Tristin is pretty young, so I suppose her fans are just as young? I don't think we were always that high spoken and self-determined at any young age. I wouldn't press too much concern over her followers. This will likely change if her popularity increases as I'm certain it will should the show become big and she attracts the viewers in more ways than one. She won't be the driving force of the show.

Agreed Denizen,

The same could be said of Justin Hires, too. He doesn't seem the brightest tool either?

But I don't like to think too much about the personality of an actor too much off screen, and once they perform well on camera.

For example, On H.50 the actor who plays McGarret, I found out recently is an Australian actor. But on screen, he plays an American war veteran....sublime! When I heard him being interviewed the other day I was shocked to realise he had such a strong Australian accent in real life. I must say kudos to him, and I couldn't believe it. Plays an American really well.

Ohhhh!!! so that's who the poster was referring to!!

I like Lucas' new hair! But I feel like I'm too old to drool over the new MacGyver; that's just wrong *lol*

Although, while he looks very young, he's only 10 years younger than I am. And I drooled over RDA when I was 12, so that age gap was even worse

Russell Snipes is still in the running for the position as photodouble / standin... via https://www.facebook.com/#!/russell.snipes.3?fref=ts

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Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional !

Enjoy drooling over Lucas, Dash - or if you prefer George Eads ?

I'd rather see brain candy... as-in intelligent and compelling story lines.

I have no respect for shows which use sex to try and sell it because the writing isn't good enough to hold peoples attention.

For now, I'll stay drooling over RDA *lol*. I seem to have a thing for RDA in Seasons 3, 4 and 6 - it doesn't even matter if it's MacGyver or Stargate SG-1...

And yes, brains are definitely sexy...

Please refrain from derogatory/distasteful comments remarks and posts such as referring to people as eye candy or posting photos to be discussed with sexual undertones.

Discussing IF someone has been hired as eye candy is different to saying/implying/discussing that they ARE eye candy.

Lets keep the caliber of our comments above the local teams changing rooms shell we.

Kiwitek, I think the new MacGyver series can achieve both. Have faith!

It works well for H.50 !

Totally agree with you!

Set building going down at the movie lot

Peter Lenkov reports !

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This looks very very familiar - could this be MacGyver's houseboat?

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looks like that's the outside of a house... see the chimney behind that scaffolding.

Obviously a set for some part of the show though.... maybe the family home?

Cool.

I reckon it's the inside of the houseboat we are seeing in that picture. But yes, I see chimney Kiwitek,

But if memory serves me correctly, MacGyver's original houseboat had a chimney in it, and it did possess a lot of wood which was of a similar colour. And he also had patio doors of a similar design too.

I distinctly remember Murdoc burning his name into his fireplace on the episode The Widowmaker.

So this could be MacGyver's houseboat albeit remodelled or reimagined.

"NO EXPENSE SPARED," I like it. I always knew it would be that type of show!

Yeah, I have to admit, it does resemble the houseboat. If it turns out to just be a regular house, then I think it was at least inspired by the houseboat.

Those are exactly the pics I had wanted to see when they started filming the unaired pilot. It's not spoilerish, but enough teasing to open up discussions.

I like it! It does remind me of the houseboat, although... would a young MacGyver have had enough money to live in a houseboat? But he does have a room-mate it makes even more sense now that he's named Wilt Bozer.

Of course, he'd have enough money, Dash? He's set up a clandestine organization within the US government. They surely must pay well, for him saving the world - ....even if it is one paper clip at a time

Hm... I thought he will only start building this organization during the first season, but who knows. He's MacGyver, he can build a houseboat from scratch with material found in a junk yard, right?

Anyway, Russell Snipes has definitely been cast as Lucas Till's stand-in. Don't know if he also will do some hand-double-stuff; but if CBS needs 5 auditions to cast Russell, they might another 3 sessions to find a hand-double *lol*.

Congrats, Russell!

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Delighted for Russell, he really wanted the role.

Well deserved!

They had the first table read today with all the actors present



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I cannot recall seeing these actors in any movies or series.

The actors in the show must have high prominence within the film industry to pull in a very broad audience considering this is a rebooted version of MacGyver. My sole concern is that the performing artists featuring in this reboot don't have any name in any respect. Lucas Till; I have no clue in which film or series he has featured. Geroge Eads; To my knowledge, he has only appeared in CSI. The rest are complete strangers to me.

Since this is a reboot, the cast will have an enormous influence on whether the audience favors it or not.

George Eads is the only actor I've actually seen on screen.

Lucas Till was in 3 of the X-Men movies, but he's not that famous (yet). I guess they save some money by casting more or less unknown actors so they can spend it on the locations, sets and action scenes... Also, they can appeal to a youngn audience (with Till and Hires) and to an older generation (with Eads).

They did the same with the original show: RDA wasn't an unknown actor, but not a movie star either. Since he was the only regular in the beginning, they only had to cast extras and had some more money to spend on the opening gambits and stuff.

That's a valid point, but I think RDA was pretty much unheard of to anyone except his fans when he first started too - certainly internationally anyway.

The 3 main actors have all been working pretty much non-stop just perhaps just not in international shows, but they all have long lists on IMDB.

All well know actors have to start off unknown and then they get their big break that rockets them to international stardom so maybe this will be their break.

True.

I actually prefer that I DON'T know these actors. It will make it easier for me to accept them as the characters they're playing, rather than always thinking, "Hey, that's the guy from [whatever]!"

And as far as drawing in a broad audience, I really don't think the cast needs to be well-known. MacGyver is a well-known brand, so that alone will draw people's attention. It's similar to (but on a MUCH MUCH smaller scale) how they were able to cast a couple of unknown actors as the leads in the new Star Wars movies, and still draw a huge audience.

I was expecting actors with a greater reputation to enter the cast. However, it would attract a larger audience desiring to view the series; with the already many negative remarks about this current casting, I had assumed bringing actors with prominence will increase the ratings and positive commentary. Sorry if my message did not come across clearly.

I understand your point, Miasma. I didn't put much thought into that... My mind was too focused on the amount of negativity aimed towards this reboot. The question remains... how can we find a solution to decrease this negativity? Bringing in actors who are recognized internationally may do the trick.

Most of those negative remarks you talk about have been from RDA advocates or people who judged the actors performance based on a 1.30-minute promo.

You know the old saying "You shouldn't judge a book by its cover" - well the same could be said of an actor's performance based on a short trailer.

I actually think if this show is as good as we all want it to be many of the nay-sayers will change their tune.

I think a lot of the current negativity is simple resistance to change. Like anything we get comfortable with something and can't see how it can be better and don't trust anyone to try. But then the new thing grows on us and we like it. I reckon this will be the same.