Rashida Jones was all wrong as Edie
I've just started watching Ny-Lon, a show which was slated in the UK when it came out in the early noughties. And it's actually all right. Seeing London the way it was before all the meddling of big Brother and bigger corporations makes me feel homesick for my own city.
But there's one massive flaw: Edie. Every time Rashida is onscreen, it's like the action grinds to a halt. She seems to have exactly one expression at her disposal and she wears it for the entire duration of the series, sticky-out glossed lips pouting and eyes big and bewildered like some sort of victim. You want to grab her by her shoulders and yell, "What you pouting for?! You have a guy whose willing to fly 3000 miles to see you for cryin' out loud!!" Adding to that is the fact that she has no chemistry with Moyer and she doesn't look like an Edie. (What? I'm serious, this kind of stuff makes a difference.)
I am not one of those viewers who hates and slates female stars - far from it - but I really think the mis-casting of Rashida as Edie sank this show, which would otherwise have been a very decent watch. And of course it's not Rashida's fault - she's just an actress making a living, but the casting director ought to have been sacked.
In a nutshell, I am all for having a remake of Ny-Lon if only to see what this show would look like when played by a good ensemble.