who plays lorne on angel?
Andy Hallett
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 Trevor Munson conceived the character of Mick Angel in 2004 and spent two and a half years writing a novel featuring the character . The story was adapted into a feature film script , and Bruce Willis was considered as a possibility for the lead role . The script was shown to Nina Tassler at CBS , who paired Munson with Ron Koslow , creator of Beauty and the Beast , to rewrite the script as a television series . The series was titled Twilight , and Koslow and Munson wrote the pilot , which Warner Bros. Television initially commissioned as a presentation lasting 14 – 20 minutes in January 2007 . Joel Silver and Gerard Bocaccio were hired to be executive producers on the project under the former 's production banner , Silver Pictures , in the same month . Alex O 'Loughlin and Shannon Lucio were cast in the presentation , and Rod Holcomb was hired as director . 

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 Mark Valley returns as John Scott . The actor stated that despite the character 's death in the pilot ; " I 'm going to be showing up in the first season . And , for a guy who died in the pilot , I consider myself pretty fortunate . " Actors who guest star in the episode include Ebon Moss @-@ Bachrach as Joseph Meegar , Max Baker as Jacob Fischer , and Marylouise Burke as Flora Meegar . The first season DVD contains a deleted scene of Olivia and Peter picking up the homing pigeons from a friend of his named Tony . Tony quietly mentions to Peter that his sister could use Peter 's help , but when asked , Peter refuses to tell Olivia more of the story . 

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 The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes sampled 23 reviews , and gave Angel Heart a score of 78 % , with an average score of 7 out of 10 . William Hjortsberg , author of Falling Angel , voiced his support of the film adaptation , stating , " [ Alan ] Parker wrote an excellent script and went on to make a memorable film . Casting Robert De Niro as Cyphre was a brilliant touch . " Although initially supportive of Bonet 's decision to appear in the film , Bill Cosby dismissed Angel Heart as " a movie made by white America that cast a black girl , gave her voodoo things to do and have sex " . 

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 Whedon followed Angel with the space western Firefly , starring Nathan Fillion , Gina Torres , Alan Tudyk , Morena Baccarin , Adam Baldwin , Jewel Staite , Sean Maher , Summer Glau and Ron Glass . Set in the year 2517 , Firefly explores the lives of the people who , on the outskirts of society , make their living as the crew of Serenity , a " Firefly @-@ class " spaceship . The series ' original concept progressed after Whedon read The Killer Angels , a book on the Battle of Gettysburg , and watched Outlaw Star , a space @-@ western anime that first aired in 1998 . 

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 Recurring characters who appear in " Laryngitis " are Kurt 's father Burt Hummel ( Mike O 'Malley ) , glee club members Santana Lopez ( Naya Rivera ) , Brittany ( Heather Morris ) , Mike Chang ( Harry Shum , Jr . ) and Matt Rutherford ( Dijon Talton ) , school reporter Jacob Ben Israel ( Josh Sussman ) and AV club president Lauren Zizes ( Ashley Fink ) . Rizwan Manji plays Dr. Gidwani . Zack Weinstein guest stars as Sean Fretthold , a football player who was paralyzed below the upper chest after injuring his spinal cord at C4 in an accident , similar to the actor 's injury in real life . Sean is the second wheelchair @-@ using character to appear on Glee . In November 2009 , the episode " Wheels " attracted criticism from disability advocates , who called attention to the fact that disabled character Artie Abrams is played by able @-@ bodied actor Kevin McHale . Weinstein defended McHale 's casting , opining that if he was the best auditioning actor for the role , then his ability to walk should be irrelevant . However , Weinstein also stated he " would like to see wheelchair users given the chance to audition and be seriously considered for roles that aren 't specifically written for someone with a disability . " Weinstein revealed that he wished he had auditioned for the role of Artie , and that Glee was his favorite show . Around February 2010 , Weinstein 's agent got him an audition to play Sean , and within a week and a half , he learned he had got the part . Glee was Weinstein 's first professional acting job . He called the twelve hours he spent filming his scenes " twelve of the most important hours of [ his ] life " . 
