Early this afternoon (at least for me here on the east coast), Katee Sackhoff participated in a conference call with reporters, discussing her part as Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica, both in seasons past and the upcoming final season of the series.A few highlights:
- Katee was asked about the significance of the last supper image promo for season four. She mentions how so many people try to interpret the photo, but she says, at least the way she saw it, the cast would have all had to have been in on it for it to really mean something.
- She was asked if, like Michael Hogan (and other recently-revealed Cylons), her reaction would be negative if she were revealed to be a Cylon. She said she was probably indifferent to the thought. She also said that she thinks Michael's still in disbelief.
- They're currently shooting episode 14, and she is no closer to having answers now (at least with regards to her relationship with Anders) than she was at the end of the third season.
- Director Ron Moore was the first director she can recall that has ever said "thank you" after every take.
- If she could take one item with her from the show when it's over it would be her flight suit, helmet and gun belt. "Drive right off the set and go have the things bronzed."
- She said the cast has been told who the final Cylon is but she still can't believe it. She thinks the final Cylon should be revealed in the final episode, but she's not sure exactly who it really is for certain. She's also not sure if this final Cylon will be revealed in the first run of episodes or not, as she doesn't read through each entire script to know that.
- She agrees with Ron Moore that there shouldn't be a Battlestar Galactica movie after the series is over. She also says that, as of now, she has no interest in being in one if it does happen.
- She said if she had total control over what happens to her character, she'd have her die. She wants Starbuck to find some form of peace, and if that means death or something else, as long as she ends up happy somehow.
- She said she's learned not to hang around online reading about how she's doing on the show, as it would take 100 positive remarks to make her feel better from reading one negative one.
- She said this seasons definitely going to shock people and probably ruffle some peoples' feathers. Be prepared to see things not all wrapped up nicely with a bow at the end of the series.
- Originally Starbuck was being cast as being a 35 year-old woman, but then they went with her.
- Maybe I heard this wrong, but I'm pretty sure she said she could best see Starbuck winding up with Leoben when all's said and done. Not that she said it will happen, but that she can see them best matched.
- She was asked if she'd have interest in David Eick's upcoming Children of Men TV project, and she says she'd follow Eick to the end of the Earth. So ... Maybe?
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3-28-2008 @ 2:36PM
bsgfan2003 said...
Starbuck and Leoben together? Merciful heavens no!
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3-28-2008 @ 3:17PM
Akbar Fazil said...
Well, ive got a theory on that one.
More and more humans are going to die (as will cylons)
For either race to stay alive, they are going to have to start settling down and having hybrids.
3-28-2008 @ 3:45PM
bsgfan2003 said...
Surely there is someone more suitable for Leoben. Perhaps someone he did not keep locked up ;)
I know some will scoff, but I really want to see a Lee/Kara match at the end. He can get shot after that :) But I need them both to be on the same page for once.
3-28-2008 @ 3:16PM
MCW said...
Is there anyone who isn't in love with this girl :D? She was good in White Noise 2, you should see it. It's surprisingly better than the first one.
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3-28-2008 @ 3:32PM
0megapart!cle said...
You must have heard that wrong. Oh my God, Leoben and Kara! Better not happen!
Hope to see her in Children of Men.
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3-28-2008 @ 3:54PM
Oreo said...
I agree with Akbar... did it just get colder.....
I think by the time it's over only a few main characters will be left, and maybe 5,000 humans at the most.
They make it to Earth, but the year is 1980 so the humans can't help them... oh nevermind. :)
But they make it to Earth, it's destroyed and no one is left. There are 5,000 humans left on the BSG, and the Cylons show up. The Galactica doesn't have enough supplies left to fight, they are screwed.
But the Cylons don't want to blow up the Galactica, they want the final five Cylons because the Cylon Virus somehow hit the Cylon race, and only the final five can save them.
And some other stuff. I'm not a writers, but everyone will die this season! :)
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3-28-2008 @ 4:34PM
Derek said...
I think they'll show up on Earth, circa 1500 BC. They will be "the gods" of the Greeks (or before).
Either that or they'll show up on Earth in the far future. That could explain the Jimi Hendrix stuff, plus would give meaning to "It's happened before, and will happen again" stuff.
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3-28-2008 @ 9:23PM
Pamela said...
Lee/Kara matchup has to happen period. Wasting that kind of chemistry would be...unspeakable...horrible...very disappointing.
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3-29-2008 @ 10:15AM
Karen said...
I think I almost understand her point about Starbuck and Leoben. They're both so damaged--especially Starbuck. I'm not sure I would believe that that character could settle down happily ever after. She seems to feel the need to punish herself, and what could punish her more than a life with Leoben? I'd bet that Sackhoff wasn't saying that that would make a happy couple, but that it made sense for her character.
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3-29-2008 @ 11:18AM
Mikael M said...
She's an amazing talent - such a chameleon.
Hey BTW a fantastic new Katee Sackhoff site has just appeared - TeamSpank HQ. It's very funny and quite 'cutting-edge'. (Little Spank is her nickname). The 'collarbone' page is a must.
http://www.teamspank.com
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