Heroes Worship
Amanda Tapping discusses the pivotal seventh season Stargate SG-1 adventure Heroes � and the departure of a semi-regular character...
Amanda Tapping has no doubt that the mid-seventh season two-parter Heroes is set to be one of the series� most memorable adventures to date. �It�s a great showcase for every single member of the cast,� she explains. �It was directed by Andy Mikita, who did an amazing job, and it�s got every element of Stargate in it. It�s a huge drama, it�s got a bit of comedy and it�s also a great science fiction story.
�It�s told from the perspective of a documentarian who comes to do a documentary about the SGC,� continues Tapping. �You get to see all the characters out of their element a little bit because they are being interviewed and they don�t know how to deal with that! I think that�s one of the highlights this year.�
Heroes signals the departure of one of the SGC�s favourite characters, Doctor Janet Fraiser, played by Tapping�s close friend Teryl Rothery. Originally, the producers decided to use the fact that season seven was �definitely� the show�s last year to inject some extra emotion and action by killing off a regular member of the SGC � something that hadn�t occurred in the show�s entire run, barring Daniel Jackson�s brief otherworldly hiatus. But then, of course, it turned out that seven years wasn�t the end for Stargate � and that Rothery could have spent another year on the show. Tapping admits that Rothery�s exit wasn�t easy to accept.
�It was really weird when I found out,� she reveals. �It didn�t make sense to me. [Co-producer] Peter DeLuise actually called me into his office and said, �I feel terrible. This was supposed to be the last season, and we�re doing this to Teryl, and now I feel awful about it�� And we were all like, �Well then, don�t do it!� It creates for great drama, but it was also very sad for us, because we didn�t believe it was going to happen until they actually did it.
�We all had our memories of sitting with Teryl and talking about it. She�s very cool about it, but it�s a very weird situation. It�s very sad.�
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Dreamwatch issue 113
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