Back in 2014, during The Wire marathon on HBO, I started tweeting to cast members a simple question:
“With whom do you wish you could have played a scene?”
After all, there are so many fabulous actors on The Wire, and many never got to do a scene together, despite so many cast members — regardless of season — becoming friends or at least friendly off camera.
I grouped all of the responses in a Storify file, but unfortunately the site closed down and the post is gone. So I’ve re-configured them here, in order in which I received them, and I’ll keep this post updated if and when I get more.
Best,
Jack
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Sonja Sohn — Kima
Answer: Michael Potts as Brother Mouzone
Clarke Peters — Lester
Answer: Robert F. Chew as Proposition Joe
Tray Chaney — Poot
Wendell Pierce — The Bunk
Julito McCullum — Namond
Answer: Idris Elba as Stringer or Wood Harris as Avon
Michael Potts — Brother Mouzone
Answer: Wendell Pierce as The Bunk
Delaney Williams — Jay Landsman
Answer: Felicia Pearson as Snoop
James Ransone — Ziggy
Answer: Idris Elba as Stringer (tweet deleted)
Chris Ashworth — Sergei
Answer: Michael K. Williams as Omar
Chris Bauer — Sobotka
Answer: Michael K. Williams as Omar
Jamie Hector — Marlo
Answer: Chad L. Coleman as Cutty (fun side note: Hector auditioned for Cutty)
Lance Reddick — Lt. Daniels
Answer: Prop Joe, Snoop, Marlo
Brandan Tate — Sapper
Answer: Method Man as Cheese, Clarke Peters as Lester
Sandi McCree — De’Londa Brice
Pablo Schreiber — Nick Sobotka
Mel Nicholls-King — Cheryl
Answer: everyone (part 1, part 2)
Robert Wisdom — Colvin
Answer: no one, as he is happy with what he got to do
Neal Huff — Steintorf
Answer: Prezbo and his students
Michael Kostroff — Levy
David Simon — show creator (asked him about writing a scene between two characters)
Answer: Slim Charles and Jay Landsman
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