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* The original choice for Starbuck was [[IMDB-person:Don Johnson]], [[IMDB-person:Edward James Olmos]]'s <i>[[IMDB:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]</i> co-star. It was the intervention of [[Larson, Glen A.|Glen A. Larson]] that ultimately had Dirk Benedict cast; Johnson was too short for the role and didn't fit in to the cast as Larson envisioned. | * The original choice for Starbuck was [[IMDB-person:Don Johnson|Don Johnson]], [[IMDB-person:Edward James Olmos|Edward James Olmos]]'s <i>[[IMDB:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]</i> co-star. It was the intervention of [[Larson, Glen A.|Glen A. Larson]] that ultimately had Dirk Benedict cast; Johnson was too short for the role and didn't fit in to the cast as Larson envisioned. | ||
* The network ([[ABC]]) had ordered <i>Galactica</i> producers that if Benedict had smoked any more of the "small cigars" a.k.a. [[fumarellos]] he would be fired. They rapidly reversed the order as <u>female</u> admirers sent in many cigars to the studio and Benedict. | * The network ([[ABC]]) had ordered <i>Galactica</i> producers that if Benedict had smoked any more of the "small cigars" a.k.a. [[fumarellos]] he would be fired. They rapidly reversed the order as <u>female</u> admirers sent in many cigars to the studio and Benedict. | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 31 July 2005
Name: Starbuck
Rank: Lieutenant (Saga of a Star World) 2nd Class (The Return of Starbuck)
Parents: Chameleon (father)
Siblings: None
Status: Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Portrayed by Dirk Benedict
Biography
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Notes
- The original choice for Starbuck was Don Johnson, Edward James Olmos's Miami Vice co-star. It was the intervention of Glen A. Larson that ultimately had Dirk Benedict cast; Johnson was too short for the role and didn't fit in to the cast as Larson envisioned.
- The network (ABC) had ordered Galactica producers that if Benedict had smoked any more of the "small cigars" a.k.a. fumarellos he would be fired. They rapidly reversed the order as female admirers sent in many cigars to the studio and Benedict.
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