Weird Trivia

[ebony14]

Jeffrey Combs, everyone's favorite faceless vigilante/mad doctor, was cast to play a character named Wilbur in "The Dunwich Horror". As the only character named Wilbur in that story is the infamous Wilbur Whatley, who is supposed to be almost 8 feet tall at the age of 15, when a dog tears his throat out, I find that Hollywood is once again playing fast and loose with the literature. Not surprising, but interesting that they'd pick Combs.

I bet he'd do a pretty creepy Wilbur, though, even if he isn't the hulking monstrosity described by Lovecraft.

Comments

[hermes-wade.livejournal.com]

And racist Andorian...don't forget his turn as the racist Andorian!

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Hey, better than Dean Stockwell.

And... um... you're not gonna find too many people in Hollywood who fit Wilbur's physical description. In this day and age, though, that doesn't mean that the Wilbur we see on the SCREEN won't.

I can't think of anyone who'd play a BETTER Wilbur Whately, though.