EW is reporting that young actor, Luke Pasqualino, is set to play young William Adam in the upcoming SyFy Battlestar Galactica prequel series, Blood and Chrome. To date, it looks like the biggest thing Pasqualino has done is a starring role in the BBC’s teen drama, Skins.
Pasqualino will star as the young, talented fighter pilot William Adama, a recent Academy graduate who finds himself assigned to the newest Battlestar in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly finds himself at odds with Coker (Cotton), the battle-weary officer to whom he reports. With 45 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine mission turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.
SyFy’s previous attempt to get a BSG prequel series off the ground with Caprica was unfortunately cancelled late last year. This new series will focus on a young Adama right in the midst of the tenth year of the first Cylon war. I just recently watch the original SyFy BSG series and fell in love with the characters and the universe, and while I have yet to see Caprica (which will finish out it’s first and only season) I’m all for another series following the career of a young Bill Adama.
As far as this casting goes, I’m just happy it’s moving forward and much prefer this casting to the rumored former front-runner for the part, Milo Ventimiglia. Some comments around the web are saying that this kid is too much of a “pretty boy” to play such a badass character like Adama, but don’t forget, this is pre-war-hardened Adama – a young kid looking for a battle; I’m sure we will see the character progression of this young man becoming the Admiral he later becomes.
There is no set air-date yet for Blood & Chrome, but it will premier on SyFy some time this year with a two-hour movie premier.
So, BSG Fans, what do you think? Can you see this kid growing up to become the Bill Adama we all know and love? Sound off in the comments below!