Fair enough. To me I don't think he should look super weird though… I guess I prefer the Ralph Fiennes vision of the character to the Tom Noonan one. I just think Hurst (a) has the right physical presence. (b) can do terrifying. (c) most importantly can really do soulful/vulnerable, which I think is necessary for the…

Nah though. Ryan Hurst is the perfect Francis Dolarhyde. Seriously

This is very correct. Beyond the weird bone exoskeleton connection the killing of the couple was shot very much in the vocabulary of that movie.

The Practice —> Boston Legal?

I think Ryan Hurst would make a sublime Dolarhyde. Not only is he huge and physically powerful, he can do terrifying/intense, but can also be profoundly vulnerable — all of this will be necessary to carry that arc.