On another planet
Bill joins Hitchhikers movie
Bill Bailey has joined the cast of the Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy movie.
The comic will provide the voice of the sperm whale, who suddenly finds himself plummeting towards a strange planet after it is suddenly summoned into existence miles above its surface
The whale is created from one of two nuclear missiles (the other turning into a bowl of petunias) when the Infinite Improbability Drive is engaged, and ponders its existence in the few seconds of it that it has.
Director Garth Jennings has confirmed Bailey’s participation in the film, and also that Alan Rickman will provide the voice of Marvin, the paranoid android.
The movie, which stars Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent is released in Britain and the US on May 6.
Other stars include John Malkovich as religious cult leader HummaKavula, Anna Chancellor as QuestularRontok and the League Of Gentleman’s Steve Pemberton as the officious Mr. ProsserPublished: 8 Feb 2005
