Heres what happened…
How is the shoot for season two coming along?
Season twos going great.
I think we just finished our second episode, and moving into a really fun third episode.
We start next week.
Im really excited about what to do in this year.
It was really a shocker for all of us.
How was Robert Carlyle as a director?
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He was a fantastic director.
Hes an actor, so he gets it.
It was a trip, but he was fantastic.
He really hit it out of the park and did a great job.
I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.
[laughs] I think then we might know enough to be ready.
Were you a fan of the original series before coming to the show?
I had never really watched them.
I havent seen that!
It was a little bit jolting because they were so different from my idea ofStargatehaving worked onStargate Universe.
I was like, Are you kidding me?
This is absolutely nothing like what were doing here at all.
I will say, I quite enjoyedSG-1.
Im a very big fan ofSG-1.
I especially love Ben Browder.
I thought he did fantastic work in that.
I think David Hewlett is a comedic genius.
I think hes great.
So, yeah, theres a lot of stuff there to like.
Have you had much interaction with the fans thus far?
Well, I joined Twitter last year.
Im really glad I did, because its great to have that contact with the fans.
And also I went a convention up in Birmingham.
One of the Chevrons…
I believe it was Chevron 7.4.
And that was a blast, I love, love, love doing the conventions.
I think Im doing a few more here in the States and doing one in Canada in April.
I love getting to talk to people face to face.
Theres something so impersonal about the Internet.
I think ultimately its dehumanising in a way.
Its great to see people face to face and get to discuss the show.
Yknow, its such an odd thing.
And theres also some people who really enjoyed the previousStargates.
Its a crazy world.
Who knows why people watch a television series.
I dont know why I do.
Sometimes something just clicks and in a way fan reaction and all that stuff?
Its none of our business.
For me, it certainly isnt.
My job begins and ends with the scene Im working on that day.
You know what I mean?
Its all none of my business, really.
Ive got nothing to do with it.
Did it feel like a natural progression, or would you prefer to stick to the more character-based stories?
I wont lie, when we were shooting that episode, I was worried.
I dont want to say the word alien.
It just doesnt feel like our show.
Why cant I say those things or that creature or whatever?
Im like, Oh my god, I hope this isnt a big cheese-fest.
So, I was really, really surprised and happy and pleased at how those turned out.
Yeah, I think so.
Yknow, Scott doesnt talk a lot about himself.
I think of most of the characters hes not going to sit down, unless you need it.
He holds a lot of that in, and he holds the cards really close.
Theres a very specific episode in the last half that comes to a head a little bit for him.
Briefly, at least.
Things that he thought he had dealt with come back and kick him in the ass.
So, those elements are still there and they still inform who he is.
We know who we were in the past; we know who we are now.
Youve already worked with some stars in your early career: Peter Gallagher, Robert Carlyle, Bruce Davidson.
Are there any actors you aspire to work with in the years ahead?
Yes, for sure, my god.
One that always comes to mind is Ryan Gosling.
I think hes a fantastic actor.
I think hed be fun to work with.
Gosh, who else?
Im completely drawing a blank!
[laughs]
Actually, Mary McDonnell.
Im a very bigBattlestarfan.
Im so shocked that she didnt get an Emmy for her performance in that show.
So layered, so committed, so emotional and just so good.
Yeah, I would say its not just a fear, its a very real thing that happens.
And thats what weve got here.
Its the same thing that we saw with actors onBattlestar.
Brian J Smith, thank you very much!
Stargate Universe is showing on Sky1 and Sky1 HD.
