Brian
10-30-08, 02:15 AM
Question: President Roslin (a.k.a. Mary McDonnell) on Grey's Anatomy?! Give us the scoopage on this smurftastic news for Battlestar Galactica and Grey's fans! -- Brenda
Ausiello: She debuts Nov. 13, and her Dr. Virginia Dixon character has something in common with a Bones regular. If you want more than that, you'll have to pick up the new issue of EW, on sale Friday.
Question: Mary McDonnell's name has been ominously left off the list of the actors appearing in the Battlestar Galactica movie. Is this a sign that our favorite president doesn't survive the end of the series? -- Brittany
Ausiello: It could be interpreted in any number of ways. I tried to pump McDonnell for details when I spoke to her earlier this week, but she would only say that Roslin's "story is not going to be explored further in the movie." Smart gal. Then, copping to a bit of post-Battlestar depression, she admitted, "It's still difficult. It's wonderful to be back in L.A. and not be commuting [from Vancouver]. The practical lifestyle part of it has been great. But I miss everyone terribly. Ending that show was excruciating; it was really hard to finish. It was such a glorious experience." Not to mention a creatively satisfying one -- right up till the end. "The sophistication of the writing became…so beautiful and dark…light....It was quite something to be inside of. It felt to me so complete that while I'm very sad that it's over, I'm very glad it was a complete saga and that it maintained its quality till the end. It didn't just drift off."
(Source (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/10/ask-ausiello--3.html#more))
Ausiello: She debuts Nov. 13, and her Dr. Virginia Dixon character has something in common with a Bones regular. If you want more than that, you'll have to pick up the new issue of EW, on sale Friday.
Question: Mary McDonnell's name has been ominously left off the list of the actors appearing in the Battlestar Galactica movie. Is this a sign that our favorite president doesn't survive the end of the series? -- Brittany
Ausiello: It could be interpreted in any number of ways. I tried to pump McDonnell for details when I spoke to her earlier this week, but she would only say that Roslin's "story is not going to be explored further in the movie." Smart gal. Then, copping to a bit of post-Battlestar depression, she admitted, "It's still difficult. It's wonderful to be back in L.A. and not be commuting [from Vancouver]. The practical lifestyle part of it has been great. But I miss everyone terribly. Ending that show was excruciating; it was really hard to finish. It was such a glorious experience." Not to mention a creatively satisfying one -- right up till the end. "The sophistication of the writing became…so beautiful and dark…light....It was quite something to be inside of. It felt to me so complete that while I'm very sad that it's over, I'm very glad it was a complete saga and that it maintained its quality till the end. It didn't just drift off."
(Source (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/10/ask-ausiello--3.html#more))