"Be a man": actors and roles. American TV series Being Human 2011

The film industry seemed to plunge into the mysterious world of magic and the supernatural. Series and films about vampires and werewolves, sorcerers and witches, ghosts and spirits began to appear, like mushrooms after the rain. And in the pursuit of "fashion" the plot line and the semantic load are often lame, but there are few interesting characters.

A good remake, an assessment of viewers and critics, has an American remake of the series "Being Human". His pilot series was launched in 2011. The series is shot in the spirit of a mystical thriller with elements of comedy. It has four full seasons, the latter was broadcast in 2014.

About the plot

The American series "Being Human" is not quite a typical story of supernatural characters: a vampire, a ghost and a werewolf. People are used to perceiving them with horror. Meanwhile, a group of friends living in the same house is trying with all their might to destroy the stereotype that has formed in society. In addition, that they endlessly confront their natural essence, friends try to help people in the investigation of crimes if possible. Creators of the series "Be a Man" (actors and roles are listed below in the text) decided to move away from the theme of the classic love triangle, in which there is a person, a werewolf and a vampire. Characters are more complex and contradictory, not having a positive or negative role in pure form.

Interesting Facts

• Toby Whitehouse - the creator of the series - in the original version called it "This Life". The main characters in it were a drug addict, an office worker with bouts of uncontrollable anger and a girl suffering from agoraphobia (fear of open space). T. Whitehouse added a mystical equivalent side to the characters later. The addict has become a vampire, the girl is a ghost, and the embittered manager is a werewolf.
• In 2008, the first pilot series of the original English version of "Being a Man" was launched on television screens. The US television series, whose actors are presented in the text below, came out much later, in 2011, and has four seasons.
• As already mentioned, the series is a remake of the British project of the same name, where the main roles were performed by Aidan Turner, Russell Touvy and Lenora Crichlow (pictured below).

Adaptation of the original version

The task of adapting the British TV series for North American television was set before a family writer and producer Anna Fricke and Jeremy Carver, who already dealt with mystical projects, taking part in the work on the script "Supernatural." They announced that the American version will have a difference from the British TV series "Be a Man". The US television series, the actors of which are little known to the domestic audience, retains the basic idea of the original source, but at the same time it is largely changed. In other words, the essence and the initial message remain, but they will be rethought and presented to the viewer a little differently. Writers also excelled in the fact that they introduced new characters into the project, which are absent in the British series, thus developing new story lines. The names of the heroes are also changed. It is noteworthy that the vampire in the American version is called Aidan. This is a reference to the English TV series, where the main role was played by the actor with Aidan Turner. According to D. Carver, he and his wife avoided viewing the original until the shooting of their own project was completed.

Casting actors

Casting began in 2010. The very first approved actor who signed the contract with Entertainment Weekly was Sam Witwer (June 22, 2010). He was chosen to be a charismatic vampire. The next were Meagan Rath (ghost girl) and Sam Huntinging (werewolf). After almost a month, the producers announced that the cast was joined by the star of "Lost" and "Supernatural" by Mark Pellegrino as the frightening creator of a suffering vampire.

"Being a Man": Sam Whitworth

The American actor of television and cinema, and also the musician to spectators is familiar mainly on a serial "Secrets of Smallville". From 2011 to 2014, he played one of the main roles in the project "To Be Human" - the vampire Aidan White. His 260-year-old character was converted during the American Civil War. Nowadays he works as an ordinary medical brother in a hospital in Boston. He struggles with his nature and has long ceased to drink blood from living people, getting it quite peacefully in the hospital.

"Being Human": Sam Huntington

American actor, known to the general public for roles in several serials, including the main one in "Being a Man". He was born in Peterborough and is a relative of the famous Ralph Bellamy. After the death of the last "Oscar" for high achievements in the film industry posthumously was handed to Huntington.

His character is werewolf Joshua Levison, who is very difficult to cope with his curse and bouts of anger. He trembles with anticipation of every full moon and tries to overcome animal instincts. Josh works as a hospital attendant at the same hospital as Aidan. In the third season, thanks to his lover, he manages to get rid of the curse for a while and return to normal "human" life.

Ghost Girl

The actress from Canada Meagan Rat performed in the series the role of Sally Malik, and to be more precise, her ghost. She is a frequent guest in the house, who shoot Aidan and Joshua. This is due in part to the fact that she once lived in it with her fiancé. Until a certain moment, they were happy, but once angered the owner of the house pushed Sally out of the stairs, as a result, the girl died, but the soul remained on the ground. Together with her friends, she tries to find a way to return to the physical environment and in passing helps them to solve crimes.

All of them in the American television series "Being a Man" are the actors of the main line-up. We also draw your attention to no less interesting characters who also spent quite a lot of time in the frame.

Nora Sergent is a werewolf girl

The role of the blond girlfriend, and later the wife of the werewolf Joshua, was performed by Canadian actress Christine Hager. Domestic audience, she is familiar primarily with participation in such films as "I'm Not There", "Aliens against a Predator: Requiem", "Particularly Dangerous" and "A Little Zombie".

Since the second season of her character began to appear regularly in the series. The girl works as a nurse in the same hospital. There she meets Joshua, young people flare up, but he is afraid to reveal her secret to her. In the end, the girl finds out and desperately tries to find a way to bring the guy back to normal life. The original image of the character is radically transformed by the end of the fourth season of the series "Be a Man". The actors managed to create bright characters on the screen, which prevent the spectator from being bored. They differ from the characters in the original version.

Marc Pellegrino

The star of the series "Lost" and "Supernatural" is not the first time playing a mystical role. He filigree maneuvered for 4 years between the image of Lucifer and the vampire James Bishop, filming two projects simultaneously. In the series "Be a Man" the actors were recruited rather quickly, Pellegrino came one of the last, decorating him with his presence. As a permanent character, he appears only in the first season, followed by episodic participation.

His hero became a vampire in the 15th century, after several centuries he turned Aidan, thereby becoming its creator. Currently working for the Boston Police Department.