The Friday 21 May 1999 with Jeremy Roberts at the Sam Raimi Yahoo Club.
Specialguest2000 = 2000
Chris5550 = chris
Shirley LeVasseur = shirl
Kelgram = kel
Georgedirtydog = george
Collieka = col
Derkenn = der
Joxerfan = jox
Trachyte = trach
CatchMeNever = catch
Chris : JEREMY IS CHATTING UNDER SPECIAL GUEST 2000
George : hey again jeremy
Kel : hey george I haven’t said hi to yet, haha
2000 : Hi I 'm here. Is this amazing or what ?
Col : joxerfan made it
Der : Hello from France, SIR
Shirl : totally
Jox : Pretty amazing this is your first chat thingie, I gather ?
2000 : hello mon amie maud sorry about the mispell
kel : Am I like the new person here ?
col : not any more kel
kel : cool
2000 : yes, this is the bad guy’s virginal talk debut be gentle !
shirl : LOL
kel : haha
chris :GO AHEAD , THROW OUT A ?
shirl : how was New Zealand ?
der : You could call me as you want Maud Maude orMAT HILD, it is no important
2000 : too bad there’ s not a video camera on me ‘cause I sure look good tonight (*1)
jox : I’m the ultimate bad guy fan - I rented « Stuart Saves His Family » and finally found you !
2000 : and so does N.Z
jox : Are you in N.Z ?
2000 : DON’T BLINK bad guy disappears quickly in stuart (*2)
2000 : i’m back in L.A
jox : so tell us the scoop on the Herc ep you just did
2000 : i’m a winged satan spawn
jox : LOL !
2000 : returned from hell to save his sister’s soul
shirl : of course you are, but what role did you play ?
2000 : LOL
kel : hahaha
jox : (that’s laughing out loud for the cyber virgin)
2000 : still LOL
2000 : still
shirl : was is the serie finale
2000 : is it as good for you all as it was for me ?
shirl : better
kel : HA !
2000 : 2nd from the last one
jox : I’m still chuckling
2000 : sorry 2nd of 8
2000 : laugh it up joxerfan
jox : Anybody else we know in it ? Callisto ? Ares ? etc ?
2000 : incredible make up probably an emmy
2000 : don’t laugh
shirl : heh
shirl : sorry
2000 : you mean anyone other than me ???
jox : right any subordinate bad guy ?
2000 : the lovely ms sam sorbo is satan in disguised
jox : seriously ?
2000 : but not really disguised because she refused to wear make-up
jox : now THAT’S a cool idea !
der : Of the 4 leads that you played in Hercules.Xena, which is your favorite ?
2000 : i on the otherhand was in the makeup chair for 3 hrs before we shot
kel : ug
2000 : it takes a long time to make such a handsome guy as me look like a devil
shirl : LOL
kel : lol !
joxerfan laughs out loud
shirl : is there a picture on your site yet of it ?
2000 : favorites roles. This one is called xercox
trach : You said you wore wings ? How long did it take to put them on ?
jox : And are these, like, bad-style wings ?
2000 : who wouldn’t want to fly around 100ft in the air slamming hercules into pillars
2000 : big angel wings-fallen angel
shirl : cool
2000 : wings are attached instantly to a chest plate
2000 : manipulated by puppeteers at the ends
2000 : pics will be up on my site soon at www.jeremyroberts.com
chris : THE ADDRESS IS IN THE LINKS SECTION
2000 : hideous plug done by my publicity craving wife
kel : hiya wife
shirl : LOL
2000 : hello darling
trach : LOL
2000 : trachyte -like that name
trach : thanks !
george : how was it working on the x-files
jox : that would be the daughter of the famous « Faster Pussycat » actress, right ?
2000 : has anyone seen billboards for the 13th Floor yet ?
2000 : where is everyone from ?
chris : been to the site
2000 : yes, pussycat daughter
chris : KS here
2000 : IS MINE MINE !
kel : Maryland
shirl : from Maine, seen TV ads for 13th floor
trach : Texas
george : Kansas here
col : Nova Scotia (That’s in Canada for those who funked geography)
2000 : collieka you’re wild
2000 : spent a lot of time in vancouver
kel : Got any fresh cookies at your house Jer ?
2000 : with millennium
col : rainy huh ?
jox : Hey Jeremy - did you know they snook in a refference to that movie in Xena a few weeks back ?
2000 : just baked them
kel : haha
der : around october-november in France for 13th
2000 : and tomatoe sandwiches (*3)
kel : yum lol
jox : « Faster Chakram….Kill Kill Kill «
2000 : i was told about the reference
2000 : yeah excellent my mother in law loved it
shirl : did you meet with Peter Jackson ?
2000 : no,just with the casting director
2000 : put me on tape
2000 : cross your fingers
shirl : awesome
shirl : fingers, toes & eyes crossed
kel : and arms
kel : and legs (*4)
shirl : any particular role ?
2000 : x-files kind of the filming the 50s the blob (*5)
jox : So how did you get involved with Renaissance Pics initially ?
2000 : lord of the ring faramir, brother of boromir
shirl : sweet
2000 : or any one of the numerous orcks or elves
der : not a Hobbit ?
shirl : lol
2000 : too tall 6’4’
kel : grow a little
shirl : I could see you as an Uruk Hai (high orck) with make up
2000 : started renaissance with xena as thirsites (*6)
2000 : and yes makeup seems to be my life (*7)
2000 : but then so was lon chaney’s
jox : So did you audition ? Or they contacted you in particular ?
shirl : heh
2000 : I think they have daniel day lewis for faramir
2000 : sean connery as gandalf
2000 : joxer i had to audition with an english accent in wellington N.Z
shirl : I thought you auditionned for faramir ?
2000 : actually my wife posed as my manager and finagled the audition. she’s amazing. (*8)
kel : Yay wife
2000 : i did audition for faramir but everyone had to have an english accent
shirl : yeah yay wife !!!
der : why an english accent ?
2000 : because british sounds better
2000 : there’s a lot of casting out of N.Z
shirl : I’ll tell
der : Try in France as Bruce Campbell
shirl : Are there lot of crew from Hercules going to work for Jackson ?
2000 : bruce was there directing the next hecules
2000 : yes they already have the costumer there now
shirl : talk about teaming
jox : so speaking of the end of « Hercules »
2000 : i couldn’t have been in a better place at a better time let’s hope i did a good english accent
jox : Are some of the cast crew just going to switch over to « xena » ?
2000 : it seems almost impossible that hercules is ending
shirl : I know
2000 : no xena has their own separate crew
jox : But I wonder if, say, kevin sorbo of some of those semi-regulars will now show up on XWP a bit more …
der : Even in Mythology Hercules was dead (*9)
shirl : or that Jeremy Roberts guy …
2000 : i’m hoping to go back as vlad in upcomming hercules
jox : yeah ! I’d like for Merk to return !
shirl : Vlad as in Vlad the Impaler ? (*10)
2000 : vampire episode and kevin probably will show up more in xena
2000 : ya vlad
der : Very nice guy
kel : I love those smiles
jox : So Jeremy how did you break into « the business » ?
2000 : 5 yrs shakespeare rep
jox : really ? where ?
2000 : and then I was an extra with tom hanks first movie bachelor party
2000 : 11 yrs ago in L.A
2000 : tom is cool
jox : Did you study acting ? Or just dive in ?
2000 : 5 yrs studying at american conservatory theater in san fransisco
jox : so cool. What was your fav. Shakespeare role ? (and was it is a bad guy ?)
2000 : petruchio in taming
2000 : he was sort of bad
shirl : LOL
2000 : to katherine anyway
jox : funny funny part
col : will you do more theater or stick with family ?
2000 : did an extra part on a movie of the week called wicked wicked ways
2000 : about errol flynn
2000 : ended up playing his stuntman buddy
2000 : and getting 3wks on the movie and my sag card
2000 : and so it began
jox : did you get an agent right away ?
2000 : i’d love to do more theater but my agent says there’s no money in it
2000 : and money rules the world
2000 : yeah, luckly an agent on the first try
shirl : how did you get your role on Brisco County Jr ?
2000 : been with him for 12 yrs
2000 : just looking big dirty and dumb
shirl :hehe
shirl : that’s how bruce got it too
jox : So what are some films you’re really proud of that we should check out ?
2000 : I told him that
shirl : ha
2000 : it’s tough when you don’t have a large part in any of them
shirl : that’ll change
2000 : ned blessing on cbs was a series i was proud of
2000 : playing a mentally challenged inventor
col : your part was pretty large in Runnig Time. How did you feel about that ?
shirl : I wish I’d seen that show
2000 :most of the time you’re in the movie violently kill someone and then are violently killed
2000 : now running time of course
2000 : but it was done like a play with only 5 edits
shirl : you were awesome in that
der : Some people maintain that TV and Cinema spread violence. What did you think of this allegations ?
2000 : thank you
2000 : 5th amendment
shirl : hehe
2000 : I wouldn’t work if there was no violence
der : I don’t know
2000 : Let’s keep those comments to yourself derkenn (*11)
jox : So back to some of your appearances. How ‘bout some other TV work we may have seen ?
der : ?
2000 : I did play a good cop in no strings attached on video (*12)
2000 : knots landing seinfeld ellen (*13)
jox : which Seinfeld where you in ?
2000 : i played ellen’s boyfriend and the girl was more psychotic than I
2000 : the limo
jox : hmmmm
2000 : george and jerry take nazi supremist limo
2000 : to madison square garden
jox : think I missed that one. Damn
2000: i’m driving straight to HELL !!!
kel : lol
2000 : anyone see people under the stairs
der : Me (*14)
jox : Yep it was OK
2000 : a wes craven film
kel : too many years ago
chris : Is the director of the 13th the same one who did No Strings Attached ?
shirl : yes, long ago
2000 : yes, it is joseph rusnak
jox : you weren’t under the stairs, were you ?
2000 : he also did one called quiet days in hollywood
2000 : i was dragged under the stairs
jox : at the beginning ?
2000 : yeah, with ving rhames
kel : I just remember that dude without a tongue (*15)
jox : oh my gosh ! He was in that too ?
2000 : he lives to become mega famous love that man
2000 : guy without a tongue wasn’t he missing a hand oh that was me always me (*16)
kel : I’d rather have a tongue
shirl : heh yeah
2000 : not touching that
jox : So tell us some good gossip on the Hercules/Xena cast Who’s the most fun to work with ?
kel : hahaha
chris : People Under the Stairs in on Sci-Fi channel Saturday night at midnight
kel : cool
2000 : Chris -you’re a god
shirl : gotta watch it
chris : thanks
kel : synchronize VCR’s
col : no sci-fi channel here (*17)
2000 : I kind of dig renée
chris : and at 8pm also, all central times
shirl : was that come kind of yoga you did with her ?
2000 : kevin s. is a hoot
2000 : yeah like I ever really did yoga computer generated
shirl : lol
jox : hey may be you can solve the great mystery Josh Becker says she’s engaged to that guy, the publicity people say that’s not. What’s the deal ?
2000 : also a virgin in yoga
shirl : never thought of you as particular virginal
2000 : joxer. renée ? or kevin ? or xena ?
jox : Renée sorry !
col : Shirley ! Keep those thoughts clean !
2000 : give me a shot i can be sweet REALLY
shirl : moi ? heh
2000 : i believe renée is married to him
2000 : the wedding was held in texas
2000 : sounds like a film title
shirl : cool
jox : ? ? ? Reeally ? This is not well know That is some good scoop !
shirl : just recently ?
2000 : i believe
2000 : but i think it was held at her parents steakhouse
kel : ew
2000 : the reception at any rate
jox : well I gather they’d been together for a long time lived together etc so may be they just finally made it official
jox : By the way I think thousands of Renée fans envy you for those erotic yoga shots ! (*18)
2000 : Let’s just make it official here then
col : So Jeremy what do you do in your spare time (if you have any ) ?
2000 : she is fit and so sweet
jox : Male and Female Renée fans, I might add
2000 : no spare time, I have a 2 yrs old
2000 : and she’s standing on my head right now
shirl : lol
col : my condolences
kel : hahaha
trach : My 2 years old is in my lap now too LOL
2000 : I’ve grown gray (*19)
2000 : how about you trachyte
shirl : hello little one !
trach : Nope not a gray hair yet
2000 : HELLO
george : kakistos I remember the ep, but which one was he ?
kel : waves
2000 : they used to call me taquitos on the set (*20)
2000 : by kel
kel : nite I’ll stay but I have to write mail and get to bed talkin’over here
kel : it was fun
shirl : see ya
2000 : you’re outta here, kel thans for coming be bad
chris : bye
jox : speaking of that yoga episode, you looked a bigger than the others -you been pumping iron ? (*21)
kel : bye all take care « be bad »lol nite
george : wasn’t that the Buffy character name ?
2000 : I gained 40 lbs
shirl ; whoa
2000 : with the birth of my 2 child (*22)
jox : LOL !
trach : LOL !
2000 : that is my 2 yrs old child
2000 : dinero has his method, i got mine
2000 : fistful of dinero
2000 : haha
jox : kinda like the character Meg who said her « father died in childhood »
jox : got drunk when she was born and fall off a roof
shirl :
shirl : did you have sympathy labor pains too ? (*23)
2000 : another meg, meg foster is coming back to herc and yes i did have sympathy labor pains
george : they just showed Bruce on Homicide for about .25 a second
jox : Meg Foster…she was Hera ?
2000 : What was he doing ? dying
2000 : yes Meg is hera
shirl : I knew you must have
george : it’s the final ep of Homicide and they showed a little from each
2000 : they tried to get william shatner to play zues
jox : NO WAY
shirl : no way ! lol
der : Do you look your performances on TV and Cinema ? (*24)
2000 : zeus oooops
2000 : YEAH WAY
shirl : bwahahaha
2000 : he just did a commercial for priceline took his pay in shares
trach : Shatner turn the role down ?
jox : Lemme guess - he wanted a more impressive part ?
2000 : it hit the roof
george : he was busy doing the BIG GIANT HEAD part
shirl : man, he must be further rich now
2000 : and now it’s worth 13 million still he should have been zeus the boob
2000 : and he is a big giant head
shirl : lol
jox : heh heh
2000 : staying at a friends
george : How about the Buffy ep ?
2000 : staying at a friend’s house overlooking shatner’s ranch watched him land in a helicopter occasionally
2000 : of course we met on star trek but this is far more impressive
2000 : he’s cool
2000 : are we asking on Buffy ? yodirty dog you
jox : Oh that’s right. You were on DS9 right ? (*25)
george : you were on it weren’t you ? as that IC guy
2000 : sarah gellar
shirl : and a movie, and Voyager right ? (*26)
george : trying to avoid sexual conotations
2000 : is slightly stuck-up yeah I played Kakistos
2000 : a 600 yr old hooved vamp (*27)
george : Can’t be as bad as Shatner (no offense if you liked him well)
der : What is your best recollection of shooting ?
2000 : no sex here both hands on the keyboard at all times
jox : pretty funny there !
george : you know Shatner threw coffee on Chris there…
shirl : Chris5550 ?
2000 : shooting ? marrying man kim basinger and a baldwin guy (*28)
george : yep
2000 : Chris 5550 got doused ?
chris : don’t start with the Shatner thing
2000 : with java
george : hot coffee, took him to the hospital
2000 : scotty…
2000 : scotty…we need…uh, a doctor
shirl : Jimmy Doohan smooched me in the lips better than being doused with coffee
chris : I just didn’t make the coffee to his satisfaction
2000 : you locked lips with jimmy
shirl : were you ok Chris ?
chris : ok good enough
shirl : he kinda sprung it on me He tastes like whiskey I swear
2000 : scotty shops with my wife at mrs gooch’s what’s that about
chris : how about the pretender episode, where were you in that
chris : the keys ep I think
shirl : I dunno
2000 : pretender at universal
chris : I’ve seen them all but don’t remember you in it
2000 : and some shot in san pedro
chris : the Micheal T. Weiss show (nice guy, like my coffee)
2000 : pretender aired the night diana died what luck (*29)
chris : I was over here when Diane died
2000 : chris, how is it you make coffee for everyone ?
shirl : lol
2000 : I was wrestling alligators who would watch ? (*30)
chris : I work for people who ask me to work for them because I won’t as for
chris : autographs and so on
der : Are you never tired to play the bad guys and died in 50% of the cases ? (*31)
2000 : that’s 90% dead and 10% incarceration (*32)
catch : Heh, gotta get the stats night
2000 : you do run out of ways to be evil but i gain inspiration from the headlines
shirl : glad someone does !
2000 : you never have enough bad out there
jox : well the aidan character was certainly different
2000 : to exploit
2000 : still a bad seed aidan was
jox : I really enjoyed that because I figured you had to be the vilain but everything you say for 90% of the show was so pure and wise
trach : How did you feel about shaving your head for the role ?
2000 : actually about the head shave untill I saw it
shirl : I though it looked pretty cool
2000 : and said hey, my head’s not misshapen
trach : I though it looked great
shirl : ha
2000 : king of siam look out (*33)
trach : LOL !
shirl : yeah exactly
jox : it did look good
2000 : my wife likes it because she’s always with someone different
2000 : what lunatic is coming home tonight (*34)
jox : but always bad, right ?
shirl : lol
2000 : good bad
jox : « when I’m bad I’m better »
2000 : bruce campbell write a book confession of a b-actor
shirl : got any Bruce stones he doesn’t want us to know about ?
2000 : he has 200 acres in oregon let’s visit him in mass
der : Albert Camus said « The actor is a sincere liar ». Are you agree with him ?
shirl : I wish if you will
jox : Guess B-movies have worked out OK for him. 200 acres !
2000 : if he’s any good the actor
trach : Do you consider yourself a « method » actor ?
2000 : i’ve noticed a lot of real good actors are psychotic genious in private i’m not sure i’m that cracked (*35)
2000 :I learned « the method »
jox : who was it Spencer Tracy ? who said he mainly treid to learn his lines and not bump into the furniture (*36)
chris : no transcript now
col : what happened Chris ?
chris : power went out here and apparently part of MO
2000 : I lost one of my wittiest quips
2000 : damn MO (*37)
jox : that’s ok people will be quoting it for days
2000 : « what’s my motivation ? »
2000 : famous actors regles « your paycheck »
2000 : possibly tracy
shirl : good one
jox : Back to the whole actor thing do you generally audition for parts or do casting directors have you in mind for stuff ?
2000 : 60/40
2000 : I’d like a whole lot more parts to be offered
jox : who are some actors and/or directors you’d like to work with ?
2000 : Rip Torn Gene Hackman Tommy Lee Jones Robert Benini
jox : interesting first three of them play roles like some you’ve done
2000 : roberto !!! i dropped my o, oh my
cacth : it’s O-Kay..
2000 : jean reno was the professional (*38)
2000 : spelling unsure - help me derkenn
der : Roberto Benini or Roberto Benigni ?
chris : there’s a g in there
col : how long do you usually spend filming one of your roles, say in Herc or X-Files ? Is it a full-time job playing many small characters ?
2000 : life is beautiful roberto
chris : and Son of the Pink Panther (*39)
2000 : about 2 wks per show
der : Jean Reno, you are good Master of spelling
2000 : thank you, derkenn
der : de nada
2000 : i sort of look like jean, oui ?
jox : yep, Roberto the guy who wanted to « make love to the audience like Jupiter » at the Oscars
2000 : remember no swearing
chris : short hair
shirl : you look like Jean Reno ? uhhh…
2000 : yes joxer that’s the guy LOVE him !
jox : changing the subject - how did you and your wife meet ? is she in show too ?
2000 : de niro, pacino, hoffman and nicholson
2000 : are other favorites
der : For me yes
2000 : sounds like a law film
shirl : ha
2000 : my wife’s meeting
2000 : we met in college 20 yrs ago
jox : awwwww
2000 : unrequited love
2000 : after she had a 7 yr stint with kelsey grammar
chris : awww and kelgram left
2000 : then one with george clooney, she runs into me, fall in love …
2000 : married with children
2000 : kelgram no relation
2000 : i hope
shirl : that’s romantic
chris : no that was the id of a person in here before
2000 : yeah, she’s the best
2000 : she was a personal manager in the biz
2000 : now she manages me
shirl : cool
col : sounds like a tough job Ha !
jox : so if you don’t have any good Bruce Campbell embarrassing stories, how about some Josh Becker stories ? (*40)
shirl : yeah, dish on Josh (*40)
col : yeah, dish on the dirt (*40)
2000 : you got that right canuk (sp ?)
