Gina Torres Looks Back on "Cleopatra 2525" and "Firefly" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 01-27-2016, 05:41 PM

Memories from the Set: Gina Torres on "Cleopatra 2525"

"That show was ridiculous!" Torres says of the pulpy sci-fi series, in which she played Hel, whose mission was to fight the machines that had taken over Earth in the 26th century. Did we mention it was from minds behind "Hercules" and "Xena"?

"Rob Tapert pitched it to me," Torres says. "God bless him, he saw something in me that I will always be so grateful for. He said, 'I want you to lead this group of freedom fighters. You'll be wearing rubber hot pants and a silver corset in the process and protecting a cryogenically frozen stripper…'" She laughs.

"There were times when I was on set that I felt like Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest. I was like, 'I can't believe this is where I've landed. I've done the classics… All these years later, I'm like, 'That was a good time.' I'm waiting for my daughter to be old enough to check it out."

http://tvline.com/gallery/gina-torre...leopatra-2525/

Memories from the Set: Gina Torres on "Firefly"

The short-lived space western, Joss Whedon's follow-up to the highly successful "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", "was a lesson in that there are no givens," Torres says.

Still, the cast — which included a pre-Castle Nathan Fillion — was "happy to come to work, see each other every day, do this and inhabit this world, and it showed," she adds. "The idea of it was fantastic. I really do think we were ahead of our time. Unfortunately… Fox just didn't get it, and they buried us. They can take full responsibility for that."

Though as the ship's first mate, Torres' Zoë had her share of larger-than-life moments.

"Coming out of the fog and a sand storm with a shotgun with Mal saying, 'What does that make us, Zoe?' 'Big damn heroes.' It doesn't get better than that!" — but the actress is fond of the "sweet" exchanges between her and Alan Tudyk, who played her husband, Wash.

"I so appreciate that the writers would let Zoe really be a girl and a woman and a wife," she recalls. "That made her the ultimate chick, because she was a fully realized person. That's what I mourn most, given the early demise of the show."

http://tvline.com/gallery/gina-torre...rres_firefly1/

Edison · 01-30-2016, 03:09 AM

Speaking of Cleopatra..been a fan of Gina since "Xena".

01-27-2016, 05:41 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,020	Gina Torres Looks Back on "Cleopatra 2525" and "Firefly" *Memories from the Set: Gina Torres on "Cleopatra 2525"* "That show was ridiculous!" Torres says of the pulpy sci-fi series, in which she played Hel, whose mission was to fight the machines that had taken over Earth in the 26th century. Did we mention it was from minds behind "Hercules" and "Xena"? "Rob Tapert pitched it to me," Torres says. "God bless him, he saw something in me that I will always be so grateful for. He said, 'I want you to lead this group of freedom fighters. You'll be wearing rubber hot pants and a silver corset in the process and protecting a cryogenically frozen stripper…'" She laughs. "There were times when I was on set that I felt like Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest. I was like, 'I can't believe this is where I've landed. I've done the classics… All these years later, I'm like, 'That was a good time.' I'm waiting for my daughter to be old enough to check it out." http://tvline.com/gallery/gina-torre...leopatra-2525/ *Memories from the Set: Gina Torres on "Firefly"* The short-lived space western, Joss Whedon's follow-up to the highly successful "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", "was a lesson in that there are no givens," Torres says. Still, the cast — which included a pre-Castle Nathan Fillion — was "happy to come to work, see each other every day, do this and inhabit this world, and it showed," she adds. "The idea of it was fantastic. I really do think we were ahead of our time. Unfortunately… Fox just didn't get it, and they buried us. They can take full responsibility for that." Though as the ship's first mate, Torres' Zoë had her share of larger-than-life moments. "Coming out of the fog and a sand storm with a shotgun with Mal saying, 'What does that make us, Zoe?' 'Big damn heroes.' It doesn't get better than that!" — but the actress is fond of the "sweet" exchanges between her and Alan Tudyk, who played her husband, Wash. "I so appreciate that the writers would let Zoe really be a girl and a woman and a wife," she recalls. "That made her the ultimate chick, because she was a fully realized person. That's what I mourn most, given the early demise of the show." http://tvline.com/gallery/gina-torre...rres_firefly1/ Attached Images

01-30-2016, 03:09 AM	#2
Edison Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 01, 2006 Posts: 2,430	Speaking of Cleopatra..been a fan of Gina since "Xena".