Moderator: First question
Moderator: to : ask him what his first impressions of the character Prince where?
NigelB: I liked him because he didn't say a word for 20 pages
NigelB: Like a child quietly exploring
NigelB: He was curious and open and that was appealing
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : I have heard that you will be in the US for some filming. If this is true, can you tell us where and when?
NigelB: There may be some filming for Lexx in the US, but I don't know when or where.
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Will Prince be a big part of season 4 like he was in season 3?
NigelB: Yes he is. He's not as central, but he certainly plays a large part
NigelB: The 4th season is even wierder and wackier than 3
NigelB: GA
NigelB: The best was the box of oatmeal thust in my face instead of a cross. I used to do ads for oatmeal
NigelB: I don't think ther was a bad one
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : The dialogue on Forever Knight, particularly that of Lucien LaCroix, was surprisingly intelligent, and always interesting. To what extent was Lucius your character, and how much was taken verbatim from the writers?
NigelB: No a lot was taken verbatim
NigelB: The writers wrote for the character we created
NigelB: I knew exactly how he sounded and chould sound
NigelB: But the writers loved the charater and enjoyed writing for him
NigelB: I was challenege for them
NigelB: GA
Bouncer: - were they all written ahead of time?
Moderator: to : Does Nigel plan to come over here to the UK to promote 'His Father's Son'?
NigelB: I would love to. His Father's Son is the second of the three novels I co-author.
NigelB: The book is due out any moment now
NigelB: And the comments are very good
NigelB: It's a stronger book than the first
NigelB: But I haven't been invited
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : I have been a huge fan of yours for quite some time.. and find your web site very interseting... do you ever get time to read your guest book?
NigelB: I confess...I've never had the berve to read it.
NigelB: I do log on to visit the links
NigelB: I should read the guest book, but I'm a coward
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : I would like to ask Nigel why he started the Motion Picture Industry Charitable Alliance rather than froting an existing charity?
NigelB: We started really as a way to get rid of my wardrobe from FK
NigelB: When that first year was so successful we decided to go on
NigelB: We choose two charities a year
NigelB: And we can change charities every year and do right by them
NigelB: There are so many group[s that need the help
NigelB: It really feels good
NigelB: GA
NigelB: And by the way, it happens again in October!
Moderator: to : How did you get involved with Lexx? Was it something you always wanted to be in or was there some other reason?
NigelB: I was approached by the producers
NigelB: I'd worked with them on a film called Paint Can
NigelB: They wanted a new character and they thought I'd be right for the part
NigelB: It seemed like a good idea at the time...and was
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : has he had his eyebrows bleached to play Prince again this time?
NigelB: Yes. It's not quite as obvious as it was last time. But yes, they're bleached again
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : What is the most challenging role you've had in your career?
NigelB: That's tough
NigelB: There have been so many that were tough in different way
NigelB: The most satisfying was a film called Different, with Lynn Redgrave
NigelB: It was very gratifying
NigelB: It was on Shoiwtime I think
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Was the episode Francesca you first attempt at directing. I liked it by the way.
NigelB: It was my first attempt at directing for television. And I was quite pleased with it. Thanks
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Dear Nigel, I got to see you at Syndicon in Baltimore and you were great with everyone. I was wondering if the sci-fi genre' picked you or you picked it since so much of your work has been in it.
NigelB: I think that it picked me
NigelB: I never had any great desire or interest in sci fi
NigelB: FK certainly started it all, and the genre hasn't let me go
NigelB: I've enjoyed it
NigelB: A good ride so far
NigelB: GA
NigelB: Oh, and I think I'm going to be doing a con in Pittsburgh at some point
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Hello, Nigel. Another Lexx question. What exactly was Prince shouting as he plummeted to the little blue planet presumed to be Earth? It has been a big topic at alt.tv.lexx newsgroup of the meaning. It sounded like Prince was saying, "Oh, pain. Oh, joy." repeatedly. Why?
NigelB: That's exactly what he was saying, on the other way around. Oh joy Oh pain
NigelB: GA
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Moderator: to : Good evening, Nigel. Will you have time for more theater this summer?
NigelB: I'm hoping to... I'm just working on things at the moment in Nova Scotia. Nothing is definite yet
NigelB: GA
Moderator: Gwenn> to : Since you write vampire stories, I was wondering why you never attempted to write for the Forever knight series.
NigelB: Oh I did.
NigelB: I wrote a script which was rejected
NigelB: I started writing it at the end of season two, but with cast changes it didn't fit in Season 3
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Will you still be in Nova Scotia in August, and if so will you be going to Ger in his one man show around that time
NigelB: July and August is our hiatus from Lexx, so if the theater works happens I'll probably turn up there.
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Another Lexx question - How many different outfits for Prince are there exactly? Will they be for sale after Lexx finishes season 4?
NigelB: There were three outfits last season
NigelB: Dark blue heavy
NigelB: Dark blue silk in South Africa
NigelB: And a powder blue outfit
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : How often does he have to bleach his hair for Prince?
NigelB: About every ten to fourteen days.
NigelB: And you can actually see little tiny roots after four days.
NigelB: Incredible
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : How long did the make up take for the Secret Adv of Jules Verne episode you did? (Good show btw)
NigelB: That took about an hour and a quarter every day
NigelB: They used an airbrush
NigelB: They airbrushed me with paint
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Why did he wear more make-up to play LaCroix in the third season?
NigelB: I didn't think that I did. But lots of people have said that I did
NigelB: I had the same makeup person, so that's not it
NigelB: But it was always very extreme if yopu think about it
NigelB: Like a demonic clown
NigelB: GA
Moderator: MeLuSiNe-> to : what was our most memorable moment of filming Lexx?
NigelB: On the beach in Namibia
NigelB: There was aday when we were trying to hold up a green screen and it took four men to hold it against the wind
NigelB: Namibia is unlike anything I have seen before
NigelB: The desert is so ememse
NigelB: The ocean is so huge...And there is nothing between there and South America
NigelB: We saw so many kinds of animals.
NigelB: What a place to work.
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : We've heard about how you initially felt about the character "Prince," but is there any aspect of him in particular that you came to enjoy, as the series progressed?
NigelB: I think I kind of enjoyed everything about him from the start
NigelB: Like my character in FK he has tremendous power
NigelB: And great freedom comes with that kind of power
NigelB: I like that about him
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : I loved Keeper of the King, and have been a fan of yours for quite a while - you play the best "bad guys" yet make them so attractive. I wanted to know how much of your personality come out in "Keeper"?
NigelB: Quite a lot, I think
NigelB: I think in a way writing is more personal than acting
NigelB: There's a lot of me in His FAther's SDon as well
NigelB: You can't avoid it
NigelB: A lot of Richard's fears are mine
NigelB: I don'
NigelB: t like to fly either
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Both Prince and LaCroix are very sensory and tactile. Is that something that was planned by the writers or something you brought to it?
NigelB: Certainly with Prince I brought it to the role
NigelB: From the first episode I saw that he would smell everything
NigelB: Sniff people
NigelB: That worked well with his obsession with water
NigelB: Since he com,,es from a dry planet
NigelB: These are the kind of moments that you create on the set with the director
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : MODERATOR TO MODERATOR/ WILL NIGEL WRITE ANY MORE BOOKS IN THE FUTURE ABOUT VAMPIRES?
NigelB: Well, the third book will be about the end of the world
NigelB: We decided to tackle something small
NigelB: And I won't say any more about it than that!
NigelB: GA
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Moderator: to : Despite evil darkness of both the LEXX and FK characters you portrayed--- there seemed to also be a deep lonliness as well-- Care to comment?
NigelB: I think the lonliness comes from eternity
NigelB: They are immortal
NigelB: Immortality must be very lonely
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Nigel, Who came up with the idea of The Night Crawler on Forever Knight? Did one of the actors? Incidentally, no one could give him the character and flair that you did.
NigelB: The was written into the first episode
NigelB: But teh Night Crawler changed with each season
NigelB: He was a heavy metal dj in the beginning
NigelB: Then a lonely voice in the darkness later
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : If , now this is an if question, could choose to play the part of any character, from film, theater, or so on, who do you think you would most enjoying playing as? That is, if you could ever decide...
NigelB: I don't know...
NigelB: I get asked this and I alway mean to work on an answer
NigelB: The type of character, is certyainly someone who admits his weakness and trys to come to term,s with it
NigelB: I'm sure there are dozens of such characters.
NigelB: GA
Moderator: Magus> to : How do you think Prince came to his existense? A God-like being or a highly evolved human, etc??
NigelB: I don't think that even the writers know that
NigelB: I think he just worked his way to the top of the food chain
NigelB: The problem is that if anthing kills him, they've lost
NigelB: I think in one episode he said he didn't know where he came from
NigelB: He just knows what he does
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : i wanted to ask Nigel if he still keeps in touch with the cast from Forever Knight
Moderator: to : Did he ever imagine the character of LaCroix would be so popular?
NigelB: I don't really keep in touch
NigelB: I bump into Ger occassionally, but that's about it
NigelB: Most of the time when you work on a long term project there is a sense of family while you are working, but it doesn't really last when you move on
NigelB: I'm sure we would all still be friends if we saw each other
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Your writing is great. Can you tell us what your favorite authors and or titles are?
NigelB: My favorite author is Gabriel Garcia Marquez
NigelB: Love In The Time of Cholera
NigelB: One Hundred Years of Solitude
NigelB: I started writing when I was still a kid
NigelB: I still have fifty pages of a book I started twenty years ago
NigelB: I enjoy writing very much
NigelB: Glad you like it
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Its very common for an actor to bring his own personality to a character, but have you ever taken a role that has somehow changed your life in ways that you didn't or couldn't have imagined?
NigelB: Well yes, Forever Knight is a perfect example
NigelB: It changed all of our lives
NigelB: It made us successful
NigelB: I don't thinkl a role has ever changed my beliefs or feelings
NigelB: But every role has to cahnge you to some degre
NigelB: GA
Moderator: What was Legends of the FAll Like?
NigelB: Working w/ Brad Pittg was fun
NigelB: And working on a big budget film is quite an experience..There is so much TIME taken
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Please? just one fun little question! :) did you like those lexxy boots?
NigelB: They were hand made for me here in Halifax
NigelB: They weren't the most comfortable boots in the world
NigelB: They're tigbht
NigelB: They were interesting
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : How did you like working with Wesley Snipes?
NigelB: Wesley was great
NigelB: He's very professional
NigelB: It was good fun
NigelB: The mockup of the White House they build in Toronto was amazing
NigelB: GA
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Moderator: Tag> to : Hi, my question for Nigel: Lexx's 3rd Season dealt with religious suject matters (Heaven and Hell, etc.). Are you a religious person? How were you brought up?
NigelB: I am not formally relgious at all
NigelB: I believe taht you make your own Heaven and Hell here and now
NigelB: I have spiritual beliefs that are important to me
NigelB: I think we do have a spirit
NigelB: and the spirit goes on
Moderator: to : What was it like working with the cast and crew of the Lexx Show?
NigelB: GA
NigelB: I was talking to some of the crew this evening
NigelB: They are such a wonderful crew
NigelB: We have amazingly talented people
NigelB: Especially the cgi guys
NigelB: Very high quality
NigelB: The crew on the set works so hard, and they work such long hours
NigelB: They're the real troopers behind the show
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : Has he visited Glastonbury as he seemed to have the directions to the Chalice Well and Tor just right :)
NigelB: Yes I have
NigelB: I've visited about three time now
NigelB: It's a magical place
NigelB: If you climb to the top of Tor on a sunny day there is a feeling of peace, and you can actually feel the power
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : What do you do to relax?
NigelB: At the moment I'm putting a bathroom into my cottage
NigelB: I hunt, and fish, and I play golf
NigelB: I go for hikes
NigelB: GA
Moderator: Lucifyra> to : What do his sons think of the characters he plays?
NigelB: THey didn't watch Forever Knight
NigelB: They've watched Lex
NigelB: They think it's kind of wierd
NigelB: I'm never sure if they are proud of me. or if it's a burden
NigelB: I think at least they really know that tv isn't real
NigelB: And that's good
NigelB: GA
Moderator: to : I hear you like to cook--what's your specialty?
NigelB: I have a lot of venison in my freezer
NigelB: So I'm very good at that
NigelB: I like barbeque
NigelB: The man's way of cooking
NigelB: Nothing to clean up
NigelB: I live on a Salmon river, so I cook a lot of fish
NigelB: GA
Moderator: Our last question. What advice do you have for those who aspire to be actors
NigelB: Do it
NigelB: Just do it
NigelB: If you want to be an actor, find a way to act
NigelB: Don't be told you can't
NigelB: Don't be told you should
NigelB: The more you act, the better you will get
NigelB: Apart from that find a good school and get the best training possible
NigelB: Then keep trying!
NigelB: Thanks so much to evertyone who logged on
NigelB: I'm glad you enjoy Lexx so much
NigelB: Good night!
Moderator: WE'll open the floor now