INTERVIEW: Ben Browder (Cameron Mitchell)

[esoap524]

Ben Browder: what a lovely, sensitive, intelligent man. I'm impressed with this interview. Knowing he was coming to Stargate I made the effort of checking out all 4 seasons of Farscape, and the show blew me away. I honestly wasn't prepared for such first class acting, and such a three-dimensional, emotionally complex character as Crichton. Altough I remain a Jack fan, I can only hope that Ben is welcomed and loved by SG-1's fans and the show makes a good use of his talent. The man plays from the heart, he deserves it.

As a long time FS fan and Browder (and Black), I just had to say thank you for such a lovely comment. There's been a lot of vitriol on the forums about Browder and Farscape; it's good see that there can be a more balanced view.

David, thank you for the great interview. I've always thought Browder was a self-deprecating, "nice" guy; he doesn't seem to have any prima donna in him and also seems to have his priorities in the right place.

I also liked the inclusion of the photo with Francesca Buller (Mrs. Ben). She's a very talented actress as well.

[tsaxlady]

David,

Thanks for another great and fun interview. Having seen about half the Farscape episodes before Ben joined SG I was looking forward to his addition to the show. My opinion of Ben the actor has really increased after seeing him twice this year at cons. I hope when it is convent wil his family and work life that he will do a SG con. He is quickly becoming someone I really enjoy see and hearing speak at these events.

[Dream-a-Little]

I am starting a blog on GateWorld soon and will discuss the interview in-depth there. No need to bore this list.

Well done David! A wonderful interview with a truly lovely man! Well worth the wait. Looking forward to you discussing the interview in-depth on your new blog. Can you give us an idea of when you'll start blogging? See, here you've gone and given us a terrific interview and already I want more! Sorry to be so greedy!

[David]

I, and several others, will commence blogging anywhere from a few days to the next two weeks. We've rounded up an initial troop of fan bloggers to launch it. I'll kick it off with a brief entry and then jump into in-depth reviews of the AT and BB interviews. More on this later.

[undresser69]

Undresser in the house, well not rellt, just thr Forum,
indeed great interview! David, yes im talking to u! your Avartar is of ben, U wish u were him don't u,U have a man crush on him and fantasies about him too hahahahaahahah

[Qasim]

your Avartar is of ben, U wish u were him don't u,U have a man crush on him and fantasies about him too hahahahaahahah

ROFLMAO

[scarimor]

(I noted that you didn't ask AT about her view of the leadership situation! She noted that Sam is leader of SG-1 in the True Science special and co-leader in the Stargate Magazine you note above. And then JM is saying the writers see them as co-leading. Very, very confusing both on and off the show!).

I'm not confused because BB doesn't contradict them. He answered a question about fan reaction to Cameron's introduction. He talked about the real-life military (people are introduced to different commands in real life) and he talked about AT being unavailable early in season 9. I agree that there are good reasons why they introduced Cameron the way they did. He doesn't say that Cameron and Sam aren't sharing command responsibilities for SG-1 since Sam's return.

I think BB would be surprised if we inferred that his view is different from his other writer/producer/actor colleagues just because he doesn't mention it when asked a question about the fans' perception.

ps thanks very much David for this interview, and thanks to BB for giving his time to do it.

[cindyz]

David, you did an AWESOME job interviewing Ben Browder! Isn't he just way cool? He really is that down to earth as he represented in the interview. I love the way he is such a family man! Thanks again for this treat!

[Stampie]

A very nice interview, keep 'm coming

[BritAngie]

Fantastic interview David! Also I loved the voiceover at the end of the credits. Hope to see more interviews please.

Also can't wait to read your blog.

Also Ben coming down to see you is typical Ben-he's a very thoughtful and sweet guy, as is Hank.

(how many "also's" can one person get in one post? lol)

[skchwojko]

What a wonderful way to spend half an arn of my life! That was soooooooo fun! He's such an endearing, humble, gem of a man.

And when talking about whether he was going to do SG cons, he said he was on his way to make his "ANNUAL" pilgrimage to the Farscape con to thank us. What an angel!

VERY cool/surreal seeing fellow Ben-respecters with him at the end, too. FRELLING AWESOME!!!



Sherry

[Lord-Zirone]

Hi,

You made some mistakes

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What do you say to someone who thinks you're the worst thing that's ever hit the screen? You
can't. Otherwise it becomes very difficult to even hear your alarm clock to get out of bed --
to make that mid-day point when you think, "Gosh, I'm tired." So, yeah.<P>

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[Darren]

Fixed. Thanks!

[Stricken]

Great Interview Thanks David

[elle]

Thank you for this really wonderful and delightfuly long interview. I enjoyed it tons. Ben's just a really great down to earth guy.

Will link to your interview on my site if that's okay