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Inside Stargate Atlantis – Questions from
Viewers
What was the most difficult scene you’ve had to shoot so far for Stargate
Atlantis? The easiest? The most fun?
Paul McGillion – Dr Carson Beckett: The most difficult – the scene
where David Hewlett kisses me in ‘Duet’. Why? David Hewlett kissing
me! The easiest and the most fun – the chair scene in ‘Rising’. Why?
One of the first days of production on SGA and it was thrilling and a
great vibe on set!
Some ladies on the Internet have coined the term ‘adorkable’ to describe
your charms. What do you think of that?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: Genius! Let me clarify; that is
astrophysical genius! I am flattered and I think its adorkable of them to
have come up with it! The other one that I like to throw around is ‘snarkastic’.
Keep them coming!
McKay has been portrayed from bumbling comic relief to
brilliant-if-reluctant hero this season. What do you think of this range
of characterisations?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: Bumbling comic relief? McKay was a
hero and nothing but hero, nothing but brilliant and nothing reluctant about
it! Are we watching the same show?! I have the best job on Atlantis.
The range of things I get to do and say are what makes it such a pleasure to
get up every morning. Though not enough to make me a pleasure to be around
at those early hours.
Will there be an episode where Sheppard plays a song on the guitar and
McKay sings? If so, what song would you both want to play and sing together?
Joe Flanigan – Lt Col John Sheppard: There most likely would be an
episode where Sheppard sets himself on fire and sings ‘Kumbaya’ before he
and McKay did something like this. I could, however, picture us as a bad Bob
Hope and Bing Crosby duo, a la road show, attempting to sing and dance our
way out of trouble. More importantly, David is really good at ‘jazz-hands’.
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: I so truly hope not, for the sake of
the show. Though if we were going to sing something, maybe The Pogues
‘Fairytale of New York’, and make it a duet. I’ll sing the mans part of
course!
What was your weirdest moment on the SGA set and why?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: The first day back after a three
week holiday, and we’re standing in this sweltering hot field in the middle
of nowhere acting opposite a 7-foot man in a skin tight, Pepto Bismol-pink
suit and a sabre toothed tiger head. Why? I’m not sure.
What percentage of your character’s scientific language/accomplishments
do you understand personally?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: When I get the scripts, far too
little. By the time we’re shooting them, far too much! Luckily for me I
actually find this stuff interesting. Still I wouldn’t know what I would do
without the Internet!
What would you most like to see McKay do on the show (that he hasn’t done
yet)? What do you think McKay wants in life?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: I am dying to meet McKay’s sister.
I’ve heard rumblings about my real sister Kate coming up to do
an episode,
and that would be a treat. She is the funniest woman I have ever met, and
the most evil! Not to mention a talented actress.
In life McKay just wants
to be right about everything.
Does it impact on you personally – that the world seems to revolve around
your character in almost every episode?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: Well it does make for a lot of long
nights and lost weekends learning lines! That said, it’s an actors dream!
McKay is just the kind of person that has to be involved in everything going
on everywhere, he can’t help himself. I think it’s safe
to say that he
believes the world – well I should say the universe (so many worlds so
little time!) – does revolve around him.
What was more fun to shoot, season one or two?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: There’s always a wonderful freedom
to shooting the first season of a show, because nobody knows how it’s going
to be received. That said, given the response to season one, season two was
more fun to shoot! By season two, I found it easier to learn the lines and
get my head around the concepts. And I think that I had a better sense of
how McKay would react to situations.
Will Rodney be getting together with Elizabeth any time soon?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: I think there’s too much history
there for romance, but I’ve been wrong before!
Your fan base is huge! Why do you think it is so big and what are your
feelings on this?
David Hewlett – Dr Rodney McKay: McKay gets to say all the brilliant,
outrageous, snarky and sarcastic things that you and I can’t or
are too
polite to say. I think that it’s more Rodney who has the fans than David.
Heck, I love the guy!
Thank you to reedfem
Additional Q&A
questions from scifi.com
David Hewlett
Dr. Rodney McKay
Which was your favourite
episode to work on so far?
I sound like such a suck when I say I really don't have a
favourite episode. Off the top of my head, in no particular order: "Duet,"
"Grace Under Pressure," "Runner," "The Long Goodbye." There are some that
are my favourite action shows, and others that are my favourite acting
shows, and then there are some that just ended up being my favourite
episodes to shoot.
Weirdly, one of my favourite shooting days was one where there really wasn't
that much for me to say or do. It was Mitch and Paul and Chuck, up in the
control room for a relentless day of "we're all going to die" high-stress
acting. I have never laughed so hard or screwed up so many takes trying not
to laugh in my life. I imagine they'll never put us all in the same room
again!
Do you watch Outer Limits in real life?
On many occasions. I love that kind of thing.
What's your favourite sci-fi movie?
I think I'd have to go with either Blade Runner or Close
Encounters of the Third Kind. Both of them still give me shivers.
Are we ever going to see anything about McKay's sister Jeannie? Also, are
we ever going to see anything of his background, as well?
Hey, you read my mind! I just talked about that in the "what
I want to see on the show." I imagine when she makes an
appearance there'll
be way too much background for McKay's liking!
What was the one personal item that McKay brought to Atlantis in Season
One?
Every ribbon, trophy and diploma he's ever won.
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