Cast details shared at Dragon*Con

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UPDATED: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 19:19
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So here’s some remembrances of the 4 cast panels from dragoncon, and one panel with KRAD.

KRAD was forced to turn in his novelization one day before he found out the premiere was pushed from april to Sept. He is one of many who sent in proposals for an approved 2 original firefly novels coming, probably placed after the movie serenity in the timeline. A possible animated “show” (feature? Series?) has been suggested, unsure if it would be only in the same universe, or with the crew. The cast was not invited to do commentary on the movie DVD.

Sean’s nickname on set is “the bod.” Ron’s hair was his own- no extensions, and he cut it after the last day of filming firefly. Ron is a buddhist. Adam defended his dancing cop gig, saying “be bold” and something to the effect that you need to try things. Jewel regrets a compost video that is still used in schools in canada, that she did as a young girl. She sings a rap with an animated worm. Someone saw her in a hotel elevator and told her she looked just like Kaylee from Firefly. When Jewel laughed, the person said, “No, really! It’s a complement!” She closed the last session on this funny anecdote. Morena doesn’t care for the “I’ll be in my bunk” line being tossed at her all the time. When discussing the possibility of talking action figures, she says one where jayne can repeat that line endlessly was her worst nightmare. Jewel said she’d want hers to say “shiny.” She knows Inara’s secret, and so does adam, and promises that if it is not revealed in the story of any future trilogy, she’ll tell the fans. She says it’s “amazing” and was in the back of her mind informing every scene. Ron does not know his backstory, or at least will not admit to it. But I think he really doesn’t know because he defended not knowing by explaining how as he went through a given day, he doesn’t think about his childhood every minute, all his background information isn’t conscious as he carries on. [to which I thought, well, yeah, but it led directly up to your personality and choices now, which does have a direct bearing on your daily activities] Jewel says she thinks Kaylee smoked a lot of weed. Jewel’s audition scenes were meeting Book and talking to mal after she’d been shot and was in the infirmary. Adam’s never made it to the epidsodes, but one of them was him being mean to kaylee. Adam denied any possibility of jayne ever developing a romance with river. I think he said something like “horribly wrong.” The age difference was disturbing. Most of you know that morena auditioned once, immediately auditioned again for joss, and was walked on set after filming had already started. Ron fell in love with the script even outside of his portrayal. Morena dreams of playing cleopatra from shakespeare and would love to play wonder woman (there’s a clip of her on some red carpet saying so that’s charming if you haven’t seen it.) She loves to cook, and read, and go to plays. Her favorite outfit on the show was an antique blue-green kimono-robe. Jewel also loves to cook, and shop, and it was her husband’s birthday. He’s cute in a disheveled, lean, college boy way (imo). The crowd sang happy birthday to him and gave him a card. Some jokes they played on each other: nathan greased alan’s trailer doorknob so he couldn’t get out. Someone tied industrial bag fasteners to the axle of nathan’s new car, causing a loud noise that upset him. He and jewel have a running contest to flip each other off in creative ways, and she did a very funny trio of birds for him during the third panel. Adam kept the head of the statue of jayne. He says you can see a crack in the neck from when they needed it back for pickups. He also kept his boots. Nathan kept a lot of stuff, and is fond of the alliance money. Jewel kept her room’s sign from the ship, and morena has a tea set and the bowl that she held in the hallway of HoG. Ron has socks he liked. His favorite line to say was “the bible is a bit fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.” Jewel’s favorite line was “have great sex.” I can’t remember morena’s or a

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Thanks so much!! Many people dont post con reports these days! It's highly appreciated!!



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Thanks for the great report. :D

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That was a very detailed report, thanks.

Only one thing upset me though:

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The cast was not invited to do commentary on the movie DVD.

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WHAAAAATT???




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I agree, great report and many fine details!

I caught the first panel, and I'll try to add some remembrances as they come to me.

Morena and Jewel started their friendship soon after meeting on the set, and were always joking around and harrassing each other. Morena said she remembers this particular time they started getting rowdy and cutting and up, and Joss was interrupted and gave them this look like "What is wrong with these people. I've created a monster!"

Alan always flubbed the most lines on set, and seemed like he could never get it right on the first go.

Ron kept referring, jokingly, to Morena being the whore. Then at the end he went over to her and gave her a friendly hug as if to make sure she knew he was joking. Ron was a real treat to hear as he seemed to have a good perspective on show business and acting. He wanted to make sure everyone knew that actors and actresses have tremendous ups and downs in their profession.

Someone brought up the subject of how women in sci-fi seemed to be hired for their attractiveness, and asked how Morena and Jewel felt about their presence on this show having more depth that typical sci-fi women (which I though was funny because they are obviously attractive, just like the men on the show). The person asked about them being a role model for young women, and at this point Ron pointed out...she's a whore! Heheh.

Jewel brought up last year's salute to Nathan, where the entire room flipped Nathan off for Jewel, as the two were always playing a game where they would surprise each other with the finger. She said Nathan still talks about that all the time.

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
That was a very detailed report, thanks.

Only one thing upset me though:

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The cast was not invited to do commentary on the movie DVD.

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WHAAAAATT???


I second that--"whaaaaaaaaatt?!?!?"



"It's about how much freedom you can take away from somebody before they either fold or fight," Whedon says. "It's about the right to be wrong and the nature of human beings, that they need the freedom to be wrong. That they cannot be made to be better or perfect."--Joss Whedon on Serenity

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