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Cast As Rudy In 'Misfits'


Bleeding Cool told you that Robert Sheehan would not appear in Series 3 of Misfits, his exit being shown in an upcoming online-only mini-episode.

Taking his place in the sixpack of young offenders that make up the hit superfiction drama, starring unempowered underclass given superpowers who use them in no way like superheroes, Rudy is a new young man given community service, played by Joe Gilgun, off of Emmerdale, Harry Brown and This Is England.

And with everybody’s powers changing thanks to power dealer Seth (and the walking reset button power of Curtis being taken off the table permanently, given to someone trying and failing to kill Hitler), the shape of series three, starting filming now, is up in the air.

Channel 4 tells us:
New kid on the block Rudy gets a rude awakening in his first few days of community service, learning that with the keys to the infamous locker comes a great deal of running and screaming and, in some instances, bloodletting. But that really is the least of his worries. More pressing is just how to keep his secret superpower, well, secret. And is it super? As in from the A- List?

Source: "]http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/05/09/misfits-casts-new-member -joe-gilgun-as-rudy/

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He's got a bloody hard (if not impossible) task ahead of him. Don't envy him.

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I know. Most people already dislike him just for getting the role. I guess we'll have to wait and see what he does with it. He may even be better than Sheehan.

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So long as the writers have created a decent character who is funny in his own right and not a Nathan replica, I think he could be great. Poor lad though - some people will be against him before he starts!

Robert Sheehan chose to leave. So what if Joe's not as "pretty". Hope they give him a chance.

Says one who will really miss Nathan...

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F-ck the naysayers... I'm rather excited. After all, Sheehan decided to leave. He did a great job, no doubt, and could make you laugh or cry within a few minutes of each episode. However, as the saying goes, "you can't polish a turd," and with that I give credit to the whole crew behind the show; they deserve it. It's not all Sheehan.

"My Goldmember has the Midas touch."

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Yay! I'm so glad he's the new guy in Misfits coz then maybe the loss of Robert Sheenan won't hurt so much in the sense of someone for me to drool at through the episodes. I just hope someone gets some funny quotable lines coz I did think Nathan got to say the best parts.


Nathan was a dick but at least he was a funny one

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Best character(s) EVER.

What clichés? Thats a word the wannabe critics use when they want to whinge.

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