Kate Hewlett to be cast as McKay's Sister

[Cory Holmes]

Oh no she would have to be as smart or even smarter! Where would the fun be if she had normal or below average intelligence?

Exaclty my point. What's the point in having him on the show if there's someone better than he is? And I was also thinking about the plot, how it could be more entertaining if part of the friction between the two is that they just couldn't see how the other person worked (ie: she couldn't get past his brilliance, he just doesn't undertsand her people skills).

[St@rbuck]

Glad they got her to play the role of his sister

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[prion]

i kinda hope for a small brother sister argument, and bringing up the fact he wanted to be an artist. which was one of the first bits of charactor development of Mckay

Actually, McKay wanted to be a pianist, not an artist

[wolverine_nl]

cant wait for it to air!!!!!!
Maybe she is soooo good that they put her as recurring character.

Not thinking tooo positive lol

[Dutch_Razor]

What would be funny is people who don't know might complain they don't look alike enough lol. (I mean, it could happen..)

[prion]

What would be funny is people who don't know might complain they don't look alike enough lol. (I mean, it could happen..)

Believe me, there will be people who won't connect the last names at all. Having siblings, I've had that happen ("You're related? Oh gee, I didn't know.")

[Arlessiar]

I'm so very happy and excited that Kate will play Jeanie McKay! This is so great, can't wait for this episode!

Good that David already thought of his sister Kate when they established Jeanie McKay in 'Hot Zone'.
And I'm sure it's also easier for David to relate to the feeling of having a younger sister than a younger brother, since he actually has five younger sisters!

Everyone says that Kate's a fantastic actress, I do believe that, but I hope she's not nervous now! No pressure, Kate, I already think you're the perfect Jeanie!

Oh, and if someone's interested, there's a discussion thread for Jeanie McKay here on GW, where we discuss her character:

Jeanie McKay thread

Bye, A.

[sueKay]

One thing that I think is really interesting about this episode, is that Rodney is almost adamant and refuses to accept that anyone's smarter than him. But by looking at what Martin's said...it seems that

Spoiler:

Rodney's openly admitting that Jeannie is smarter than him

I think that we are going to see a very different Rodney McKay in this ep.

I don't think that there's any chance of Jeannie becoming a recurring character on Atlantis given that she's a mother but what's to stop her from working for the SGC if she ever goes back to physics.

[Rosehawk]

NOt to whine, but I sure hope Sheppard gets an equally as good episode

I agree with you. I really like Shep alot too and would like to see a good background story on him but that is for a different thread!

The writers just have a take on McKay and his sister that I find really interesting and can't wait to see! I think the two actors are going to be perfect for this kind of an episode!

[Ensign M.I.T.S]

That will be kinda funny! I hope it will be really nice

[Lord Zedd]

One thing that I think is really interesting about this episode, is that Rodney is almost adamant and refuses to accept that anyone's smarter than him. But by looking at what Martin's said...it seems that

Spoiler:

Rodney's openly admitting that Jeannie is smarter than him

I think that we are going to see a very different Rodney McKay in this ep.

I don't think that there's any chance of Jeannie becoming a recurring character on Atlantis given that she's a mother but what's to stop her from working for the SGC if she ever goes back to physics.

I think you ment that at the time in the past she was the smartass but now McKay is of course Jeannie became a mum. Rodney couldn't live with that so he became the smartest person of the family

[The Ori]

I think it's a great idea by TPTB

[prion]

I think it's a great idea by TPTB

It's great to actually see siblings play each other's, well, siblings!

[Allestian]

Oh wow!!!

This sounds soooooo cool.

[creed462]

I think this will make for an intersting story