Exclusive: 'Smallville' baddie joins Syfy's 'Being Human' remake

Not only is Sam Witwer totally wrong for the part of Mitchell, but Sam Huntington and Meaghan Rath are all wrong as well!!! The success of the British show is the likability of the three main characters. Not only is Mitchell a truly good person but he is adorably handsome. He is just beautiful! It is a delight to watch him act. Then there is George. His boyishly innocence is absolutely precious! And beautiful Annie is so motherly and endearingly sweet, but more importantly, these three lost souls truly love and need each other in a raw, nonsexual refreshingly honest way. These vital qualities will never work with the three American actors that have been chosen!!!! What are you thinking??????????????????

In the article, did they mean “vampire Mitchell?” because I’m quite sure Aidan was the actor’s name. Regardless, I loved Being Human, but I’m not so psyched about the US version. I’ll give it a try, and whether I stick with it will depend on the final product, I suppose. Definitely doing it for Crashdown, but hoping the American networks will spit up something new soon!

Why not just air the UK Being Human episodes and stop remaking stuff???

Can’t wait to see Sam Witwer as a vampire. He’s gorgeous, he’s a great actor, & what a body! He was so chilling as Marrow in Dark Angel, & now he gets to play a real vampire!

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Yeah.
MARK PELLEGRINOOOOOOOOO.

Dude’s amazing.

Whenever I tell people what Being Human is about, they pretty much laugh in my face. I mean really. A drama show about a werewolf, vampire and ghost living together? It’s sounds a little more than a bit hammy. The reason why the show works is the writing, the acting and the chemistry between the characters. Take those things away, which you are essentially doing when you remake the show with new actors and writers, and all you have is a concept that cannot survive on concept alone. I’m not saying that these actors aren’t good. I’m just saying that with something like Being Human, there’s a sort of magic that just /works/ with the original cast (though technically I guess they’re the second cast?).

I’m pretty convinced it will fail and be forgotten, as many remakes of the like have done, but what I fear most is success. I don’t care that no one over here knows about the show but if they only knew about the American version but still didn’t know anything about the original…that would just kill me.

The writer for this is from Supernatural and Sam Witwer can spin gold from crap. Just don’t know why it’s showing while the original is still on the air. But worldwide multiple ‘Offices’ are being produced in different countries/regions.

I have to agree. It’s kind of well… stupid to me that people are already being super critical. I have seen the first 8 episodes and I am captivated. I anxiously await every episode AND I am watching the original. They are BOTH really good.