Adama to be played by Luke Pasqualino In 'Blood & Chrome'

Here is an update on the Blood and Chrome telemovie that will start shooting next month or so in Vancouver and air sometime in 2012 on SYFY.

Trying to find a nationality for William Adama is hard.
Yes, we know he’s Caprican with some Tauron ancestry, but the once Latino actor is now being played by a … Sicilian?
Luke Pasqualino has been tapped by Syfy as the star of its new backdoor pilot, “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome.” He will play a young William Adama, a young fighter pilot who will later lead a ragtag fleet to Earth.
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