[BlackDove]

Welcome to Sky One's Battlestar Galatica Chat! We'll be starting shortly. Go ahead and send in your questions for James Callis and Jamie Bamber!

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Get in heh, starts in a matter of minutes I reckon.

[Sandwich]

Threw me off that it progresses from the bottom-up.

[aldo_14]

What I want to know is, how come both are English actors but it's the heroic fighter pilot who has an American accent and the nutcase traitor who has the clipped upper crust tones?

[BlackDove]

It's easier to swallow? After all, the british are always the bad guys, and the Americans are saviors of freedom, etc.

Good acting though, I never noticed he was british. Like Calllis says, too modest.

[Sandwich]

Woohoo - they posted my question!!

(order reversed for sanity)
[q]Sandwich If the current level of success continues, how many seasons would you be willing to continue with the show for?
JamieBamber As long as we are exploring new stuff, the writing is good and the cast stays together, I'd be happy.
JamesCallis The show is demanding, fresh and exciting - as long as it remains this way, it's a great thing to be involved with.[/q]

[Janos]

Maybe Apollo is British because Olmos "Adama Flashlight" is also American, and he was the first actor hired for the show?

Or then it's a conspiracy.

[BlackDove]

Grats Sandwich for your Q popping up.

[BlackDove]

Well chat's done with, the only worthwhile question there was really yours Sandwich ironically heh, good to know those answers for several reasons.

[Sandwich]

Grats Sandwich for your Q popping up.

Thanks to you for letting us know about the thing.

[Sandwich]

Well chat's done with, the only worthwhile question there was really yours Sandwich ironically heh, good to know those answers for several reasons.

You shoulda seen the questions I posted that didn't make the cut... I asked if, considering that there have been a few BSG eps made available to download for free from the official website, the Powers The Be are aware of the popularity BSG holds in the peer2peer sites.

I also asked if either of them saw Firefly or Serenity, considering that there was a cameo of Serenity in the miniseries.

[BlackDove]

I found about it from a friend about 2 minutes before it started, and I know everyone wanted to know about the networking crap with that firewall, so I asked that while simoultaneosly posting the info here for the people who are interested. While I was writing the subject line I typed in imdb who the characters were that the actors play (don't give much about their real names after all )

Naturally, then I saw that those two actors were on the recieving end so I wasn't holding my breath too much about the question being up. Upon further consideration, the question was pretty specific, and that episode JUST aired in Britain, would probably be spoiler for those who haven't seen it yet. However that is considering that they even had any answer - after all, they're just actors. That question is more for the script writer. These guys just act the stuff out after all, doubt they go much further into it than that.

After it started, didn't ask anything, just read, was amusing.

Hope they do it again sometime.

[an0n]

What I want to know is, how come both are English actors but it's the heroic fighter pilot who has an American accent and the nutcase traitor who has the clipped upper crust tones?

Two reasons.

Firstly, because Baltar is a genius and having a British accent gives him an air of sophistication. The accent better fits the character's position in society. Like how they have Scottish people playing the weathered but good-hearted old loners all the time.

Secondly, since the fall of Communism, the increase in China's economy and the Germans joining the EU - it's politically incorrect to have anyone except Americans, Arabs or Englishmen playing bad guys.