More random Jossverse connections

[catalyst2]

I just happened to catch the opening credits for Stargate Atlantis last night and who should I see but Jewel Staite. It turns this was S2e7 Instinct. No spoilers but Jewel did a very good job - and sure as hell was hard to recognize under all those prosthetics. In fact it wasn't until a close-up where she smiled very broadly that I could recognise her.

I can't say I have ever watched a full episode of Stargate Atlantis but it seemed quite good. The Sheppard/McKay/Weir interaction seemed quite dynamic and fun with lots of potential but I have to say that the big guy with the sword (Ronin?) was written as a bit cliched although his acting was OK.

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[sloop.livejournal.com]

well she comes back to the show at the end of season 3 this time with out the prosthetics.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

I saw that as I was going over the her imdb profile - might be worth watching a few more epsiodese of it then!

[tijnat.livejournal.com]

Jewel is a recurring character on SG:A now, but as said, not in prosthetics. When I was talking to her in the fall she said that she wouldn't have gone back if she'd had to do the prosthetics every episode, but that she was really happy that she would be on the show without it. At the time she said she didn't know much about her character except that they had handed her a stethoscope!

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

How can you casually throw in the line "When I was talking to her in the fall ..." and not give more details? Spill them all, please? Was she buying zucchini in the supermarket? Going through the Taco Bell drive-through?

[tijnat.livejournal.com]

Neither of the above although one of my friends did run into her in the local supermarket before we met her.

The short version is we were at a comedy show which was co-founded by Jewel's husband, Matt Anderson. Our local Browncoat group has gone several times and Jewel is usually there (she lives in Vancouver and her mother is a member of our group). This time she had invited us to go opening night and about a dozen of us did.

I talked to her mother at intermission and then after the show, I ran into Jewel in the washroom and she recognised me and we had a brief conversation. The news about her possible role in Atlantis had just come up on Whedonesque so I asked her about it (since it's filmed in Vancouver as well).

I also got a hug from Matt who recognised me and gorramit from going to previous shows. (The audience size runs from about 100-200 people in small theatres and the actors are usually quite close.)

Jewel was also our special guest at the prescreening we had in Vancouver - naturally - and our group presented her with autographed (by us!) Firefly DVDs as someone had borrowed hers and not returned them! I was the person who organised the tickets for Jewel's family and friends.

Okay, so it wasn't that short - but it could have been much longer! :D

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

So cool an encounter! I guess that being so far away from any type of contact with actors in the 'verse, I always have these images of these remote aloof figures wafting into places, bestowing their magnificence upon us and then drifting out equally elegantly. Meeting people in the washroom and having a natural conversation (and being recognised!EXCL!) is just so very cool.