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The Wire: How Dominic West Almost Missed Out on Iconic Role of Jimmy McNulty

There are many serendipitous bits of casting in the annals of TV history, but few can surpass the way this landmark crime show chose its lead actor.
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HBO's The Wire Features Idris Elba's Greatest Performance of All Time

Idris Elba is an incredibly talented actor, and his best performance remains one in HBO's The Wire that more people should ...
The Boston Globe

‘The Wire’ played the game for keeps from its first scene onward

In the Autopilot series, we bear down into great first episodes in TV history. In the case of “The Wire,” David Simon’s granular HBO drama of cops, criminals, politics, and big city bureaucracy, we ...
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'The Wire' Could've Looked Wildly Different With John C. Reilly in This Role

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...
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Picture shows: l-r Detective William “Bunk” Moreland (Wendell Pierce) and Officer James “Jimmy” McNulty (Dominic West) (Image: Showtime)

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