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Gerard Christopher, the second Superboy in the Adventures of Superboy
syndicated show from a couple of years ago, talked about the strange experiences
he had wearing that show's flying gear (watch out for those power lines!).
He said he nearly got the lead in the subsequent, larger-budget network
Superman show, Lois and Clark, but a producer nixed his chances after learning
Christopher had been in the previous show. (Kevin Sorbo also lost the lead
in that show and later became the TV Hercules, Christopher said.) |
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It was an unusual audience that attended Mark Goddard's panel: lots
of fans with gray hair and bald spots, people of the age who watched Goddard
in the TV Lost in Space when it first aired in the 1960's. "I did some
good work," said Goddard. "I wasn't a bad actor. I wasn't a good actor
- that's why I left." Goddard had some hilarious stories about how he's
been mistaken for other actors such as David Hedison. Then there was the
time he told a person about his then-current role in the General Hospital
soap opera, which was answered by a derisive "You wish!" |
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Have you ever been caught in a picture with a strange look on your
face when you thought no one was watching? That happened to Robin Atkin
Downes during one of the Babylon 5 episodes when he played Byron. He didn't
realize what had happened when he saw the episode on TV and noticed the
goofy look on his face. Downes said he grew to appreciate the value of
having a steady acting job when he returned to the U.S. after a European
stage tour, thinking he had a TV job wrapped up, only to find the job fell
through. Downes had to wait tables before his next acting job. |
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Author Kevin Anderson (standing) also appreciates work, having gone
through 800 rejection slips before jobs started piling on his doorstep.
His break came when LucasFilm hired him to write a Star Wars novelization,
which was followed by nearly 20 books in that universe, many written with
his wife, Rebecca Moesta (center). Producer and writer Steven L. Sears
(left) wanted to be an actor, then fell into writing and found success
after only a few tries (which drew the mock ire of Anderson). Sears, producer
of the Xena TV series, said the Gabrielle character will change in the
coming season, both emotionally (she won't be as much a pacifist) and physically
("She's going to be quite the little sex symbol in the next season," Sears
said, "She's buffed up and looking good.") |
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Actress Robin Curtis also has changes ahead when the next TV starts,
but not on TV. An overjoyed Curtis told fans that, in September, she will
move to Cincinnati and marry a financial executive. People wanted to know
about how Curtis handled her role as the second Lt. Saavik in the third
Star Trek movie, and she answered that it was tough to take on the stoic,
non-emotional Vulcan mantle. "It was so difficult, I can't tell you. It
was strange. I felt a legitimate weariness at the end of the day. I felt
very constipated with all this (emotions) going on and no way to let it
out." |
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Mila Furlan, Ambassador Delenn in Babylon 5, has her own emotional
situation to deal with. A native of Zagreb, Croatia, Furlan has friends
and relatives in the middle of the Yugoslavian civil war that led to heavy
NATO bombing. "I feel nothing can be solved with bombing. I feel for the
people who have lost so much of their infrastructure. I'm glad the war
is over - thank God," she said. Furlan had happier thoughts about her first
child. "It's more love in your life. I thought it would diminish my life
with less freedom, but it hasn't." |
