New Torchwood character details revealed?
Details of three new characters who will allegedly be joining the Torchwood cast in the spin off’s next series have appeared online.
The news has been picked up by various sources, including Entertainment Weekly, who report the identities of the new team member and two supporting roles. The information was obtained from a leaked casting call sent out to agencies, which reveals the new series regular is called Rex Matheson, a fast-tracked high-flying CIA agent…
Meanwhile, the document also includes biographies for Esther Katusi, a CIA agent in her early 20s who is “determined to better herself”, while Oswald Jones is described as being “a convicted murderer and paedophile“.
Please take the news with a pinch of salt for now, as it’s possible the information is either incorrect or, indeed, complete fabrication. Filming starts in January.
It’s always easier to get outraged on the basis of a few lines of text. If the producers of Lost had announced at the beginning that one of the key heroes would be “an Iraqi military torturer of the Kuwait war, who then hooks up with the all-American blonde babe” there would have been outrage. Let’s see what the character has done, what’s he’s like and where they take him – viewer power will kill him off if it’s not appropriate.