Carson Beckett/Paul McGillion Thunk Thread

[Haliyah]

Hahaha, I feel all special now

.:

[Jenner8675309]

Paul for Scotty

OK guys, JJ Abrams is in the middle of casting the latest Star Trek film. I know we've all been busy with SCB, but with all the recent press NOW is the time to use it to Paul's advantage and petition to have him cast as Scotty. Please try and send a letter on why Paul would make an excellent Scotty and what a fantastic actor he is. The more letters from around the globe the better!!!!

Few points to make if you wish (and in your own language of course):
True Scot
Great Scottish accent
Can spit out technobabble in a perfect Scottish accent
Could easily pass as a young Scotty
Large, world-wide fan base (mention how fans pressured to get him back and won)


Paramount Studios
Attn: Star Trek Casting
5555 Melrose Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90038

Bad Robot (JJ Abrams company)
2900 W. Olympic Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
USA
Phn: 310-255-7168

[*Oda*]

I'd love to write the letter, but since I don't watch Star Trek I don't know what I'd write about.

[Jenner8675309]

I don't watch Star Trek either, but its easy to write a letter just supporting Paul. Just say he's a great actor, can do a perfect Scottish accent and even looks like a young handsome Scotty

[Haliyah]

.:...With better hair.

[Jenner8675309]

Waaaayyyyy better hair

Those photos aren't the best comparison, but I think it makes sense. And thats not just me being biased

EDIT: I found a better photo for comparison, so I changed it

[*Oda*]

Lol, OK, I'll do that

Then can I get my Carson clone?

I'm off to bed. Good night thunkers!

[Jenner8675309]

Lol, OK, I'll do that

Then can I get my Carson clone?

I don't hand out the Carson clones, pops, drinks or CnPs, but I'll make sure those who do give you one

[Sheppard little minx]

can i have a clone too plzzzzzzzzz

[leighanners]

I only hand out Paulgaritas, CnD's and my patented chocolate Carson pops and creme filled chocolate Carson pops (oh wait, that's most of what Jen listed off.) Most of the time, you can have all the Carson pops you want...and for most all the Paulgaritas too! But CnD's are a very special thing...very hard to earn... *grin* ...someone give these poor children of thunkness a Carson clone.

[idlewild202]

Not bad, not bad ... look who joined us for breakfast this morning!

Spoiler:

He's looking GOOOOOOD! WOW, even better up close, let me tell you. My son & I saved the seat right in between us for when he came around to our table, and he was so nice! My kid was wearing his "Save Carson" shirt, and Paul immediately leaned over and rumpled his hair and said, "Hey, it's the Save Carson dude!" My not-so-shy son then practically climbed into his lap to give him a hug. LOL! He was really sweet, though - didn't seem to mind. (Thank goodness my kid is still small enough to be cute. I'd probably get arrested if I tried that. )

I'm decked out in tartan plaid, so he of course commented on that, and we chatted a bit about Scottish heritage ... he talked about being descended from Kenneth McAlpine, the first King of Scotland, and I'm a descendant of William Wallace (hence the briliant red plaid)!

But the coolest part is when he asked our names, and I said I was Save Carson's "other TJ" - he knew who I was! "Oh, YOU'RE the other TJ!" I guess he remembered that autograph you got for me, TJ. (Although I did point out that, by rights, TJuk should be the "other" TJ ... I came first! )

He thanked us profusely for all the work we've done on the campaign, and he said he'd be talking some more about that during his stage appearance later. I can't wait!

And can I just repeat how great he looks up close? Wow.

Oh, and I got a hug & kiss when he got up to leave.

I'm going to go float away now.

*turns green with envy* THAT IS SO INCREDIBLY COOL TJ!!
I love the story. And we so need some pics of your kid in his save carson gear

idlewild, I'd be happy to beta your fic if you want. Just PM or e-mail it to me (is my addy up anywhere?) and I'd love to read it!

Woohoo! Awesome! Thank's SETI, I'm still working on the first chapter/act/segment whatever, but as soon as I'm done I'll send it your way!

Haliyah! I might be going to FedCon USA next year as well (as it's actually somewhat close to me!!). We would definetly have to meet up

Congrats Oda on 300 posts!! *throws confetti*

Bleh... I'm tired tonight. Gonna go watch some football or something.

[beaugarcon]

Where is the next FedCon USA?

[idlewild202]

Where is the next FedCon USA?

www.fedconusa.com
Dallas, June 13-15
Paul isn't on the guest list as of yet, I'm really hoping he decides to go as this con is close enough to me to actually make a trip down there worthwhile.

[beaugarcon]

Hmm...that's pretty far from me...(I live in Michigan) but if he's there, I just might have to coerce my mother into letting me go...

[TJinLOCA]

I'm baaaaack! With the main event!

Here's the reason I flew all the way to Chicago this weekend:

Spoiler:

I can't begin to tell you how great Paul was ... when my son went up for his photo op, he gave Paul another big hug (a bit too energetic, I think?) ... but then after they'd snapped the photo, Paul said, "Hang on a second, this kid's too short!" And he scooped him up in his arms and had them take another picture!! It was so cute!

Then I came next, and he gave me a big hug (see previous photo... )

Paul's talk onstage was next. It was wonderful - he started out by saying, "I have never hugged so many women in one morning in my entire life." Then he dropped into the Scottish accent and said, "Thank you all very, very, very much."



Then he said he was sure by now everyone knew what had happened to his character ... people started hissing and booing their disapproval, and he went back into the accent again to say, "Exactly! What the hell were they thinking? Horrible! Horrible!"

He told some funny stories about getting the role of Beckett, and how he decided he wanted to read for it with a Scottish accent. The casting director for Atlantis didn't want him to do it - he said, "No one will understand him if he does a Scottish accent." Paul said he told his agent, "Tell him that there are educated Scottish people that you can actually understand!"

He also talked about the first table read they did, when no one had any idea that he was going to use the Scottish accent, and after they'd all been sitting around chatting amiably and getting to know each other, they started the read-through ... and he had some of the first lines, and came out with the full-on brogue, "I don't care what you say, Rodney, I'm nae gettin' in the bloody chair!" And everything came to a dead stop! It was pretty hilarious. His impression of Joe Flanigan's reaction was absolutely hysterical.

Even funnier was the time that they had a guest star who had never seen the series, and they were doing some off-world scene, and when they started to shoot and Paul started delivering his lines in the Scottish accent the guy stopped dead and asked if it was a joke! Without dropping the accent, Paul said, "No, it's not a joke, mate! Watch the show and you'll see what the character's like! Do your homework!"

When he mentioned that Carson was indeed coming back for two episodes (which he's still filming - he goes back to Vancouver for the last two days of filming this week), everyone cheered - and one guy took that moment to get up and leave! Paul quipped, "Oh, okay, that's the guy who's saying, 'Dammit! I wanted that guy to stay dead!' Cheeky bugger."

At this point he had to apologize for being a little fuzzy ... "Sorry, I've got a cold ... I just took 4 Sudafeds. You're all purple right now."



When he started taking audience questions, I got up to get in line. The girl in front of me asked a good one - "Is there any chance of Carson coming back as an ascended being the way Daniel did?" This brought about much catcalling from the female audience members. Paul responded, "You mean ... naked, I take it?" More cheers. "Sure, if they put my head on Cliff Simon's body!" He continued, "I'm a pasty white Scottish guy. You don't want to see that, trust me. And ... no."

The first thing I said was "Congratulations on your resurrection!" And then I couldn't say anything else because everyone started cheering so loudly! Then when everyone stopped cheering, Paul said, "I have to point out that TJ here and her son are part of the Save Carson campaign ... where is he? Stand up on a chair so everybody can see you, mate!" And my kid jumped up on his chair in the audience, and everyone started cheering and clapping. Paul was so cute - he said, "There he is! Nine years old. What a guy. Take a bow! Great! OK, now sit down, dammit! This is my time. Cheeky bugger, stealing my limelight." Oh my God! It was wonderful. My son was dying of laughter. Then Paul went on for several minutes about how hard everyone on the Save Carson campaign had worked on his behalf, and how much he appreciated it, and thanked me in front of that entire audience! GAK! It was amazing.

Anyway, after I got over the utter glee of being recognized like that, he said, "OK, did you actually have a question?" And I asked him about the missing scene in "The Tao of Rodney" between Rodney and Carson ... where Rodney had a touching goodbye scene with everyone except Carson, and I really wanted to hear him tell us the scene that had been written for them but never filmed.

Paul said he and David Hewlett were both really disappointed they didn't film the scene (previously described here by phibi, who heard him tell the story at FedCon, I think?), which involved Carson going to Rodney's quarters in the evening - when he walks in, he says, "Rodney, it smells like my mum's place in here!" and it turns out Rodney has cooked him haggis. "Because, of course, he's a genius and can do anything ... not like in real life ... no wait, I didn't say that, did I?"

Someone asked Paul about his home life as a kid (he's the second youngest of seven children, six boys and one girl) and he said he felt sorry for his sister, and all the poor boys that ever tried to date her. He said he became an actor because he had to perform every day anyway! OH, and when he was born he had such a head of hair that his mother said, "Oh my god, look at the hair on him - he looks like a wee Beatle! We'll call him Paul." He swears that's true! So he's actually named after Paul McCartney.

One cute little boy asked him a long hypothetical question "What if Carson hadn't gotten blown up by a tumor ... and what if Weir didn't get hurt at the end of Season 3 ... do you think such and such would have happened?" Paul kept having him start over, and it always kept coming back to, "What if you hadn't been blown up, and ..." And finally he said, "OK, do you really enjoy saying what happened to me over and over? What was it that happened again? What?"

"You got blown up."

"How, exactly?"

"Um ... by an exploding tumor."

"THANK YOU! You're laughing now! This is fun for you? SECURITY! Remove that man." It was great. He finally told the kid he was a good sport for all the teasing, and brought him up onstage and gave him a present - a Stargate keychain. Then he asked him how old he was. He said "Twelve." And Paul asked the audience, "Are there any 12-year-old girls out there? Come on ... wave ... AH! There you are, darling." And he hands the kid a second keychain, and says, "Go give it to that lovely girl right there." That poor kid! It was a riot.

One of our Save Carson supporters gave him a wee baby turtle (ceramic) and he said, "Thank you! Wow, that's the first one of those I've ever received." Then he went on to say how he was staying at his brother's house in Vancouver while he was filming Atlantis, and he kept placing the turtles all over the house in unexpected places, just to drive him nuts. "I think I'll put this one in his pillowcase."

I could have listened to him all day, but eventually they cut him off so he could get to the autograph-signing. That was the best of all! It was late in the day and they told us there wouldn't be any personalized autographs, which is no big deal for me really (I already have one, that TJ in the UK got for me), but when we got up to him Paul insisted on personalizing our autographs. My son really wanted his "Save Carson" shirt signed, and Paul said, "Oh, come on over here then!" And wrote the CUTEST note on it for him - "To my wee buddy! Cheers! Paul McGillion"

My son gave him another big hug, and then Paul insisted on personalizing my autograph, which was on the letter page of the Cult Times issue that published my "Save Carson!" letter (next to a great photo of Paul). He was really impressed with the letter (which took up half the page!). He wrote, "To T.J., thanks for all the love! xxoo Paul McGillion" While he was signing it, I told him that I was the dancer that had performed the Highland fling with the piper at Comic Con, and he said, "Really? That's fantastic!" and when he was done signing, my son wanted one more hug, which he happily provided. I just started to say thanks and leave, and he jumped up and said, "Hang on, Mom, let's have a hug." And he came around from behind the table and gave me a HUGE hug, and told me, "Thank you so much for all your hard work. I really appreciate it. It means a lot to me."



OK, I can die now. It was really just wonderful ... I only wish there's been more time to tell him how much I appreciate all HIS work! But all in all, I'd say it was a very successful first meeting. Sigh.