Two more names have recently been added to the cast list;
for two new characters created by Douglas Adams specifically for the
screenplay.
Anna Chancellor (4 Weddings and a
Funeral, Staggered) has been cast to play Questular, Vice President of the
Galaxy; and John Malkovitch (pictured left) is on board to play a religious
missionary, Humma Kavula, who lives with the Jatravartid People of Viltvodle Six
(who believe that the Universe was created as the result of a sneeze from a
being called the Great Green Arkleseizure).
Garth
Jennings
finally got filming
underway on 19th April.