Dwight Shultz to Cameo in A-Team Movie
The Official Dwight Schultz Fansite is reporting that the original series actor will have a cameo role in The A-Team film directed by Joe Carnahan. The site says:
We are pleased to inform you all that Dwight has actually already been working in Vancouver, where he has played a cameo role in The A-Team movie. Sharlto Copely, the South African actor who plays Murdock, is according to Dwight: ‘brilliant beyond words’. Dwight has seen his screen test and he stated: that honestly, if Sharlto is given an opportunity to do what I saw in that test, “Murdock” will be better than ever!’ Sharlto has been very kind to him on the set and Dwight must say that he has been treated very well.
Best known for his role as Captain “Howling Mad” Murdock on the original The A-Team he also played Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and the film Star Trek: First Contact.
In this new incarnation of The A-Team we have our heroes hailing from the war in the Middle East as opposed to Vietnam. However the basic premise will remain the same as the television series, which sees four war vets wrongly accused of armed robbery and escape a military prison to become an elite band of do-good mercenaries. Liam Neeson has been cast as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith, with Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Rampage Jackson confirmed as B.A. Baracus and Sharlto Copley as “Howlin Mad” Murdock.
The 20th Century Fox release will open in theaters on June 11.
