Archive for July 1st, 2008

01 07 2008

Tricia Helfer Talks Burn Notice, Inseparable, Comic-Con and Battlestar

Posted by: Ducky in Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice, Comic-Con, Ducky Does TV, Inseparable, Interview, Tricia Helfer

Helfer on Burn Notice

I just got off the call with Tricia Helfer, that frakkin’ kick ass actress from Battlestar Galactica and now Burn Notice and I’m happy to say I love her more now than I ever did before.

While I won’t have the full interview up for another day or so, I wanted to quick share some of the highlights about her stint with Michael Westen on Burn Notice, her plans for Comic-Con and her role as Mason on the Fox pilot Inseparable.

Comic-Con and Battlestar Galactica:

  • Tricia confirmed that she will be attending the BSG Comic-Con panel and that the theme this year is Cylon/Human Couples. So far she knows that Six & Baltar will share the stage with Starbuck & Anders. Frak, that sounds awesome!
  • I asked her about whether or not there is hope for the humans and the cylons now that they’ve discovered a devastated Earth and she seemed optomistic without revealing a frakkin’ thing (damn, those trained to not spoil). She thinks that the cylons that are in cooperation with the humans will work together and keep pushing forward, that they have to keep trying because that’s their nature.
  • She heads back to Vancouver for the final shots of the Battlestar Galactica series tomorrow and the mood on set is frantic. She said that instead of everyone being relaxed and laid back like she thought it would be, everyone is crazy busy and trying to cram so much into their normal production schedule so everyone is like walking zombies up there in Canada.
  • Being her first series finale, she doesn’t know how she’ll feel when she walks off the lot for the last time but she imagines it will be rough.

    • Tricia Helfer talks Burn Notice:

  • Her character Carla will torment Michael even when she’s not on screen. Even though she’s only shot the first two episodes of the season, she’s done some call in work for upcoming episodes where she’ll be taunting our gang via cell phone. As she put it, “Carla is always watching!”, so while she may not be on the show, that’s all the rest of the characters are talking about. Loves it!
  • She believes that she’ll be in 7 episodes total. 2 this half of the season (the summer portion) and 5 when the show returns for the second half of Season 2 in early 2009. So yeah, but boo… that means we’re getting very little Burn Notice this summer. Probably 8 eps before disappearing.
  • She has yet to film a scene with Gabriel Anwar’s Fiona but assumes that those scenes will not be pretty. She’s dying to see what happens between them though! Aren’t we all sista!!!

    • What about Fox’s new pilot INSEPARABLE?

  • She plays a police psychologist named Mason who has treated the main character both before his paralyzing accident and after so she knows the heart of this man.
  • Her character is not in the pilot that much but becomes a larger focus as the next few episodes unfold.
  • It looks like Inseparable will be a mid-season show for Fox’s early 2009 schedule.

    • She was incredibly energetic, fun, and chatty for it being 8am in Los Angeles. I have to say that she’s my new BFF and just doesn’t realize it. Katee Sackoff watch you ass! Do you think she would pull my bicycle behind her hog or get me a sidecar? Helfer, call me!

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    01 07 2008

    Interview: THE MIDDLEMAN’s Natalie Morales

    Posted by: Ducky in Ducky Does TV, Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, The Middleman

    The Middleman’s Natalie Morales

    If you’re not watching ABC Family’s new hilarious action-adventure/sci-fi/comedy THE MIDDLEMAN you’re missing out. It’s pretty damn great and one of my favorite things about the show is the character Wendy Watson played to the snarkiest by actress Natalie Morales.

    Last week I participated in a call with Natalie and she was fun, personable and willing to chat… that’s how I like my girls. Guess which question was mine!

    Panel: In real life, how are you with weird things, like are you jaded or do you usually freak out?

    N. Morales: What do you mean weird things?

    Panel: Like your character, she’s just jaded.

    N. Morales: You know what? No, I grew up as an only child and so I’ve always kind of been curious and interested in a lot of stuff. In that, I think Wendy and I have a lot in common.

    Panel: What do you enjoy most about playing her?

    N. Morales: I think, I get to have fun with her. They kind of let me have free range on the comedic styling’s of Wendy Watson. I get to deliver lines in a crazy fashion if I feel like it. I love doing that. I love the fact that she’s sort of the comedic relief of the show in a way, even though Ida pretty much steals the show. She’s very funny.

    Panel: What’s the stunt work like?

    N. Morales: The stunt work is pretty interesting, actually. Greg Burnette, who’s our stunt coordinator is just amazing. If you look him up, …300,000 credits. He just rules. He teaches me stuff and I actually get to do a lot of my own stunts. I’ve done wire work and a bunch of things like that, a lot of falling and yes, I actually love the stunt work. I really do.

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    01 07 2008

    So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 Routine Spoilers (Week 4)

    Posted by: Ducky in Benji Schwimmer, Cat Deeley, Ducky Does TV, Mark Kanemura, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels, So You Think You Can Dance, So You Think You Can Dance Season 4, Spoilers, Twitch

    So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 Routine Spoilers (Week 4)

    Wow gang, the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SPOILERS this week have kind of been all over the place so more than ever this is just a hodge-podge of what I could find online for you folks. It may get a little clearer as the day unfolds and I will update accordingly.

    Tomorrow night is the night kids, I cannot wait! We are in Week 4 of performances and I still love this show more than ice-cream and sparklers.

    So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 (Week 4) routines and choreographer spoilers after the jump… (more…)

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