Here's an unexpected bit of news: Rain Wilson (Dwight Schrute from
The Office)
has been cast as that infamous scoundrel ("Entrepreneur!" He'd say) Harry Mudd in
Star Trek: Discovery. Yay? I can't really see him playing Mudd with the same presence as Roger Carmel did. Personally, I'd have gone with someone closer to Carmel's body type and appearance, but I'm going to assume that Wilson will be putting on some serious poundage for the role (a quick check on Memory Alpha shows that Mudd weighed 240lbs). I think this is more about name recognition than anything else because at this point, the show's cast doesn't have much of it beyond Jason Isaacs, Michelle Yeoh, and James Frain. Even Anthony Rapp is probably not that well known outside of musical theater, being famous for starring in
Rent.
I freely admit that I'm guilty of bias against
Star Trek: Discovery, so that's probably clouding my judgement of this casting choice.
What do you guys and gals think about Rainn Wilson playing Harry Mudd?
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