A lot of the shows that film in Vancouver are the lesser-ones, those that just have small, but loyal followings - just as the X-Files started out. So there's somewhat less star-struckness. And for actors, it seems like a good place to live since getting work on one show seems to guarantee it on another. I've seen two of the three Stargate actors on the X-Files - it's a bit like how the WB keeps actors in cold storage.
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Madrigal Costello - Sep 21, 2003 5:48:23 am PDT #524 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 6:23:00 am PDT #525 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've seen two of the three Stargate actors on the X-Files - it's a bit like how the WB keeps actors in cold storage.
Which ones? The Americans, or the Canadians? Because the Canadians are extensively recycled, and why the hell not. For the Americans, it seems more of a big deal.
A lot of the shows that film in Vancouver are the lesser-ones, those that just have small, but loyal followings - just as the X-Files started out. So there's somewhat less star-struckness.
But you're ignoring the movies. Ian McKellen and Hugh Jackman traipsed around Vancouver too, just to name a couple. And by and large -- unstruckedness. It's an industry town. There's just less starstruckedness to start with.
Madrigal Costello - Sep 21, 2003 7:29:20 am PDT #526 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Oh, of course they have to recycle Canadians, since like half the country's population is busy at any given time working on SNL or as back-up for Alanis Morissette or Celine Dion. It's still odd to see Sam Carter sleeping with Skinner.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 7:32:04 am PDT #527 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's still odd to see Sam Carter sleeping with Skinner.
She boffed him before SG1 started, I thought.
Which is really just some actor getting jobs.
Madrigal Costello - Sep 21, 2003 7:34:43 am PDT #528 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Yeah, but they re-run X-Files episodes indefinitely, so one sees her again after knowing her as Carter. It's like the oddness of seeing Willow and Oz together as children in "My Stepmother Is an Alien."
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 8:07:16 am PDT #529 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Given the alternative of jobless favourites, I'm pretty glad the industry (and not just Vancouver) doesn't toss out actors after their first jobs.
Madrigal Costello - Sep 21, 2003 8:38:36 am PDT #530 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
I'm not complaing about seeing good actors on multiple series - just saying that it's a bit odd - though a quick and handy way to identity which shows are shot in Vancouver, versus which are shot in New Zealand, where they also re-use locals.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 8:41:59 am PDT #531 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But ... but ... they re-use LA and NY locals too. Actors get jobs, and then they get other jobs, often where they live.
Madrigal Costello - Sep 21, 2003 8:48:54 am PDT #532 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Yeah, but the rate of recycle is slower in LA and NY, or it seems to be because those actors do a variety of jobs - they're not all with the same production company or same genre of TV show.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 8:50:22 am PDT #533 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LA's a bigger market, and NY can get people to travel to it. Still, L&O is a hotbed of re-use all by itself.