Re: Gretchen Mol joining "Life On Mars"



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Exclusive! Gretchen Mol in Final Talks for Life on Mars

"She's almost signed."

That's what inside sources tell me about the casting of ingenue
Gretchen Mol on ABC's high-profile new series Life on Mars-that she's
in final negotiations to play Annie, a possible love interest for
leading man Jason O'Mara (most recently of Grey's Anatomy, which will
serve as a lede-in to Mars).

The deal is expected to close tonight or tomorrow, and if/when it
does, Mol will join O'Mara, Harvey Keitel and Michael Imperioli in the
cast of the U.S. remake of the hit British series about a detective
who gets hit by a car and winds up in the year 1973.

Mol's character, Annie Cartwright, is a pretty, young policewoman in
the '70s who helps Sam Tyler (O'Mara) acclimate to his new world. In
return for making him feel at home (not to mention, less like he's
cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs), forward-thinking Sam helps Annie get ahead in
the male-dominated police department.

Want more dish on Life on Mars, the U.K. version of which is easily
one of the smartest series I've ever seen? Press play below on my
one-on-one interview at Comic-Con with O'Mara and executive producers
Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (whom we already know and love from
October Road).

Mars premieres Oct. 9 at 10 p.m. on ABC.

Meanwhile, do you agree that Gretchen's a good fit? They make a pretty
hot couple, no?

Never cared much for her myself, meaning the acting not the person. I would have liked Sophia Miles better. Actually I liked Rachelle Lefevre in the original pilot. I'm not sure Jason O'Mara is right for the Sam Tyler character. I don't think he has a lot of range. He plays the same character most of the time imho. Meaney has also been ousted for Keitel, has he not? I thought he was right on in the role. I don't expect this series to make it, but maybe it'll surprise. I'll likely watch the remake of the British Eleventh Hour over ER and the remake of LOM.

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