Hugh Laurie: from grumpy doc to RoboCop baddie

Hugh Laurie is trading the quirky antics of medical drama House and buffoonery of Blackadder to step into the bad guy shoes for a remake of classic 1987 film RoboCop. The Daily Mirror reports that the lure of a £3.2m paycheck and the chance to act opposite Gary Oldman appears to have done the trick, with Laurie set to play the evil chief of Omnicorp – the company that builds RoboCop – in what will be Laurie's first big film role. What, Stuart Little doesn't count?