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		pndy on Sept 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The IT Crowd US Pilot (2007) [video] > the US Red Dwarf pilot Terry Farrell got role of Cat in the 2nd attempt for pilot, a year before arriving in Deep Space Nine as Jadzia Dax

denton-scratch on Sept 22, 2022 [–]

Why would they re-cast Cat? In the UK version, he spoke with a US accent. (Maybe that's it - Cat was a stereotype of a black american street dude, and perhaps that stereotype only works for brits).

pndy on Sept 22, 2022 | [–]

I guess they thought they wouldn't sell this show in the US if it would have all-males cast

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