David Blue who plays Eli Wallace on SyFy’s Stargate Universe just did a new interview with the LA Times where he discussed the direction and tone of the show.
Here’s an excerpt:
What did you think about the direction and tone that they going toward when you first read for the show?
DB: I loved it. I’m a huge fan of pushing the envelope and trying new things, and I feel like they really put themselves out there. They had this product that was working pretty well already, but they wanted to expand the audience even more — keep the old one, of course, but try to bring others into this world. And more than that, they wanted to take some bigger risks.
As a fan of things that are a little bit more grounded in reality, like “Fringe,” “Lost” and “Battlestar,” I liked the idea of making it more about these flawed characters. I liked the concept of people that weren’t supposed to be there suddenly getting sucked into this situation. And then just the idea that you don’t know everything about a character and you’re not sure who to trust.
By the end of me reading the first script, the main reason that I wanted to do the show was because I wanted to know what the heck Rush (Robert Carlyle) was up to. And this is before Robert Carlyle even got cast. I was enthralled by that, so I thought that the audience would be, too.
To read the entire interview, just click HERE
Credit: LA Times
