchhiker’s movie (but which one? That is the question). BBC apparently made an unvoluntary scoop on their Hitchhiker’s third phase radio series website, in Simon Jones’ biography, “Among his film credits are Privates on Parade; Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life; Brazil; Miracle on 34th Street (the 1994 remake); Twelve Monkeys; The Devil’s Own; and the forthcoming The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” MJ Simpson jumped on the news and here it is ! We can suspect that Robbie was speaking about Simon when Robbie Stamp wrote some weeks ago in his production update on the official blog that we should soon “look out for news about an old friend.”…. Of course we’re still waiting for the confirmation of Stephen Moore playing Marvin’s voice. Come on guys!
British magazine “Empire” has scooped the first picture with Martin Freeman (Athur) and Mos Def (Ford). This picture could come from the scene where they are knocking down Arthur’s house. Anyway the picture (thanks to Gusty who sent it to me) doesnt look like a picture from the movie, but rather a behind the scene picture taken while the actors were quietly chating just after a scene. of course they are dressed like the actual characters.
