Thanks to Cliff for the following.
just have to little casting snippets, sources are http://www.serienjunkies.de and Alcatrazpedia:
Alcatraz Ep. 7 - Johnny McKee - Adam Rothenberg will star as the eponymous Johnny McKee
Alcatraz Ep. 9 - Sonny Burnett - Theo Rossi will star as the eponymous Sonny Burnett


Interesting casting, especially
ReplyDeleteAdam Rothenberg. He doesn't look like the kind of hardened criminal who'd've been incarcerated at Alcatraz....and if he were, he looks like he'd've been somebody's punk within minutes.
You say? I think he looks sneaky and gruffy enough =)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.topnews.in/files/images/Adam-Rothenberg1.jpg
So, real people? Based on real people?
ReplyDeleteNope, I don't think that any one of the guys is.
ReplyDeleteOK, in that picture he looks sneaky enough, but I still see him as a burglar or a guy who forges checks, not somebody who'd be in maximum security.
ReplyDeleteMy source wrote that his char has a background in chemistry, so who knows what he's up to ^^
ReplyDeleteSo a clean-cut Unabomber type maybe?
ReplyDeleteFrom what I read, NONE of the series prisoners will be real Alcatraz inmates. They could not get the necessary releases or something... However, they are basing the show's inmates on real Alcatraz prisoners. Sometimes combining various stories into one TV character too.
ReplyDeleteI know they based Ernest Cobb's personality on Alvin "Creepy" Karpis. but used their own criminal background on him to fit their story.
I wrote some more about Karpis in this post.
http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/01/alcatraz-pilot-ernest-cobb-pt-2-recaps.html