Post by Forever Xena on Sept 24, 2005 6:04:01 GMT -6
Battlestar Galactica's James Callis on the 'bad' Baltar
SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!
Excerpts from Starburst Magazine’s interview with Battlestar Galactica star James Callis (Baltar) are online at Starburst’s web site. James talks about Baltar’s character arc for Season 1 and how grimmer times are ahead for Season 2:
"My character has made an art out of sidestepping the blame that’s coming his way. This is a man who believes, really, that he’s only partially responsible, if at all, for the near total genocide of his own race. By that I mean Baltar thinks he could be fingered for the blame, but on a literal level of the way it happened, part of him is thinking, ‘Hey, look, I had no idea that I was going out with a robot’. However, this is the same person who, at the end of last year, tried to convince Boomer to kill herself. That’s a big leap for someone to take who’s like, ‘Hey, don’t look at me, I’m not involved’. Then there was that shocking twist later on in Season One where Baltar ended up as President Roslin’s vice president."
"In many ways I never really knew last year what was going to come next with him. However, I felt his story arc was very fluid and I enjoyed how it unfolded. It wasn’t so much that Baltar grew by leaps and bounds during Season One, but rather it was like some dynamic inside him was pushing him apart. As a result, it made his references to people and situations all the more diverse. I’ve been talking with the show’s producers and writers about Baltar becoming, perhaps, a little bit grimmer this season. And the thing is, after episode three [Fragged], he’s less inclined to tears. He’s cried it all out of his system."
"Baltar did a very bad thing, then a few more bad things, and now he’s getting ready to do even more (grins). This time around, though, it’s with a sort of impunity or dissidence."
Read the full interview in Issue #329 of Starburst Magazine, or check the web site for more information about that issue.
SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!
Excerpts from Starburst Magazine’s interview with Battlestar Galactica star James Callis (Baltar) are online at Starburst’s web site. James talks about Baltar’s character arc for Season 1 and how grimmer times are ahead for Season 2:
"My character has made an art out of sidestepping the blame that’s coming his way. This is a man who believes, really, that he’s only partially responsible, if at all, for the near total genocide of his own race. By that I mean Baltar thinks he could be fingered for the blame, but on a literal level of the way it happened, part of him is thinking, ‘Hey, look, I had no idea that I was going out with a robot’. However, this is the same person who, at the end of last year, tried to convince Boomer to kill herself. That’s a big leap for someone to take who’s like, ‘Hey, don’t look at me, I’m not involved’. Then there was that shocking twist later on in Season One where Baltar ended up as President Roslin’s vice president."
"In many ways I never really knew last year what was going to come next with him. However, I felt his story arc was very fluid and I enjoyed how it unfolded. It wasn’t so much that Baltar grew by leaps and bounds during Season One, but rather it was like some dynamic inside him was pushing him apart. As a result, it made his references to people and situations all the more diverse. I’ve been talking with the show’s producers and writers about Baltar becoming, perhaps, a little bit grimmer this season. And the thing is, after episode three [Fragged], he’s less inclined to tears. He’s cried it all out of his system."
"Baltar did a very bad thing, then a few more bad things, and now he’s getting ready to do even more (grins). This time around, though, it’s with a sort of impunity or dissidence."
Read the full interview in Issue #329 of Starburst Magazine, or check the web site for more information about that issue.
source TGL