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A-team pilot-why was he not the first choice?

posted 18 years ago by luckycassi
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Just until recently I had forgotten that Dirk Benedict was not in the A-Team pilot episode and was wondering why the other guy who played Face was out after one episode and how they found Dirk to come in and play the role.
Dirk Benedict is the best and only he could have done that character so well.

[–] eagles8528 15 years ago

Julie you are correct according to Dirk's book "Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy", both Face and Starbuck were created for Dirk which the director and others wanted but the producing company didn't.