LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20: Actor Hugh Laurie arrives at Fox’s “House” series finale wrap party at Cicada on April 20, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photo: Kevin Winter/2012 Getty Images
Hugh Laurie is in talks to play a pirate on the upcoming NBC series Crossbones. According to Deadline, he’d play pirate overlord Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. Well, nothing says “sure thing” like “1715-set pirate drama on NBC.”