Jane, what do you think--Simon Pegg as Joseph Jared? (Not Shaun in Shaun of the Dead, perhaps more like Inspector Nicholas Angel in Hot Fuzz.) As for Scotty, he's got the cheeky grin down pat.

I get why you like him now. I'm in the middle of re-reading [b:Under the Jolly Roger|295651|Under the Jolly Roger Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack, Book 3)|L.A. Meyer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173478777s/295651.jpg|286881], so I'm getting a double dose of that saucy sailor.