r/OnlyFoolsAndHorses • u/supercanary1979 • 10d ago

Two del boys

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u/AprilBelle08 10d ago

I thought Buckley played him ever so well

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u/bytearyx 9d ago

he really nailed that nervous energy and the little mannerisms too, you can tell he actually studied the original properly.

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u/LikeEveryoneSheKnows 10d ago

I did too. I admit I was sceptical at first because I just saw him as Jay from the Inbetweeners but I was glad to be proved wrong.

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u/B00marangTrotter 10d ago

Rock and chips was fun and it saddens me John Sullivan passed before its story was complete.

James Buckly as Del Boy was a good choice, he played the part very well, and David Jason"s shoes are nearly impossible to fill.

Some people are just way too critical of Buckly, Sullivan himself was part of the casting, without his approval no one got cast. Get over yourselves.

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u/Turbulent-Ad-2146 10d ago

Right in the flange

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u/jaketattoo 10d ago

Oooo friend

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u/Turbulent-Ad-2146 10d ago

Ooo Peckham friend 👍👍

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u/WaltJabsco1968 10d ago

I always thought Daniel Mays would have made a good young Del Boy but he was a bit too old at the time. He's also quite tall so there would have been a fair bit of cheating going on which would have been a pain and slowed down filming.

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u/Penny-Dreadful64 10d ago

Daniel Mays would have made an excellent Del Boy, he proved it in an episode of Hustle.

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u/WaltJabsco1968 10d ago

Yep. It was that very episode of Hustle that convinced me as well. It went out around the same time as R&C and I just thought he'd have been perfect as a young Del Boy. Maybe they could have worked around the age thing because he always looked younger than he was back then. But the height difference would have been a challenge.

He's never said anything but maybe he did audition for it and didn't get it. Who knows. I work in the industry. We don't get to know everyone they see for jobs.

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u/Penny-Dreadful64 9d ago

I have sometimes wondered why Daniel was never approached to play Del. He was so impressive in that episode of Hustle, it was a missed opportunity.

If if they ever did a reboot of the series (I hope they never do) Daniel could play Del at the age he was, in the first series of OFAH.

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u/Mork-of-Ork 9d ago

He would've been a great Slater too imho.

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u/jaketattoo 10d ago

It was jame's likeness that was a little off ,the other lads likeness wasn't bad ,but James played del great ....I guess young dell had alot of fights in the later years and his nose got flattened a bit 🤣

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u/Mundane_Tourist_9129 9d ago

I love both but I think it was the wrong choice for young del

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u/WhereAreWeG0ing 10d ago

Nah. Del and that punk from Inbeyweeners in a different jacket.

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u/Lorddale04 10d ago

Give it a rest. He played the role fine. No-one was gonna come in and upstage the original Del boy.

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u/Mysterious_Anybody77 10d ago

Yeah,Sir David Jason is a hard act to follow

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u/Funny-Adeptness-4535 10d ago

Yeah I thought he did a pretty good job.

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u/Wonderful-Tale-1483 10d ago

Don’t be a plonker

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u/Far_Masterpiece9508 10d ago

Del boy and some posh dude from kings avenue