Which character in the Series would you liked to have played.
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UPDATED: Saturday, December 18, 2004 05:56
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Zoe, of course.
Though Kaylee's mechnic skills might be more practical.
But Zoe is great - how often do you get a female character like that in a show - a fighter, but one who is already married, thus skipping all sorts of annoying storylines that male directors like to put in?
Personally I found Saffron always just a touch annoying... I wasn't so much taken in by her at first as wondering why on earth a character like that was appearing in a Joss Whedon show. But my friend finds the episodes with her 100% hilarious, so perhaps I should give it another shot.
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Quote:IIRC Fox wanted a injection of trade-mark humour into the series, so Whedon wrote this as a piece, sitting in a coffee-shop one day. Like much humour, it works or it doesn't; if we had more episodes, it wouldn't matter so much. I would put up with anything to preserve Edmonson's opening score.
Originally posted by iamzoe:
Personally I found Saffron always just a touch annoying... I wasn't so much taken in by her at first as wondering why on earth a character like that was appearing in a Joss Whedon show. But my friend finds the episodes with her 100% hilarious, so perhaps I should give it another shot.
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I don't really know. I'd love to play a female Badger (I know, I know but that Irish accent 
) but barring that my other choice would have to be River.
I just love River's character and it would be amazing to try and play that. Especially with the lines they give her.
I don't really know the background characters but it might have been fun to be one of the two geishas in the window at the bar scene. Especially when Mal, Jayne and Zoe flipped around in the Gag reel and started singing.
"Hooooooowwwwww much is that Geisha in the window?'
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That's easy. Wash.
In the thread that asks which character do you think is most like you, I said Mal. Wash, on the other hand, would be a hoot to play. He's a hot shot pilot w/ a laid back, almost Jimmy Buffett outlook on life. Quick witted, funny and not one for formality. Wash would be a blast to hang around. Oh, and there IS that thing about getting to do intimate scenes w/ one beautiful warrior woman - Zoe!! Oh yeah!
I thought about Jayne, but fundamentally, we're just too different. While I'm down w/ the whole -sex, muscle, thuggery - thing, Jayne is just too damned self centred. Granted, he does come through in a pinch, and he prob has a good heart, but he's clearly less of a team player and looking out more for No. 1 than anything. His drive seems to be how to get immediate gradification vs looking at things in the big picture. He lacks an introspective quality that Mal does. Jayne would be fun to play - for a while, but it would get old real quick.
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Originally posted by Krystopher:
I don't really know. I'd love to play a female Badger (I know, I know but that Irish accent
Badger was supposed to be IRISH? well, being Irish myself I can confidentally say that he sounds ENGLISH.. like he's from London... more cockney than Irish.
This must be one of those things like me not being able to tell Americans and Canadians apart ;)
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I think it'd be easiest for me to play Wash. Even my clothing matches his character! But I'd like to develop the accent more and play Badger...something that's a bit of a change and a departure from my normal self.
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Quote:I thought it was a satire on the changed demographic of Camden, but that's probably too parochical; the Brits'll get it.
Originally posted by shw:
Badger was supposed to be IRISH?
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Originally posted by shw:
Badger was supposed to be IRISH? well, being Irish myself I can confidentally say that he sounds ENGLISH.. like he's from London... more cockney than Irish.
This must be one of those things like me not being able to tell Americans and Canadians apart ;)
Well I can't tell anyone apart so there we go. The only accent I can tell is the deep southern one and then the one from Brooklyn.
So here's the new question. Is Badger Irish or English? One way or the other that is one GREAT accent
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Well, I think of myself as a better imitator than an actor, but if I were given the chance to audition for one of the main roles on FIREFLY, I'd like to have auditioned for all the male leads, except Book.
I wouldv'e auditioned for Wash first, because IMHO, he's the best character comedically. And I'd like to have been the one whose intro was with some plastic dinosaurs. I probably wouldv'e been called back to read for Simon though, because not only do I kinda look like Simon, but I kinda act and behave like Simon most of the time. I know. We all want to be the funny guy, but often we're the stumbling prude. I shave irregularily, so maybe I could look a bit like Jayne. And I think I'd have the same dead-pan approach to humor like Mal would have.
I dunno. I'd rather let the people who play these characters in the first place be them. No one else can bring to these roles the full fleshed out humanity that Nathan, Alan, Morena, Gina, Summer, Jewel, Sean, Adam, and Ron bring to their roles.
I'd be happy in just a cameo. Hell, I'd be ecstatic if I was a mere grip.
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I would have been one of the women at the party in Shindig. I would love to have nothing more to worry about than looking pretty and going to a party.
I like Simon but he has too many responsibilities and stress. Kaylee is nice but I've been in her position with Simon and wouldn't want to have to replay it for film. You know, that position where you are hot for someone but he's not reciprocating. It's painful and frustrating. I feel sorry for that girl. I know how she is hopeful that he will eventually wake up and notice what a wonderful person she is because I've been in her shoes. Even if he does start dating her, ultimately, she is wasting her time by chasing after him because he is not very interested and will probably dump her the moment someone comes around who does get his juices flowing. At least that's what happened to me every time that I found myself in Kaylee's position. That will leave her feeling painful, foolish and used.
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