BSG Cast & Crew interviews

[sharkface217]

Billy is to BSG as Yar was to Star Trek: TNG. Character who is really popular and awesome who leaves the show to do other work while nothing really big happens to them.


Yep.

[k8tbug1]

Billy is to BSG as Yar was to Star Trek: TNG. Character who is really popular and awesome who leaves the show to do other work while nothing really big happens to them.


Yep.

LOL, yep, i think thats the perfect comparison!!!!

[Sci-Fi]

2 ways to listen to the interview:

1. Visit the FatBoy Roberts Website and in the stand alone media player, choose the "Katee Sackhoff Full" and listen....

OR

Click on the below link and a download popup box will ask you where you want to save the file.

Cort and Fatboy interviews Katee Sackhoff



Just to add:

Think it is important to correct some of the things mentioned in that interview:

Lot of mis-information about Mr. Rogers. He was never a sniper, had tattoos, or was a pedophile. Fred Rogers graduated from Rollins College with a degree in music (1951), went into broadcasting after college, studied for a Bachelor of Divinity degree, and eventually becoming an ordained minister in 1962. Rogers entire broadcasting career was solely in children oriented programming.

Katee probably mixed up Mr. Rodgers with another children TV show host...probably Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman), who was busted for buying and owning child pornography as well as other sexual offenses.

[burn out]

sorry if I'm a bit behind on this one..
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-ka...p-rotator-coll














VANCOUVER -- Oh Frak. Starbuck doesn't have the best luck, but in the upcoming season of "Battlestar Galactica," it's about to get much worse.

Actress Katee Sackhoff sat down with reporters on the Vancouver set of her latest film "White Noise 2" and revealed what's in store for her "BSG" character, Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace.

"Yeah, I can definitely tell you some stuff," says the upbeat blonde. "I just lost a huge battle with the producers as far as my hair as far as length, what it should and should not be. So it's gonna be gone, like shorter than it was in the miniseries."

By shorter, does she mean Natalie Portman-"V for Vendetta"-buzzed head short?

"Uh, kind of like that. Yeah," confirms Sackhoff. "She goes through a lot of turmoil in the first four episodes, mores than we've ever seen her [go through]. But the depths of despair she finds herself in are pretty deep at the end of Episode Four and she kind of reestablishes her commitment to the military in Episode Five, which is the haircut."

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[titans]

Hmmm Starbuck with a buzz cut??? Not so hot!

[burn out]

Hmmm Starbuck with a buzz cut??? Not so hot!

it'll grow on you... or her who knows?

[Dylan Deltoran]

meh I was liking the longer hair

[Moulin]

Oh good grief. Anders will probably get offed by a cylon (covenient, Ron, very convenient) and Starbuck's off with yet another man. Katee sounds upset if she's actually calling it a soap opera and saying the producers are mad at her.

I wonder who it could be. Obviously the Adama bit was a joke since she was laughing it off, but if the fans are going to be "livid" as she says, I'll bet it's Leoben or the Chief.

[Blue Banrigh]

If it's not a new character, my bet's on Leoben.

[Moulin]

My money's definitely on Leoben. Man, she sounded ticked off in that one paragraph. Sounds like she's not believing all the sleeping around and her character having deep romantic feelings for every man. Katee has issues. I bet they are mad at her if she did call the show a soap in another print inteview . That term is usually used so derisively.

[kharn the betrayer]

Starbuck with even shorter hair then the Mini T_T

and poor poor Anders..and I was hoping that he would last atleast more than 4-5 episodes...

[the fifth man]

Her new guy is so going to be Leoben. I just have a weird feeling about it.

[sirbob]

Hi everyone! Just a quick note to let people know before Aaron hits the long creation and comic book circuit he is doing a smaller local convention in Chicago called To Be CONtinued. Its a great chance to see him more in person than in long lines. You can find more info at: www.2becontinued.com

Also, appearing non BSG:

Weta Workshop - Academy Award Winner

Robert J. Sawyer - Hugo & Nebula Award Winning Author

Javier Grillo-Marxuach - Emmy Award Winner Tv's LOST

Bob Eggleton - 9 Time Hugo & 12 Time Chesley Award
Winner

Larry Elmore - Legendary Fantasy Artisit

Cheers!

[Sci-Fi]

From Bay Windows:

Frackin' A! - Chatting with Starbuck and Number 6

by Anthony King
04/20/2006

Click on the link to read the entire interview

Come on. Don't pretend you're not a fan of the Sci-Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica. I know you're caught up in the drama, characters, and well-written storyline as much as I am. If you can't get over the show's premise - a group of human survivors are both searching for Earth and fighting a never-ending army of robots the humans created, called Cylons - then you're missing out. The show just won a prestigious Peabody Award, the first for any Sci-Fi Channel series. Now in its 65th year, the Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement in electronic media, and doesn't affiliate itself with any genre. WGBH-Boston was also a winner this year, and the awards will be presented in a ceremony hosted by two-time winner John Stewart on June 5. If that doesn't convince you, learning more about two of the show's stars will. I spoke with actors Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff the week before season three started shooting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Helfer, a relative newcomer to film and television, is "Number 6" on the show: a complex, tough and sexy Cylon. She made a name for herself as a model in New York before making her move to film. On the big screen, Helfer can be seen next in the movie Mem-o-re with Dennis Hopper.

[yaaayoubetcha]

Kewl!

Thanks.

[ShippyChick]

Thanks for the info. Wish I could attend.

[Sci-Fi]

From MediaBlvd:

The Secret Projects of Crashdown: An interview with Sam Witwer, Actor and Musician

By Kenn Gold

Click on the link to read the rest of the interview, listen to the Podcast Interview, and sound clips from the "Crashtones"

Sam Witwer is likely most well known for his stint as Crashdown on Battlestar Galactica, but has appeared in numerous other series including ER, Jag, NCIS, Enterprise, Cold Case, Dark Angel, Angel and others. He recently sat down with MediaBlvd to discuss his experiences acting on Battlestar Galactica and the other shows, and to talk about his music. Sam is the driving force behind the Crashtones and the new album, entitled Colorful of The Stereo, has recently been released.

Sam first became interested in acting when his family took a tour of Paramount studios when he was a child. The tour guide mentioned that Star Trek:TNG, one of Sam's favorite shows, was filming on a closed set that day. Crushed over not being able to see the show he loved being filmed, Sam was thrilled when the tour guide took him and his brother for a one on one talk with Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) who was studying in his trailer. "The guy talked to us for 30 minutes, while the rest of the tour group just sat by and patiently waited. That experience put it in my head that I wanted to be an actor," said Witwer. Later in school, his grades weren't that great, and he was in danger of not being able to graduate with his class.

[Sci-Fi]

From Cult Times:

Cylon Witness

With writing partner David Weddle, Bradley Thompson is helping lead the rag-tag fleet headed by Galactica to a new home...

by Steven Eramo

Click on the link to read the rest of the article

Having spent two years as writers/executive story editors on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Bradley Thompson and his longtime friend/writing partner David Weddle not only gained valuable insight into the Trek universe but also into how to craft Sci-Fi adventures for television. Such experience came in handy when he and Weddle accepted an offer from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica's creator/executive producer Ronald D Moore to come and work on that series.

"David and I had worked with Ron back on DS-Nine and subsequently heard he was doing Galactica," says Thompson. "We hadn't seen him for a year or so when we got an invitation to a screening of the 2003 Galactica mini-series at the Directors Guild in Hollywood. We went and were totally blown away by what we saw. While we were there, David and I met up with Ron and told him how much we enjoyed ourselves. He suggested we get together for lunch, and on that day we continued to talk about the show and what we'd seen."

[Sci-Fi]

From IF Magazine:

David Eick gives iF the Scoop about Battlestar Galactica - Part 1

The genesis of creating a series that would not be a STAR TREK rip-off is revealed

By: SEAN ELLIOTT
4/19/2006

Click on the link to read the entire interview

When David Eick was asked by Universal Studios to produce a new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV series, he knew he wanted to veer away from anything that would be conceived as a STAR TREK rip-off. Who better to helm the writing of the series, and to keep it away from TREK themes than Moore, who had worked on STAR TREK in it's various incarnations for ten years. Thus began the creative process behind one of television's most successful and popular Science Fiction dramas on the air.

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David Eick reveals Season 3 Battlestar Galactica Secrets - Part 2

Producer mentions new Cylons, classic BATTLESTAR guests, and some celebrity writers

By: SEAN ELLIOTT
4/26/2006

Click on the link to read the entire interview

As the cameras ready to roll on the third season of Sci-Fi Channel's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, producer David Eick has plenty of script rewrites and planning to worry about. Taking time out from his absolutely swamped schedule, Eick chatted with iF MAGAZINE about a new Cylon for season 3, more classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA actor cameos, and trying to reach a broader audience with a hard-core Science Fiction TV program.

[Sci-Fi]

From MediaBlvd:

Galactica Cast Was in the Dark About 'Caprica'

MediaBLvd Magazine
April 27, 2006

Click on the link for some mild Season 3 Spoilers

Grace Park says that the cast of Battlestar Galactica didn't know that the spinoff prequel Caprica was in the works until Wednesday, the same day the rest of the world first heard about it. She received a call from her manager, who read about it in Variety. Trish Helfer also sent an email out to the cast, which was the first that most of the rest heard about the show being developed.

Grace said this in an interview Thursday with MediaBlvd Magazine, which will be published next week both in the Magazine, and on the Battlestar Galactica fan site, bsgtns.com.