I love "Big Bob" and he did fine work as Pug but I read Herman Wouk's novels before the mini-series was made and while I was reading I could only picture Glenn Ford as Pug Henry. It took quite a few episodes before I got used to Mitchum, and as you can tell it's 2005 and I still haven't gotten over it.
Anyone else do pre-casting while they read and how did you feel about the actors (that is, besides prefering Seymour and Bochner to McGraw and Vincent)?
Jane Seymour has the radiance of a sleeping pill (I tried to watch "Dr. Quinn", but had to give up). I love the first 7 episodes of Herman Wouk's master piece, but had to fast forward through the Jane Seymour scenes in the continuation of the mini series. I watched them once in 2006, but couldn't watch them a second time.
I think if Dan Curtis had started with the continuation one or two years after WOW, Ali MacGraw and Jan-Michael Vincent (who both come across as very young looking considering their real age) would have been perfect. They were perfect in the 7 parts of WOW.
Rhoda went on my nerves, Natalie never did. And Byron was very handsome.
I love responding to posts that are over 15 years old.
I saw the mini series as a kid and then much later read the book, so I first saw Mitchum as Henry. It is celebrated casting. This is a mini series that is so ripe for a remake.