In a week where casting notices were promised almost every day, Veronica Mars director Rob Thomas has come through the last two days, announcing the casting of Francis Capra as Weevil yesterday and Daran Norris returning to play Cliff McCormack in the feature film adaptation of the cult hit TV series starring Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring.Each of the two actors has a “welcome back” video, embedded below. In each, the actors thank the fans who backed the film via Kickstarter, successfully resurrecting the franchise after nearly a decade on ice.Norris also wrote a note to supporters, which you can read below.
I think I’m in the movie. We’ll find out!
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In the meantime, since we’re all friends here, I wanted to share one of my favorite memories from the show. I was shooting a scene with Kristen and Rico. It was the week before Thanksgiving, and Kristen mentioned that someone was making a “turducken.” Rico made an “mmm” noise, and I made an “eww” noise.
Rico: “Daran, you don’t like Turducken?”Me: “I don’t eat anything that starts with ‘turd’.”Rico got the giggles, which gave me the giggles. Then I made it worse by claiming that a turducken is “actually just a roast duck stuffed with turds.” Rico and I could barely keep it together when we finally shot the scene, while Kristen remained the consummate professional. Juvenile? Perhaps. But in our defense, it was very late on a Friday night after a long week.
