| [NEWS] - Weller Talks Enterprise Finale [message #1411] |
Fr, 15 April 2005 21:05 |
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Weller Talks Enterprise Finale
Peter Weller, who plays a key role in upcoming final episodes of UPN's
Star Trek: Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that he will play a character
who resembles some people today. "He's a xenophobe," Weller said in an
interview at the April 13 wrap party for the cast and crew in
Hollywood, Calif. "Isolationism is one thing, but he's actively
pursuing the cleansing of planet Earth by ridding 'Terra Prime,' or
Earth, of any alien impurity whatsoever. It kind of rings of some
people walking around on this planet today."
Weller said that co-executive producer Manny Coto enlisted his
participation because the two previously worked together in an SF TV
show. "Manny Coto created and produced Odyssey 5 for Columbia-Tristar
and Showtime, which I starred in and directed a bunch," Weller said.
"We became fast friends, and he browbeat me and browbeat me into
coming onto Enterprise and guest-starring on a couple of episodes.
When he finally told me they were going to be the last two on planet
E, I said I might as well put my feet in the cement of immortality and
go to the Paramount lot and shoot the [next-to-the-] last two episodes
ever of Enterprise."
Weller, whose character is named John Frederick Paxton, added that he
saw relevance in his xenophobic character's separatist behavior. "The
great thing about the whole Star Trek legacy is that they ...
metaphorize, they allegorize and they narrate what's going on the
planet today," Weller said. "There's a lot of xenophobes walking
around today who say, 'Only us, not them.' The bad news about that ...
is that the great thing about the world is that people move. Rome
tried to build walls to keep the people from moving, but the people
will move. If they think they've got a good gig someplace, they will
go there, and you can regulate it, but you can't stop it." Weller's
episode "Demons" airs May 6 and "Terra Prime" airs May 13. Enterprise
is on at 8 pm. ET/PT on Fridays.
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| Re: [NEWS] - Weller Talks Enterprise Finale [message #1466 ] |
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> Peter Weller, who plays a key role in upcoming final episodes of UPN's
> Star Trek: Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that he will play a character
> who resembles some people today. "He's a xenophobe," Weller said in an
> interview at the April 13 wrap party for the cast and crew in
> Hollywood, Calif. "Isolationism is one thing, but he's actively
> pursuing the cleansing of planet Earth by ridding 'Terra Prime,' or
> Earth, of any alien impurity whatsoever. It kind of rings of some
> people walking around on this planet today."
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> Weller said that co-executive producer Manny Coto enlisted his
> participation because the two previously worked together in an SF TV
> show. "Manny Coto created and produced Odyssey 5 for Columbia-Tristar
> and Showtime, which I starred in and directed a bunch," Weller said.
> "We became fast friends, and he browbeat me and browbeat me into
> coming onto Enterprise and guest-starring on a couple of episodes.
> When he finally told me they were going to be the last two on planet
> E, I said I might as well put my feet in the cement of immortality and
> go to the Paramount lot and shoot the [next-to-the-] last two episodes
> ever of Enterprise."
>
> Weller, whose character is named John Frederick Paxton, added that he
> saw relevance in his xenophobic character's separatist behavior. "The
> great thing about the whole Star Trek legacy is that they ...
> metaphorize, they allegorize and they narrate what's going on the
> planet today," Weller said. "There's a lot of xenophobes walking
> around today who say, 'Only us, not them.' The bad news about that ...
> is that the great thing about the world is that people move. Rome
> tried to build walls to keep the people from moving, but the people
> will move. If they think they've got a good gig someplace, they will
> go there, and you can regulate it, but you can't stop it." Weller's
> episode "Demons" airs May 6 and "Terra Prime" airs May 13. Enterprise
> is on at 8 pm. ET/PT on Fridays.
They'd better not kill Phlox, is all I've got to say!!! >:-(
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| Re: [NEWS] - Weller Talks Enterprise Finale [message #1477 ] |
So, 17 April 2005 02:07 |
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In article <btf8e.5642$t85.3378 [at] newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, whodunit
<pillut_48 [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> They'd better not kill Phlox, is all I've got to say!!! >:-(
They're going to kill off everyone by exploding the Enterprise, to make
it absolutely 110% clear that the show isn't ever coming back. ;-)
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