Brilliant Serenity Interview

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MALADJUSTED

Sunday, February 20, 2005 2:50 PM

SFX magazine in the UK ran a great interview in the March addition. It runs over four pages with pictures.

Article in SFX magazine. March issue 128

The crew of the Serenity are back together again. Nathan Fillion, Morena Baccarin and Summer Glau speak to Ian Berriman.

Summer Glau is holding a gun to Nathan Fillion's face.
Don't worry, our interview hasn't descended into a life-threatening argument about who gets the most close-ups. I'm at a convention with three stars of the TV series Firefly. Joss Whedon's ill-fated western-in-space was cancelled in its first season, but has been given a second bite at the cherry, with Serenity (a feature film version) now in the can. As well as Nathan (aka Mal Reynolds, captain of the ship Serenity), and Summer (River, kooky victim of experimental mind-messing) there's Morena Baccarin (Inara, classy space hooker).
The gun is one of the cheap plastic water pistols which all three gamely pose with. And, to be honest, it's not so much that Summer is holding a gun to Nathan's face as that he's trying to insert the end of the barrel up his left nostril. He can't resist goofing around. Later, when he should be striking his best heroic pose, he holds his gun upside down and gawps at it like a drooling dimwit instead.
These three have been through a lot together, and you can tell. Seated on a sofa after the photo shoot, they naturally point towards each other. Morena's curled up on one side, Summer's perched in the middle, Nathan's turned towards both of them. Nathan is dryly funny. Morena is radiant, with a huge, open-mouthed laugh. Summer's spooky looks are unnerving (until you realise how cute she is!), and the quietest of the three. They all finish each other's sentences, like some three-sided married couple. There's a powerful sense that they're good friends, and overjoyed to be together again.

SFX: You three have been through some big ups and downs.
Morena: I got thrown into it so quickly that for me it was just up, up, up all the way…
SFX: Oh, that's right, you were a replacement for the person originally cast as Inara….
Morena (faking annoyance) I was not a replacement. I was the better choice.
Nathan: She was a late original!
Morena: I never even had a second to think 'Oh god, am I gonna get this job or not?' It happened so quick. And then it crashed and burned…..
SFX: How did you feel when you heard Firefly was no more?
Morena: It was a sad day.
Nathan: As a rule, I try not to fall in love with a project. I learned when I first came up to Los Angeles, the moment someone says, 'It's guaranteed!', it's gone. Having had the rug pulled out from under me early in the game I thought, 'Okay, lesson learned, I'm gonna try and stay reality-based about things.' With Firefly it was a fight, because I was in love. I was in love and then…I got dumped!
Morena: I didn't mean to hurt you!
Nathan: No, I was talking about Summer! Yeah, that was a heartbreaking day. They called off work early, and I went home thinking, 'What are we gonna do?' We had another four or five days left of filming and I thought, 'These are gonna be the saddest days'….
Morena: ….but there was actually quite a bit of freedom after that. We had a really good time. The running joke was, 'What are they gonna do? They can't fire us!'
Nathan: People came back to work with the idea of having as much fun as they possibly could while we were still there.
Summer: We loved each other so much. But then we stayed in touch. We didn't know if it was gonna work out for us to stay friends, and then it did. And Joss promised us, 'This is not the end. I don't know what I'm gonna do but I'm gonna do something!' And here we are.
SFX: It's amazing. How many TV series get a second chance?
Morena: Have there been any that have been turned into movies after being cancelled? I can't think of any!
SFX: Not until 20 years later, You could have all come back to do Firefly: The Next Generation as pensioners.
Morena: Oh God!
Nathan: But Firefly's not something t

P1NKISPUNK

Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:22 PM

Oh go on...post it all...please?

SNIPER

Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:30 PM

Cool interview. I'll have to take a look at that when I go into a bookstore next.

MALADJUSTED

Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:40 PM

Real life has just got in the way again. I promise I'll send you the rest as soon as I can. I think some people have scanned the article so you may be able to find it. Great pictures too.

SIMONF

Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:48 PM

It's worth buying SFX for just the pics. The interview itself is hilarious.

HAWK

Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:33 PM

That interview made me smile so hard.

The pictures depict Nathan, Morena and Summer horsing around with toy guns and I just grinned from ear to ear as soon as i saw em.

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A Pox for Fox

P1NKISPUNK

Monday, February 21, 2005 12:27 AM

Thank-you kindly

I can't find any scans, but perhaps it's early days. Tah neway

TRASK43

Monday, February 21, 2005 1:56 AM

Ive got the magazine and was hoping to put the pictures on my site but my scanners not working so it would be much appreciated if anyone could scan the pics or point me in the direction of the pics if they've already been posted.

I'll also put the interview up on the site sometime next week.

www.summer-glau.com

MALADJUSTED

Monday, February 21, 2005 6:33 PM

Go to the OB. There's a thread called Interview in General Firefly Discussion. The people there seem to have a complete copy and are scanning, emailing etc.

P1NKISPUNK

Monday, February 21, 2005 7:56 PM

So sorry to disturb you again! (The last time I really hope)
But can I ask what the O.B is? The other board..what other board

*blushes again*
*hits self in head*

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