I haven't seen this posted but there's a funny interview with Ben Browder about his SG-1 character at the Chicago Tribune
There's also some funny pics at Kansas regarding the 'mullet' comment:
http://forums.scaperoute.com/kansas/...?topic=24262.0
http://forums.scaperoute.com/kansas/...?topic=24260.0
"Fargate" special: Ben Browder speaks
Ben Browder wants to set the record straight.
The "Farscape" star, who's joining the cast of "Stargate SG-1" next season, along with Beau Bridges, Lou Gossett Jr. and "X-Files" actor Mitch Pileggi, says fan speculation about how similar he looks to "SG-1" cast member Michael Shanks is way off base.
"We don't look that much alike," he said in a recent phone interview. "That's a myth. He's six foot and built, and I'm 5 foot 3, 235 lbs and pasty."
Oh Ben, you jokester. The two men do look alike, but they won't be playing brothers, or evil twins, or even evil alien twins. Browder's character will be a Stargate Command military pilot who ends up joining the SGC's lead team. And there will be at least one familiar face around when Browder shows up to "SG-1's" Vancouver set: "Farscape" castmate Claudia Black will be around for the first five episodes of season nine, playing the sexy alien Vala.
"They've shown a great degree of intelligence by hiring Claudia and bringing her in to do as much as they want her to do," Browder said in a semi-serious moment. "Claudia is a great actress and it'll be good for me to have a friend there. Is it weird for two actors from one show to be on another show [together]? Who knows. We're gonna be playing different characters, and I'm not sure how big the [`SG-1'/ `Farscape'] crossover audience is. Most people won't care past the first scene."
Ben and I discussed much, much more than the clearly vast and growing "Farscape"/"SG-1" crossover audience (we call ourselves Fargaters, thank you very much), and excerpts from that conversation – in which mullets, apostrophes and Claudia Black were discussed in depth – are below.
[mod snip ... see http://www.chicagotribune.com/watcher for the rest!]
Ben Browder wants to set the record straight.
The "Farscape" star, who's joining the cast of "Stargate SG-1" next season, along with Beau Bridges, Lou Gossett Jr. and "X-Files" actor Mitch Pileggi, says fan speculation about how similar he looks to "SG-1" cast member Michael Shanks is way off base.
"We don't look that much alike," he said in a recent phone interview. "That's a myth. He's six foot and built, and I'm 5 foot 3, 235 lbs and pasty."
Oh Ben, you jokester. The two men do look alike, but they won't be playing brothers, or evil twins, or even evil alien twins. Browder's character will be a Stargate Command military pilot who ends up joining the SGC's lead team. And there will be at least one familiar face around when Browder shows up to "SG-1's" Vancouver set: "Farscape" castmate Claudia Black will be around for the first five episodes of season nine, playing the sexy alien Vala.
"They've shown a great degree of intelligence by hiring Claudia and bringing her in to do as much as they want her to do," Browder said in a semi-serious moment. "Claudia is a great actress and it'll be good for me to have a friend there. Is it weird for two actors from one show to be on another show [together]? Who knows. We're gonna be playing different characters, and I'm not sure how big the [`SG-1'/ `Farscape'] crossover audience is. Most people won't care past the first scene."
Ben and I discussed much, much more than the clearly vast and growing "Farscape"/"SG-1" crossover audience (we call ourselves Fargaters, thank you very much), and excerpts from that conversation – in which mullets, apostrophes and Claudia Black were discussed in depth – are below.
[mod snip ... see http://www.chicagotribune.com/watcher for the rest!]
http://forums.scaperoute.com/kansas/...?topic=24262.0
http://forums.scaperoute.com/kansas/...?topic=24260.0
Same sense of humor.
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