|
''Veronica Mars'' is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Balancing murder mystery, high-school and college drama, the series features social commentary with sarcasm and off-beat humor in a style often compared to film noir. Set in the fictional town of Neptune, the series starred Kristen Bell as the title character, a student who progressed from high school to college during the series while moonlighting as a private investigator under the wing of her detective father. The first season had seven regular characters. As Thomas had conceived the show as a one-year mystery, he decided to introduce and eliminate several characters in order to create an "equally fascinating mystery" for the series' second season. Thomas needed "new blood" since he felt unable to bring back the Kanes and the Echolls and "have them all involved in a new mystery". The third season features a cast of ten actors who receive billing,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Veronica Mars'': Season 3 )〕 an increase from the nine actors in the second.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Veronica Mars'': Season 2 )〕 Three of the regulars in the second season are written out of the series, two new characters are introduced and two others are upgraded from recurring roles. ==Main characters== Kristen Bell portrayed the titular Veronica Mars, a high school junior and skilled private detective. Bell was chosen to play Veronica Mars from more than 500 women who auditioned for the role. Bell felt that it was "just luck" that Rob Thomas saw that "I have some sass to me, and that's exactly what he wanted". Bell thought that it was her cheerleader looks and outsider's attitude that set her apart from the other women who auditioned. Teddy Dunn portrayed Duncan Kane, Veronica's ex-boyfriend and Lilly's brother. Dunn originally auditioned for Logan, but ended up portraying Duncan Kane.〔 Dunn left the series midway through the second season because Thomas felt that the Logan-Veronica-Duncan love triangle had run its course. He needed to put "other guys in her life" to keep the series fresh and attributed Dunn's removal to fan interest in the Logan-Veronica relationship, saying "it became clear that one suitor won out".〔 Jason Dohring played Logan Echolls, the "bad-boy" 09er son of an A-list actor. Dohring originally auditioned for the role of Duncan Kane. After his audition, the producers asked Dohring to audition for the character of Logan, who at the time was only going to be a guest role in the pilot. Dohring felt that his audition for Duncan "was a little dark",〔 and was told by the producers that it was "not really right". The producers then asked Dohring to read for the role of Logan. Dohring acted one scene from the pilot; bashing the headlights of a car in with a crowbar. During the final auditions, Dohring read two times with Bell, and met with the studio and the network. When reading with Bell, Dohring acted the whole scene as if he had raped her, and tried to give the character an evil feel. Percy Daggs III portrayed Wallace Fennel, Veronica's best friend and frequent partner in mystery solving. Percy Daggs III auditioned for the role of Wallace Fennel twice before being cast, and had to go through three tests with the studio and network executives. During his first audition, Daggs read four scenes from the pilot. Just before his studio test, Daggs read with Bell and had "a great conversation". He said that she "made me feel comfortable about auditioning", and was a big reason why he became more comfortable playing Wallace as the season went on. Francis Capra portrayed Eli "Weevil" Navarro, the leader of the PCH Biker gang and Veronica's friend. Enrico Colantoni played Veronica's father Keith Mars, a private investigator and former Balboa County Sheriff. Sydney Tamiia Poitier played Mallory Dent, Veronica's journalism teacher at Neptune High through the first season's first half. Ms. Dent, as she was commonly referred to, was the only teacher who took Veronica at face value, not based on prejudices. Together with Veronica, she was responsible for uncovering the voting scam that led to Duncan winning the school elections illegally. Ms. Dent left her job after becoming pregnant. Although she was given series regular billing, Poitier appeared in only four episodes, but was given credit for seven. Poitier's removal from the series was rumored to be due to budget issues.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sydney Poitier Biography )〕 Tessa Thompson portrayed Jackie Cook in the second season as a romantic interest of Wallace and the daughter of a famous baseball player. Fan reaction to the character was generally negative, particularly after Veronica witnessed Jackie talking to a guy while dating Wallace. Thomas blamed the character's reception on his error in judgment: he had hoped fans would question whether it was Jackie or Veronica in the wrong, however the audience automatically assumed that it was Jackie. Thomas decided not to change the story arc he had planned for Jackie, as he believed Thompson was "a fantastic actress and she's got more to play." He said that whether fans ended up liking Jackie was "up in the air", but he hoped that they did because "she's really, really good". Jackie was subsequently written out of the series at the end of the second season.〔 Ryan Hansen portrayed Dick Casablancas, an 09er friend of Logan, a womanizer and former high-school bully turned frat boy. Dick was a recurring character in the first season but was upgraded to series regular in the second season. Kyle Gallner acted as Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas, Dick's introverted younger brother. Cassidy was a recurring character in the first season, but was upgraded to series regular in the second season. Tina Majorino portrayed Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, a computer expert befriended by Veronica. Mac was a recurring character in the first two seasons but was upgraded to series regular in the third. Julie Gonzalo portrayed Parker Lee, Mac's extroverted roommate at Hearst College, described by Thomas as "everything that Mac is not". Parker was introduced in the third season as a series regular. Chris Lowell played Stosh "Piz" Piznarski, Wallace's roommate at Hearst College and a music lover with his own campus radio show. Piz was introduced in the third season as a series regular, and was named after the director of the pilot, Mark Piznarski. The character's role was to have another male friend for Veronica who was middle-class, and not upper-class. Thomas used the radio show as a narrative device to capture the mood of the university. Michael Muhney portrayed Don Lamb, the Balboa County Sheriff who won the office from Keith in the recall election spearheaded by Jake Kane. Lamb was a recurring character in the first two seasons, but was upgraded to series regular in the third. Krysten Ritter portrays Gia Goodman, the daughter of the influential Neptune citizen and professional baseball team owner Woody Goodman, and a student at Neptune High. Gia starts attending Neptune High after she transfers from a private boarding school. She attends the class field trip to Shark Field and meets Dick Casablancas, his brother Cassidy, Duncan Kane and Veronica for the first time. Gia rides the school bus on the way to the stadium, however she opts to ride in Dick Casablancas' limo with the other "09ers" on the way back. The bus crashes and all of the passengers die, except for Meg Manning. Later in the year, Gia invites Veronica to her slumber party. Veronica attends, however she has an ulterior motive and is investigating families that Meg babysat for. When Gia is sent footage of herself at her brother's soccer game, she hires Veronica to find the sender. Gia and Veronica's friendship is broken when a feud erupts between their fathers, and she fires Veronica from the case. When Veronica realizes that Gia's stalker is Neptune High's janitor Tommy "Lucky" Dohanic, she rushes to her aid. Lucky is arrested, but he is let go when the Mannings pay for his bail. He comes to school the next day with a gun looking for Gia; however he is shot and killed by school security. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Veronica Mars characters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|