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PW: I do follow sports. I'm primarily a football fan and that is soccer to the folks around the world. And I like a lot of sports. In fact I'll watch Tiger Woods play golf any time. I follow tennis, the major tournaments; track and field is huge in Jamaica where I come from. And I also like a little-known sport called cricket.
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GW: Cricket's good. Yes, that's right
PW: It's a thinking man's game.
GW: It's big in Aussie land.
PW: Or it used to be, anyway. We don't mention Aussies because they rule the world in cricket right now.
GW: [Laughter] That's right.
Season Eight, you came back in "Moebius," obviously, which we talked about. Were you continually surprised when they would bring you back, or did it just get to a point like, "Well it's about time for them to bring me back and I don't know how they'll do it, but it's about time."
PW: You know how it would work? You'd get a rumor. The casting director would call and request details as to the actor's availability. Well, anyone who knows actors, we're always available! Always! Just take it as read, we're always available.
So you'd get that rumor, inquiring as to your availability. And the minute you hear that, you know something's up. There's a script coming down. And I wasn't so much as surprised as I was elated.
GW: Oh, really?
PW: Elated.
GW: You really loved that character.
PW: Well, I loved the character, and I loved the remuneration it brings. It also keeps me going on the convention circuit which is really good for those stamps in my passport.
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The only thing that scared me was "Are they going to want me to cut off all my hair again?" And they were good about it. They worked around it, because I was usually doing something else that needed the hair. And I'm a well known hair actor
GW: David Palffy, as Anubis, he always said that no hair has worked in his advantage.
PW: It has worked in his advantage and that's a damn good thing too!
GW: [Laughter] Oh no ... Oh geez.
PW: Love you, David!
GW: Season Nine and Ten as the Ori arc. Obviously the Goa'uld were reassigned. And then they brought you back again for Continuum. And [it's] just this little bitty scene
PW: You know what? I spent a few sleepless nights on that scene. Those of you who have seen it will understand why.
I came back to do that little vignette. I will call it a cameo, although I don't think that's the strict title of the categorization of the role. But I'll call it a cameo or a vignette. I'll say that I was very happy to do it, just to maintain my connection to the Stargate franchise.
That day, it had been a couple years since I'd seen Brad Wright, Richard Dean, Amanda Tapping. I see Christopher Judge every now and again at auditions, and Michael Shanks once in a while here and there, but I don't see the cast a crew that often anymore.
GW: En masse,
PW: En masse, exactly. And they were all there for Continuum.
GW: All the System Lords
PW: Yes exactly! So it was fantastic. It was a homecoming
GW: And Baal was a completely different generation of Goa'uld than you. By the time that you were dead, like the character, permanently dead.
PW: Baal? Who's Baal? It doesn't ring a bell.
GW: It was 10 episodes later they introduce him. How was your first experience working with Cliff, the other Goa'uld?
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PW: First of all I didn't know what a star Cliff was until I got onto the convention circuit afterwards, and now I'm realizing not only was that guy a star in stage and screen, but he was a fashion model beforehand.
GW: That's right, Mr. South Africa, the first.
PW: That's something he and I share in common.
GW: Really?
PW: Yeah, I did that too before I got into acting and I don't think he and I have talked about it, but ... actually I probably won't bring it up because he's got his photograph of him with his shirt off. And there's no way I could compete with that.
Cliff is a gentleman as well. And I was glad to meet him and glad to travel with him on a couple occasions now. But I hope he gets killed and they bring back Apophis to kill him. Can I say that? You heard it here first, GateWorld.
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