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"Law & Order: Los Angeles" is scheduled to begin filming in about four weeks -- but before it can do that, the show has to hire its cast.Several actors -- among them Dylan Walsh, Skeet Ulrich, James Van Der Beek and Michael Ealy -- have either read for or been courted for the show's two detective roles, according to Deadline.com. Dean Cain and Michael Rapaport are in the mix as well, and Lucy Liu might be targeted to play their boss at the LAPD.
Those six guys could make for some intriguing combinations -- we'd be most intrigued by a combination of Walsh ("Nip/Tuck") and either Ulrich ("Jericho") or Ealy ("FlashForward") -- but we're even more interested in who you'd like to see on the show.
We're just spitballing, but we could see someone like "Scrubs" star John C. McGinley or "Dollhouse's" Harry Lennix as the older detective, and "Three Rivers'" underrated Daniel Henney as the younger partner.
The courtroom side of the equation is still an open question. NBC and "L&O" executive producer Dick Wolf are reportedly looking for a pretty big name to play lead prosecutor Peter Morales; no one's been mentioned as his assistant yet. The first name that springs to mind is Edward James Olmos -- he and Wolf even worked together before, when Wolf was a writer and producer on "Miami Vice" -- but we're not sure if he's in the market for another series.
So let us hear your ideas: Who should star in "Law & Order: LA"?
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James Van Der Beek, John C. McGinley and Dean Cain... I'd watch that.
Captain - Dean Cain
Older Cop - John C. McGinley
Young Partner - Patrick Flueger
D.A. - Linda Hamilton
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I like anything with Skeet Ulrich in it. He'd be good in a Law and Order setting.
It's Daniel Henney, not Tenney
Have Sam Waterson's Jack McCoy transfer from NY to LA...this would give the new L&O show some cred.
Okay, the idea of Lucy Liu on a Law & Order--on the cop side, no less--is pretty hysterical. Nip/Tuck ruined Walsh for a few years. I like the idea of Patrick Flueger, as well as Lennix. I can't imagine there'd be enough character work in a show like this to interest Olmos.
How about simply MORE WOMEN. And please, no Dean Cain. PLEASE.
James Van Der Beek.
No question. He was brilliant in Rules of Attraction and was amazing on Mercy.
Lucy Liu would be fun too!
I'm with Matt. I'd also like to see Richard Belzer(Det. Munch on SVU) make the move to L.A. He's seriously underused and he's filled in as acting Captain on a few episodes for Capt. Kragen. He's ready for a promotion and a bigger role. He should play the boss instead of Lucy Liu. James Van der Beek and Dean Cain would be cool as the Detectives. As for the ADA's, I'd like to see Debra Messing, Keri Washington, Courtney Thorne Smith or Sarah Michelle Gellar.
RICHARD BELZER boss- I like! (although could be fun to have a female bossing people around)
JAMES VAN DER BEEK for detective- (had to see him on Mercy to get this- if you did, you'll see it's perfect)
KERI WASHINGTON for ADA- awesome!
This show COULD BE fantastic!