Hewlett reminisces on Stargate Atlantis
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Friday - January 22, 2010 |
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It’s been a little over a year since the final episode of Stargate Atlantis aired in the United States … and just like with any other series, the cast has moved on to other projects. But that doesn’t mean they don’t like to look back at the past, either.
Recently, Atlantis actor David Hewlett (“Rodney McKay”) sat down with SciFiAndTvTalk’s Blog to discuss the final year of the series and his character, which got its start back in Season Five of SG-1 in the episode “48 Hours.”
“That was a lot of hair ago on SG-1. I don’t know if I actually lost the hair or if I’ve just expanded so that it looks like I’ve got less hair,” said the actor. “It’s weird because McKay seems like a different guy now.”
“I think what happened in Atlantis was that we began to see the cracks in the character’s armor,” Hewlett continued. “He came into SG-1, I feel, fully protected. McKay had inch-thick armor around him, which made him incredibly prickly from the very beginning. And it’s not so much that he warmed on Atlantis, but rather he cracked a bit.”
Hewlett also made note of the differences between McKay and the other characters on the show — and how he felt that may be a reason that the character resonated with fans as much as it did.
“He’s unlike the other characters. You’re learning about them as you go along, whereas with my character it’s as if you’re deconstructing him,” Hewlett said. “We already knew what McKay was like, and later on we got figure out why he’s like that. After five seasons, we’d deconstructed him enough to roughly know what his deep dark secrets are, but I have a sneaking suspicion that there are a few more. So as a character he did evolve. McKay’s own personality finally began to shine though, which was a real joy for me to play.”
For more from Hewlett, including his thoughts on some of the final season’s more McKay-centric episodes, check out the full interview. And keep your browser locked to GateWorld for more Stargate news as it happens!
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Love ya David. I’m so pissed that the same jerks who pushed out Conan work for the same company that is holding up our movies. I for one am done with NBC, Sci-Fi and Universal until they give us just one damn thing we out here paying the bills wants. You played a great character, something missing in that new show. If one of the lead doesn’t suck you in then no one watches. You and Joe were the reason I watched Atlantis and even more exciting when Connor was on. I had my Trek guy and my StarGate men all wrapped up in one quirky show and am very saddened by the loss of Sci-Fi on American TV. The Brits are doing some filling in. Why not try to get some guest appearances on one of their shows?
flmatthew | January 22 @ 9:43 pm*sigh* I so miss seeing characters every week.
Love ya, David! :D
SGAFan | January 23 @ 12:32 pmErr.. that would be characters of *substance* every week… no morning coffee yet. ;)
SGAFan | January 23 @ 12:33 pmI miss them sooo much :( The only comfort for me is Sanctuary, where I get to see some of SG and SGA people.
So where the hell are the promised movies??? Personyl, I would take one SGA or SG-1 movie over ten seasons of SGU (like flmatthew said – if the characters aren’t captivating, the series suck. And it does for me, sorry)
Gaia | January 24 @ 9:27 amI miss SGA all the time. Especially since I for one feel like the ending was unsatisfying (I’m sorry, but I did NOT want Atlantis to end up on Earth!) and they need to fix it with movies they’re apparently not going to do. It makes me mad that the powers that be apparently feel that it’s perfectly fine to screw over the fans who’ve been with them for ten years.
FoxTrottrGrl | January 24 @ 5:18 pmyup, makes me all the more nostalgic for SGA.
Sylvia | January 25 @ 11:43 ami miss this dude and i miss all of them to bad the show is over my tv screen doesnt look the same with out sheppard on it or the atlantis team. i hope he goes to the la convention.
mrs john sheppard | January 25 @ 1:03 pmOh how I wish SG:A was still running :(
janet99 | January 25 @ 3:03 pmI wish Atlantis was still going I hate stargate universe.
This so called “New and fresh stargate” that seems more like a battlestar galatica rip off even in the way it is flimed.
I am still waiting for the part where “it would be an insult for fans to do the same thing” but I guess it is ok to copy battlestar just like 2 years after it goes off air on the same network….
Atlantis ended too soon Mckay got tons of growth and it made him awsome but everybody else did not get a chance too.
Cube | January 26 @ 6:32 amOh and I must say battlestar made me depressed most of the time to watch but It was still good and then it was a nice change to sci-fi.
and we still had stargate Atlantis that always put me in a good mood.
Now stargate universe is so dark depressing %99.9 of the time it just gets annoying and now that caprica is on it is just plain overload of that style that Stargate universe is trying ripoff and I am getting kind of sick of it already.
But if I had to pick between the two I would go with the original who did it first and pick battlestar and caprice anyday of the week.
Cube | January 26 @ 6:51 amI miss Him so much. How cool would it be if David Hewlett and David Tennant acted together in something! Would be amazing! Seems he is in the UK most of the time, it would be nice if he auditioned for some Doctor Who roles. Nowadays I prefer the british Scifi, over what is being put out the Syfy…
vanity01 | January 27 @ 9:19 amI miss you David and McKay. :( I wish I could see you on my tv every week like i used to. (thought i do have my dvds and watch them all the time. :) Even though, I’m not holding my breath, i’m still crossing my fingers that TPTB still might surprise us and make a movie. Here’s to hoping and until then, i’ll keep following you on twitter. ;)
nell | January 29 @ 4:57 amDavid is definately missed. But then I also missed Rainbow when he left the series and Torri even more. I also missed Becket albeit they did bring him back.
Am still waiting for the DVD to come out with the full length film. I would have loved to have been an extra on that set…just something I have always wanted to do but still have not…YET!
dulynoted | January 31 @ 6:22 pmAhhh…dreams are good.
Hewlett is a great actor and McKay was a great character. Science fiction television as a whole is lesser without him.
mythos | February 2 @ 1:40 pmI enjoyed the whole cast of Atlantis but David Hewlett and Joe Flanigan were really brilliant to watch. They were a class act. I really miss the show and these talented guys…hope they make the movies so I can see them in action again :-)
Cheers from me and my buddies here in South Africa!!
JohnD | February 7 @ 2:24 pm