         Gatecon 2003 Day Two, 10:45-11:30 am Colin Cunningham & Corin Nemec TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Italics are comments from the audience. If there's a new paragraph without a CC or CN indicator, the same speaker is talking. Sound clips available: CN: "S**t, that's a Sahi!" CC: "Chauvanist pig! Man oppressor!" CC: "It could be a threesome!..." CC: "I feel like such a dumbass!" CN: "I don't know what to say to that one." CN: "No puff and ruffle for this guy. Plus, you know [shows wedding band]." Colin & Corin discuss cow pattie throwing Corin talks about wearing high heels Corin defends his small feet Corin discusses the likelihood of Jonas owning a teddy bear CN: "When you're eating the banana in outer space, we can't concentrate on the storyline." Corin on approaching Peter Deluise about the banana scene Graphic content warning: Colin jokes about microchips in unusual places CC "Good morning everyone." CN "Did you see the little Stargate?" CC "I went through it! I went through it." CN "That’s what I was thinking. I’m like, I could go through the back of it. [stares at the ‘Gate prop again] They should make toilet bowl covers." CC "Activate the Gate! Some alien sitting on a toilet in some other universe is like [acts out alien sitting on an active Gate]. Alright! Good morning. How’s it going so far?" A lot better now that Corin’s here. CC "I did his hair this morning." CN "He put me on the back of his motorcycle and drove me here. That’s how he did my hair." CC "What do you wanna talk about man? This is the first time we’ve ever been on stage together. So uh kinda just feeling it out, I guess." When are you both coming back to the show? CC "Ooh when are we both coming back. That’s a great question." CN "We have to go through the Stargate to answer that one. No, I don’t know. I haven’t heard a word since the last episode I finished. So I’d love to be able to answer that question." CC "I think Major Davis was actually sucked through the toilet. They’re not gonna air that one. No, hopefully, he’ll be back soon." CN "That answers that, right?" [Colin’s microphone quits working.] CC "The tech people are like "GET THE MICROPHONE NOW!" CN "Hello? Mine’s working. I’ll do your voice for you. [talks for Colin as he’s moving around and patting his head] ‘Hello everybody. I just want you to know that… my head is really soft.’" CC "We got some hands in the air. Let’s get rockin’ with the paddles. Number 2" Colin - Jr and Jay said that I’m supposed to ask you a question and here it comes. I’m supposed to ask you about the prosthetic implant. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: Colin previously said to ask Jr and Jay about ‘the Twinkie story’ to put them on the spot (there was no such story) so Jr told the audience to ask Colin about the prosthetic implant story (again, made up). **Graphic Content Warning** CC "It’s actually not a prosthetic. It’s a microchip. It has to do with my p***s. Sometimes my p***s wanders. And I can’t find it. I gotta call the number, they go out and scan it, and bring it back to me and tell me what happened." [Listen to sound clip] That was in retaliation for the Twinkie story. "Oh the Twinkie thing. Yeah, Corin and I both have microchips in our genitals. It’s a Stargate thing." CN "Everybody does that." CC "Next paddle. There it is!" Audience member’s microphone isn’t working. CC "We got Stevie Wonder working the boards this morning? What the hell’s going on up there?! I have a question more for Corin. I was gonna ask him a Texas question. Tortillas - flour or corn? CN "It depends on what I’m eating. Uh, but I prefer the corn. But with a ?? sauce, the flour’s better." CC "You can throw them farther." CN "That’s true. But in Texas you don’t throw tortillas, you throw cow patties." CC "Do they have like cow pattie tossing contest?" CN "Yeah. Maybe we should have one here." CC "Very refined culture there in Texas. Imagine getting the chicks ‘cause you threw the pattie the furthest. ‘I took that piece of cow dung and I rolled that baby 50 yards.’" [Listen to sound clip] CN "There are cow pattie groupies. Somewhere." [Colin cracks up] Yes, I have not so much a question but a comment for Corin. Um, my friends and I are huge, huge fans of Descent. So thank you! There’s a serious "Keep Jonas Wet" campaign out there. Thank you very much. CN "Yeah, you bet. You bet.... I don’t know what to say to that one." [Listen to sound clip] What do you think of Jonas’ eating habits? CN "Well that was like - I mean, that was something that initially I wanted to introduce to the character ‘cause going to Earth, what are his likes and dislikes, what is the part of the culture that he gets into. It didn’t really get picked up too well, it kind of ended rather quickly but uh that was initially my idea to, you know, to bring that element into the character for one of his social quirks. But uh it only survived about 5 episodes before it got axed." CC "‘Stop doing that.’" CN "Exactly. ‘It’s distracting! When you’re eating the banana in outer space, we can’t concentrate on the storyline.’ That was the first banana in outer space, I must say." [Listen to sound clip] Hello. Kim Fox here. CC "Hi Kim." CN "You’re a fox." You said that last year. CC "This is Fox Con" Now you got me all distracted. Um.... Willie Nelson video. [audience cheers] CC "It’s not even a Willie Nelson song, it’s - what’s the other guy’s name?" CN (and audience) "Toby Keith" CC "Yeah, Toby Keith. [looks at Corin] He’s a looker too man. I saw the screen caps. It looked awesome." I only saw half the video. I kinda went ‘oh there’s Corin!’ I didn’t get to see the whole thing, but if you could explain how that happened. CN "I just - the guy who was casting the video actually used to do promotions for Parker Lewis. And they were looking for someone who was recognizable and who, I guess, had some kind of abilities as an actor. I don’t know if I really fit that category, but uh ..." CC "He looks a little Willie Nelson, so.." It wasn’t Willie’s video, it was Toby’s video. CN "Yeah, it’s Toby Keith. But Willie always... I mean, it’s Willie Nelson! Literally, it was a phone call. I got in town, the first day I was in LA in my manager’s office. I was sitting there and he answered it, he was like ‘Hey you wanna do a Willie Nelson video?’ - sorry Toby Keith video with Willie Nelson - and I was like "Dude, you bet! Of course I do." I mean, I didn’t care what it was." CC "See now that’s great management. ‘Cause my manager will call me up and say ‘Hey, you wanna watch a Toby Keith video?’" I have a 2-part question for both of you. The first one has to do with outtakes. We’ve never seen them. Do you have some memorable ones from what you’ve done with the show? And secondly, practical jokes. Have you done them or have they been done to you? CN "Um, I had one practical joke that I was trying to do. And it never came to fruition because I could not find these things any more. When I was young, I used to get those cigarette loads. Everybody know what those are? I mean, I used to get my mom all the time with those. I mean, my mom - once a week, one of her cigarettes exploded in her face. If anyone doesn’t know what they are, they’re little tiny like wooden things you stick in the tip of a cigarette and they explode when you light them. And Chris Judge - I was dying to get Chris Judge with one of these things. Because I shared a room right next to his, and I just wanted to be sitting in my room and hear that thing explode next door. I couldn’t find them anymore. I think they must have made the things illegal. I went to fire shops all over Texas, but I couldn’t find them, so... That was one I wanted to do." CC "Grab a stick of dynamite" CN "File it down." CC "Go to the special effects guy: ‘I wanna blow up Chris Judge’s head.’ The thing that I think of is again Deluise -- but not the thing that I said yesterday. But he had - we were running down this hallway. It was when Major Davis was all dressed up as Schwarzenegger and running around and things were exploding in the hallways, and he was like ‘Ok, here’s the shot. I want you guys to really run.’ So the way they have it set up, we pass the camera, then turn around and run back; now it looks like we’re running down a different hallway. You can get 2 angles for the price of 1. ‘Okay, run! Okay, now come back! Ok, go and come back again!’ It was like me and Amanda running around. So finally we exhaust ourselves and Deluise is back there laughing. They turned off the camera a half hour ago, man. That was one thing. So I’d like to see that on camera." I have a 2-part question. One is to do with Descent again. That was a great episode. But when I was watching it, and you’re sitting there with Teal’c having a conversation with him, buddy to buddy, and you joke like maybe there’s an alien conspiracy. And you just pull this banana out of your coat. I’m thinking, what is he doing, taking a snack on a mission? CN "That was a Deluise episode as well." Whose idea was it to give you a banana? CN "Uh, it was my idea. Because the conversation – I felt that the scene, the conversation, it was well-written, but there wasn’t anything happening. Two guys sitting in a spaceship talking, and I wanted to bring something into the scene that would, I dunno, not spice it up necessarily but… make it fruity. And so I went up to Deluise, and I had these 2 bananas, and I said ‘Deluise.’ Opened up my jacket and went, ‘What do you think? Banana in the scene?’ And he goes ‘Lemme think about it. Banana in outer space. I like it!’ And that was the end of it. [Listen to sound clip] CC "Do it subtle." [CN mimes pulling out the banana slowly] What’s your favourite scene with all the SG1 members? CN "Uh, like my favourite thing about them? As far as favourite activity or thing I like about them?" Favourite scene. CN "Oh scene! Ok, I’m sorry. My favourite scene...um, that’s a tough one. I definitely like the banana scene. Bring that one back up. But, uh...I like the - hey, Nerrti’s here. I like that scene! If only she didn’t have that snake in her neck. But, uh, I like the boxing scene with me and Teal’c. He really punched me, by the way. He did. They were like ‘It doesn’t look like he’s hitting you.’ And I’m like ‘Dude, you can hit me a little bit.’ And he did. And, uh, I liked a lot of the scenes with Amanda Tapping. We had some really great - they really wrote well for me and her." CC "Has anybody ever said ‘Ah, Amanda. I had to work with Amanda, that was a bit of a drag.’ Never! You’ll never hear that man. I’m curious about something though, actually." CN "Ohh no." CC "I’ll just ask it while I’m here. You know, Stargate went for 3, 4 seasons - whatever - before you came on board. What was it like to come into an environment new to where everybody knew each other and stuff. Because I often think about that, just as an actor coming in - and I was definitely aware of it on the day. Or not on the day, but just coming in, you know, The New Guy. And then the whole Michael Shanks thing, blah blah blah. I just remember thinking, at that time, I never really felt that much a part of the show, just coming back whenever they called. Give me some of your thoughts on that. Because that’s a trip, man." CN "I dunno, I mean I tell you, it was like right when I felt at home most is when I got the word that I was basically going home, back to my home planet." [awws from audience] "But it is a transitionary type thing. Definitely there’s a vibe, a real comfortableness with everybody who’s been working together for 5 years. But the only thing I have to say is everybody was so welcoming and laid-back and professional. It - there wasn’t really too difficult of a transition. I think mostly getting into the character was most important to me. It takes awhile to develop a character, especially as a writer, as well as actors. The writers have been so used to writing for Michael Shanks’ character for that 5 years, but then the transition and they have to start creating a whole new personality for a whole new character. I think that’s tough for writes as well, without a doubt. Because you get used to a, uh, a certain dynamic within the group of 4. So you know it was challenging, but overall, I enjoyed my time on the show immensely." CC "I’ll tell you guys, honest to god, you watch the show and stuff like that. But just as an actor to come in, not necessarily to fill somebody’s shoes because that’s not why you’re there. You’re there to cut your teeth and start your own path kinda thing, but at times you’re very aware of the environment that you’re now in, and the way things used to be. What you’re trying to do is create something new, with regard to the fans and what have you. Sometimes it can be a little bit of pressure." Season 6, in my opinion, was the best season there was and I hope you come back real soon. I think you added a sweetness and innocence to the show - but a macho side as well. CC "Sweet and innocent, but you kill everything too" No, it’s true. Because you came in from this other side of things, being from this other planet and not really knowing what’s going on. Um, I actually thought the food - they never have any food in the other episodes really, other than like the Froot Loops thing. But all of a sudden, we get you and Teal’c is now eating, and we’ve never really seen Teal’c eat before. So that was kinda cool too, but uh I’d really like to see you guys both in season 8 because I think that would make it an even better season. I don’t actually have a question for you, but I do have a quick story. Last year, when season 6 began, I had been watching it and I’ve been a fan of the show for ages now. And then all of a sudden, every Friday night my husband, instead of just sitting back and doing other stuff, I’d be like ‘What’s Jonas going to be doing this week? Jonas is cool! I like that guy!’ And then I get an e-mail from my sister in Cleveland saying ‘Yeah I saw Stargate last night and what’s with that new guy? So much fun!’ And then I get an e-mail from my brother-in-law. ‘I know you like to look stuff up on the Internet. What’s Jonas going to be doing this year?’ And then we found out you were leaving and we all felt very bad about that. And I went to a friend’s wedding and it was just after the season opener for season 7 and there’s this guy who comes up to me - and he and I had never gotten along. We’ve had hard words several years back and all this other stuff, and he comes up to me ‘You watch Stargate, don’tcha?’ And I said ‘Yes I do.’ And he said ‘Isn’t Jonas just awesome?!’" CC "Bridging lives, this man. Bringing strangers who used to be enemies back together again." CN "Jonas is needed in the Middle East. Badly." CC "Send Jonas to the Middle East he says." And I wanted to let you know, you were one of the reasons why season 6 was so great for so many of us. You are a big part of what made the greatest show greater, and gave us seasons 7 and 8. I wish you all the best in your career to come. Thank you. Colin confessed to having pantyhose as his underwear of choice. Can you tell us your underwear of choice, and Colin - fully footed or holdups? CN "You can go first. [pause] I was a boxer guy for years in junior high and high school ‘cause that was the cool way to go. But I found that the comfort of briefs - I was reliving my childhood, ya know. My days when the Fruit of the Loom guys were my heroes. And so I’m back to the briefs. And there’s a company called 2 Exist that makes great ones." CC "The only thing I can think really is when I’ve got my family coming over to visit and after they leave, I look at all my pantyhose and they all - Mom’s written my name on the inside of all of them." CN "She writes it along the pantyliner part in the bottom" CC "Why did I start that whole pantyhose thing?" We were just wondering if Jonas sleeps with a teddy bear, because it certainly looks like he’s missing something in Metamorphosis when he wakes up. CN "Oh! Um... You know, thinking back on the character of Jonas, he might just have a little bear in his room. But uh probably an Amanda Tapping doll."[Listen to sound clip] I’m a Gatecon virgin, like quite a few of us. We heard that you did quite a show last year. We were just wondering can we have an encore please? CC "What kind of show did I do last year?" CN "I think it was during the auction." CC "Oh yeah. The auction is when it allll happens. I heard about some of the things that went on lastnight. It was unreal. Douglas Arthurs was there, I take it." CN "There were bums on stage, right?" CC "Hey, I wanna know - first off, I want to thank, if I can just take 2 seconds here. A couple days ago, my fan club threw like a birthday party for me at the Elbow Room. I just wanted to thank each and every one of you. Thank you very much. It’s been awhile since I had that many people singing me Happy Birthday and all that kind of stuff. So thank you very much. Afterwards, we all went over to my pad. Because I wanted to get a photo and stuff on my digital camera. And when I went back, you know, digital camera’s lying around and everybody’s split and stuff, when I went home there were shots of boobs and bras and all kinds of stuff on my camera. No faces, just - somebody’s taking all these dirty photos when I’m not looking." CN "That probably happened at the Elbow Room, knowing [the manager]." CC "Anyway, thank you all." Without giving too much away under penalty of my federal execution, can you tell us anything about this hot little relationship between Jonas and this little Kelownan girl, and how far it goes? CN "No. But you know it’s one of those relationships that has a surprise twist someway through it, which is never a good thing as most of you know. When a surprise comes out in a relationship, usually it’s on it’s way down." CC "A Neil Jordan film had a surprise twist at the end. I’m trying to think of the name of it.. When the girl became a dude." CN "It’s similar!" The Crying Game! CC "Yeah, the Crying Game. Awesome movie. [after silence from audience] I take not a lot of you saw The Crying Game." I met people from all over the world here. I was curious as to what cities are your favourites and why. CC "I’d like to take that one first. Ooh, favourite cities. First thing that comes off the top of my head - well it depends on which category I wanna put the question. I live in Vancouver because I love Vancouver. It’s my favourite city, and obviously it’s where I spend most of my time. The most beautiful city I’ve seen in my life, like jaw-dropping, was Prague. That was just like from a fairy book. For the first time in my life, I just - it was... three months ago, I finally went to New York. I’d never been to New York. Everyone says ‘oh, New York. Either you’re gonna love it or you’re gonna hate it.’ And so I finally went to New York. And I didn’t go to ride a bus or take any photos or anything. I just went around and met the people, and I absolutely just fell in love with the people of New York. Just to talk to them - Vancouver sometimes... it’s geographically gorgeous. It’s the geography that makes the city so beautiful. But as much as I love the people, sometimes you know you say good morning to somebody, and they’re like ‘I don’t know you.’ It’s a little bit more insulated. Whereas New York, you can say ‘hey what’s going on’ ‘what’s going on yourself?’ It’s no big deal." CN "That’s an insult in New York, man. ‘Hey what’s going on yourself?!’" CC "No but I love New York. I love to talk to people on bus benches and delis - I felt at home, that I could just speak without being aware of myself. Sometimes in Vancouver I feel like, you know just me being me, people think I’m a little bit odd. Anyway, so I’d say those 3 cities." CN "Yeah, that is a good question. I gotta say, I love Vancouver. It’s a beautiful city, very liveable city. It’s definitely one of my favourites, as a matter of fact. But, uh, outside of that, I have to say - having lived in San Antonio for awhile, I live in Houston now, but San Antonio is actually really beautiful too. If you guys wanna go visit there, you definitely should. Not only is the Alamo there, which if you blink you’ll miss it - it’s not nearly as exciting as one might think, but it’s a gorgeous city. Really beautiful down there. I dunno, I kinda like - I find something I like about every city I go to." CC "Richmond. Right here." CN "Or Kelowna, which is actually just up north a ways." How many takes did it take for you to do the video in those shoes? CN "That was actually - oh maybe I shouldn’t talk about that. No actually they found a pair of high heels that fit me, but I don’t have very big feet anyway. Which means nothing! Absolutely nothing! [Listen to sound clip] But, the high heels they got fit, so. But I gotta say Kudos to you women. Because those things... that is ridiculous! Why would you put yourself through that? It looks great, but I don’t know why."[Listen to sound clip] Last year, Brad Wright told me he was preparing Stargate Atlantis. And he wanted you definitely as one of the leading actors in it. Do you know something about that? CC "Did he say anything about Major Davis at all?" CN "I should get a lawyer and hold him to verbal contract. No, that was one of the original reasons - well, one of the incentives for doing the show. When I came on the show, 6th season was supposed to be the last season and that was the verbal agreement that was made to me." CC "Sue him, Corin. ‘Mr. Wright, did you or did you not talk to some German guy at a con about Atlantis.’" CN "Anybody recording this? This is good stuff. But since then, I haven’t heard anything as of recent. But the idea of it, yeah I’d love to be involved in Stargate Atlantis. But I have yet to be aware of that." Corin, when you first joined the show, did you experience the puff and ruffle? CC "That’s a pretty good one. I got the puff and ruffle question yesterday." CN "I, uh, you know I learned a long time ago when you walk on set to stay humble. No puff and ruffle for this guy. Plus, you know... [flashes wedding ring]" [Listen to sound clip] CC "Imagine his first day, you know, going in there and like ‘Hi guys. [makes farting sound] I’ll make them all crack up with my flatulence. That’ll break the ice.’ ‘Man, that Corin hasn’t stopped farting all day.’" CN "The puff and ruffle - that’s when you’re trying to be cool with the new girl on the show, right?" Yeah CC "Wait, I thought the puff and ruffle was when you farted under the covers! I’m serious! I thought that’s what the puff and ruffle was. Somebody asked me yesterday about the puff and ruffle. I thought it’s like, you’re in there with your girl you know, and you fart and ruffle the sheets. What the hell is the puff and ruffle?! I’m serious!" CN "It’s like when the guys puff up and ruffle their feathers for the ladies on the set." CC "Geez! I feel like such a dumbass. How did I even answer that?! [Listen to sound clip] Geez, I thought you guys were talking about a little puff under the covers... Next question please!" Do you have any projects coming up that we should be looking out for? CN "Um, right now as a matter of fact, I’m set if all things go well, to go into production to a film that I wrote, going to star in, direct, and produce. So, you know, unless a comet should fall from the sky and destroy greater Houston, uh, this thing should be done. It’s called Rock House." CC "That’s a lot of hats man, that’s awesome. Totally awesome." My first question is for both of you. Character wise, what colour jello? Second question is for Corin. No offense, but what’s with the hair? CC "I like the hair!" CN "I take offense." CC "We have the jello question to answer first. I would say... Can’t really think of anything funny." CN "What would go with pantyhose and puff and ruffles?" CC "I feel best in my puff and ruffling one when I’ve got my pantyhose on and Jello in the pantyhose." What colour is it? CC "Strawberry red!" CN "Before or after?" Iridescent, that’s my favourite colour." CC " I like the Jello part when - you got the Jello, and the harder Jello on the edge. It’s kinda like jerky Jello. I always liked the jerky Jello, man. What’s that movie where John Ritter or something took a dive into a pool and it was Jello?" CN "Why don’t we have a round of applause for John Ritter, he passed away recently." CC "Wanna talk about your hair?" CN "I have a Jello in the pants thing too every now and then. It’s not a bad thing." Jello in the hair. CC "Jello in the hair? Apparently it does work, doesn’t it?" CN "As far as my hair thing goes, I don’t know. I’m an actor, you know, you just go through phases. Wake up in the morning, you know that looks sort of Beatles-ish, kinda 60's. Cool, that’ll do." CC "Rock and roll!" CN "You know, tomorrow, I might brush it back." CC "We can’t all look the same, now." Unfortunately Anne and Leah Rosenthal were not able to make it. Leah wanted me to make sure I got some good material for new cartoons - Gate Toons, and boy, you guys have really given it to me. Especially with the Jello and pantyhose. So, be forewarned and be forearmed. Corin, we already Colin about his charities. Do you have a charity you prefer? CN "Um, you know, as criminal as it is, I’m not very involved in charity work at the present. But, uh, ooh boy, talk about being put on the spot." CC "I got nailed with it yesterday." CN "Starting to get really hot in here. But, growing up, I actually did do a lot of work for the Make A Wish foundation in my teens and everything. And then I got really self-absorbed, as every actor should do. But now I’m coming back out of my shell, and I’ll be getting more involved in that." [Someone starts to ask a question as Colin’s making unintelligible noises] CC "My thing isn’t working! That’s what that means! Oh, you turned me off to hear her. I’m sorry, go ahead." I missed the season 6 of Stargate starting this week in Japan. Could you tell us about Jonas Quinn, any remarkable or interesting thing? CN "I gotta say, I actually really love Japan. Going back to earlier, Tokyo, I love Tokyo. And at 17 years old, I thought the beer vending machines were just kickin.’" CC "Beer?" CN "They’ve got beer vending machines on every street corner, no kidding. It was like a Coke commercial, I was like 17 years old and I had some yen in my pocket. I looked over and said why are they marketing a Sahi (? Japanese beer) on a Coke machine? I walked over and I’m looking, I’m like ‘S**t, that’s a Sahi!’ And I was looking around like, ‘well damn, can I have some?’ So I pull out some yen, I put it in there, it makes that little sound as the coins go down. So no one was looking at me, so I hit the button and it goes [imitates sound of can falling down]. I’m like ‘S**t!’[Listen to sound clip] CC "Did it like fill, or was it a can?" CN "No, it was a can. I was like [grins and imitates opening pop top]." CC "At 17, you’re like yeah!" CN "S**t, that’s a Sahi! Right on the street corner!" CC "A lot of people drink over there. But it’s so crowded, you won’t stagger because there’s so many people holding you up. You can’t fall over." CN "I should start a new campaign for Sahi beer called ‘Shit, that’s a Sahi!’ You know? But, uh, as far as the character goes - and actually I did a sci-fi movie in Japan called Solar Crisis. But as far as the character goes, you know, I think the best thing I can say is just tune in and watch." CC "I’d love to hear my voice dubbed as some Japanese character. [imitates Japanese language] I think that would be so cool, to see what Major Davis sounds like in Japan or China or somewhere. Anywhere!" CN imitates high-pitched Japanese voice dub. CC "That’s where those gay rumours come from." CN "Do you take Jello shots out of your pantyhose?" I heard you’ve made some references to Texas. Is that where you’re from, and if so, where? CN "Uh, actually, I’m from Arkansas. But uh my wife’s family is from Texas." CC "My white family is from Texas??" CN "Yeah, exactly. My black family is from Detroit." CC "I thought you said my white family." CN "No, my wife’s family is from Texas. That’s basically how we ended up down there. I love the South, myself. I was born in Arkansas, lived in Tennessee, Georgia, before ending up in California. And uh, it’s just a different kind of vibe down there. A different kind of living, which I really truly enjoy. So, you know, I ended up there for family reasons. And also because, which is a family reason, I prefer the lifestyle, as far as like raising children goes, there to Los Angeles.” CC “I prefer Afghanistan to raise my kids than Los Angeles.” CN “So that had a lot to do with it. There’s just a real great kind of morality and a conservative kind of ethics there that I prefer, even though I’m a liberal person – artistically and what not, I prefer that for raising my kids.” CC “I like that too. Some of my favourite people are from that area. And, you know, guys can still open the door for ladies and stuff like that. I like that kind of stuff, without calling you “Chauvinist pig! Man Oppressor!” [Listen to sound clip] Which of your characters would have the best chance of a relationship with Sam Carter? CC [points to Corin] “Right there.” CN “No, I would say, both of us being very liberal, we can have an open relationship.” CN “It could be a threesome! You know, Major Davis would show up with a briefcase and Jonas would have put bananas in it. That’d be a trippin’ episode.” [Listen to sound clip] My question’s for both of you. If there is one thing you could change about your characters, what would it be? CN “Air time?” CC “Totally! Um, aside from that, which is a good thing – I don’t know. One of my favourite things that I thought was cool, one of the things that I saw, was the episode Amanda Tapping won the Leo for. I remember that, because I was on the jury panel and I voted for her, of course! But that’s another story. But the camera was with her at home. You got to see her at home alone. Just her. And I thought that was cool just to kind of get out of the headquarters, SGC, that kinda stuff, and just to see somebody at home. To see what thoughts go through their head, and just to see them in their own personal, private space.” CN “Um..hmm. As far as how we would change, or what we’d like to add to the character, where’d we’d like to see the character going? Is that what you were asking? For me, last season actually started in that direction a little bit, and I would have liked for it to have gone further. I would have liked to be more action-oriented. Because I really love that kind of physical acting. I love the running, the shooting, the jumping, stunts. I really love that kinda stuff. And I would have like to see the character going a little bit more in that direction. Still remaining, you know, a factor of intelligence, I guess you could say is what realistically kind of what grounded the character. But I definitely would have liked the character to have been explored more in that kind of action type, heroic type behaviour. But, you know, whatever.” CC “They gotta write for all these other people like Amanda and Richard… They’re sucking up all our time, man!” THE END
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