Kevin Sorbo Interviews

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Kevin Sorbo Interview
By Troy Rogers

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Stylin Online interviews Kevin Sorbo @ Anaheim Comicon

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Handley: Kevin, do you ever see yourself stepping back into costume to bring Hercules back to the small screen-or even possibly the big screen? Or how about Andromeda?

Kevin Sorbo: You know, I never got Universal either. Here's another studio, right, they got mad at me that I didn't want to go three more years on Hercules. They screwed me on the back end of the contract. This show still airs in 50 countries overseas, and I see the quarterly statements, it's like eight million dollars a quarter, so the show is still bringing in, what, thirty million a year? You know what? I don't get a penny of that. And people are shocked when they find out. I'm the one who worked my ass off for 14 hours a day, and I had to lift weights for two hours a day afterwards. Anyone who tries doing that for seven years, you know, you get exhausted. And I'm not bitching about it-I loved the show, I loved the crew, I loved living in New Zealand. But after seven years, I needed to do something more, and while I was hemming and hawing about it, I got the call from Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, saying, 'We have this show that Gene [Roddenberry] wrote back in 1969, and I think you'd be the perfect captain, Dylan Hunt.' And then Tribune gave me a 44-show guarantee-a two-year guarantee-before they even cast anyone else, that whether the show goes on or not, they're going to pay me for two years. I mean, how could I say no? Anybody, in that kind of business, if they say to you, 'Hey, we're going to give you a two-year contract, and you might not even have to work,' I think anyone would sign the contract. Plus, I'm a Star Trek fan, so it was a no-brainer for me! I wish I had a chance to meet Gene. You know, I got to know Majel well, and it was neat to get to know that family. I just wish I had a chance to meet Mr. Roddenberry.

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What a shame Kevin doesn't get any of the money. That just bites.