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Daniella Wolters as Atlanna: Arthur's mother she was taken from him when he was young, and her disappearance has mystified Arthur ever since.

She is the one responsible for the murder of Atlanna.

Adrianne Palicki as Nadia: A Siren and the villain of the story.

Amber McDonald as Eva: Arthur's business partner together they run a dive shop in Tempest Keys.

Ving Rhames as McCaffery: A lighthouse keeper and Arthur's mentor.

Navy officer who has been investigating the apparent resurfacing of people around Mercy Reef who were lost in the Bermuda Triangle, some, as much as 40 years ago.

Rick Peters as Admiral Brigman: A U.S.

She is then asked by Brigman to aid in his investigation. She meets Arthur when he rescues her after her jet crashes in the ocean. He later falls in love with Atlanna, marrying her and adopting her son. While in his rookie year, he rescues the infant Arthur (then named Orin), Atlanna, and McCaffery from shark-infested waters.

Lou Diamond Phillips as Tom Curry: A Coast Guard officer.

However, Arthur is aware of his special abilities, but uses them for fun before learning in the pilot episode of his destiny as the lost Prince of Atlantis.

He runs a dive shop in his day-to-day life.

Justin Hartley as Arthur "A.C." Curry/Aquaman: The central character of the show.

Entity FX, the firm which did the special effects for Smallville since its second season, was contracted to work on the Aquaman pilot. Hartley had never been scuba diving and was not a diver, but did say that he was a good swimmer. Much of the filming took place underwater Hartley filmed his underwater scenes without a tank, breathing from the safety divers' tanks around him for the scenes out on the ocean. Some of the actors received training from Staff Sergeant Leo Castellano on the proper way to present arms.

The production was expected to continue in June of that year, had it been given the greenlight. The 482nd Fighter Wing Airmen were used as extras while filming at the base, along with several of their fighter aircraft. Some scenes were filmed on location at the Homestead Joint Air Reserve Base adjacent to Homestead, Florida. Practical and exterior footage was shot around Coconut Grove, Miami. Production was based in North Miami, Florida filming began in March 2006 with an estimated budget of $7 million. Kenny Johnson, who briefly appears as the Sheriff in the pilot's opening, guest starred in the season five episode "Mortal". Rick Peters was cast as Bob Rickman in the season one episode "Hug". Denise Quiñones played Andrea Rojas in the season five episode "Vengeance", while Adrianne Palicki appeared in the season three episode "Covenant". Ving Rhames, Amber McDonald, Denise Quiñones, Rick Peters, and Lou Diamond Phillips filled in the rest of the regular cast members.įour of the cast members guest starred on Smallville before the Aquaman pilot. A CW spokesman said, "We have made the decision to go in a different direction with the Aquaman role and wish the best of luck in all of his endeavors." Graham Bentz was cast as a young Arthur Curry, while Adrianne Palicki was cast as a siren named Nadia. Before filming began, Toale was replaced with Justin Hartley. The role of Arthur Curry was originally given to Will Toale, after Gough and Millar saw over 400 candidates from England, Australia, Canada and the United States. Greg Beeman, who has produced and directed episodes of Smallville, was hired to direct the pilot. The show would eventually be listed as Aquaman, when it was later released on iTunes. Tempest Keys and Mercy Reef were rumored to be the working titles for the series. There was initial speculation that the show's title would not be Aquaman. Gough said in November 2005, " is going to be a different version of the 'Aquaman' legend." Gough did express the idea of a crossover with Smallville at some point.

Millar said," was the first idea where we really thought we had a franchise where we could see 100 episodes."Īlan Ritchson was not considered for the role in the new series, because Gough and Millar did not consider it a spin-off from Smallville.

#Aquaman 2006 tv pilot series#

Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, the creators of Smallville, also considered a series featuring Lois Lane, but felt more confident about Aquaman. However, as work progressed on "Aqua", the character was recognized to have potential for his own series. "Aqua" became the highest rated episode for Smallville that season, but it was never meant to be a backdoor pilot for an Aquaman series.

The episode featured Arthur Curry ( Alan Ritchson) coming to Smallville to stop an underwater weapons project being developed by LuthorCorp. The concept of Aquaman stemmed from a fifth season episode of Smallville, "Aqua".