Lupin Casting again - Paul McGann

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What does everything thing of Paul McGann, of WITHNAIL AND I (and 
whole bunch of TV shows - Hornblower/Dr Who/The Monocled Mutineer 
etc) fame as Lupin?  
http://www.pmeb.org/images/clips/paul/profile.jpg
http://www.maidenhaist.com/pmeb/images/wo2.jpg

He's talented, in his forties, British, he's got Lupin's look, and he 
needs a job!  He or say, Linus Roache would be viable choices because 
they'd be so much cheaper than Rafe Fines and Sean Bean and Colin 
Firth who are probably too busy in Middle Earth or with JLo. 
 
If not (I am entering the realms of fantasy here) Sam Neill, he has 
that oh so appealing sexy/sensitive/vaguely wounded thing going.  
He's be good if they want to go for character who look like they were 
in the same year at school as Alan Rickman.   He needs a job, too.  
Last thing he did was a remake of DR ZHIVAGO as a miniseries with 
Keira Knightly, fer heaven's sake!  

Hal.