From the Serenity to the Stargate to the V? Obviously the first thing you need to do when you’re casting for a new V TV show is to get someone who can pull a Diana, the original female leader of the space lizards. And if you can’t get Jane Badler to come back (she’s still around, right?), maybe Morena Baccarin is the next best thing.
THR has Baccarin’s casting in the new V TV show and her character:
“V,” from WBTV, is a re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about an invasion of aliens known as Visitors and the resistance against them. The ICM-repped Baccarin will play Anna, the leader of the Visitors who is remarkably knowledgeable about human culture and media manipulation.
Obviously Jane Badler’s shoes are big, but Morena Baccarin has that ethereal quality about her that sort of makes her perfect for roles where she’s not required to, well, act too human. Heck, she’s already played an alien in the Stargate franchise, so this won’t be that much of a stretch. Plus, she has the genre cred with the geeks, so that’s always a plus when you’re trying to nab that elusive species of men.
Below: Check out our Sci-fi Babe Spotlight on Morena.
