Pegasus 2

Stargate:Atlantis convention - Thistle hotel, Heathrow. Feb 2007.

Guests:

Dan Payne [yummola], David and Kate Hewlett, David Nykl, Erin Chambers

Chuck Campbell, Ivy Iverson, two Atlantis tie-in book authors, Aaron Douglas as MC

DAN PAYNE [putting him first cos, damn, he's HAWT!]

(Note to TPTB, get him on screen OUT of make-up sometime. Heck, having seen his calendar, out of clothes too!)

Surfing story - whilst in Oz he had a good try at picking up surfing. On one of his first (maybe THE first) time out, he's told to be on guard for sharks. He's having a good time until he sees a shadow and panics, heading for land at about 90 mph. He turns around and sees that all the old surfing hands have merely climbed on board their boards, leaving nothing dangling in the water. Turns out the shadow was a dolphin. Failed to live down his panic for the rest of his stay [GG].

Favourite actor: Johnny Depp Favourite actress: Jennifer Connolly [Made jokes about Pamela Anderson and beach balls]

Re: Muppets - Pepe the prawn stays in character the whole day. Dan ripped him off deliberately just to enjoy the come-back lines!

He enjoyed the supersoldier role on Stargate even if it did mean he was totally buried in earth! As one Wraith character, he had to be pulled backwards fast (using a harness), then hit a brick wall and blow up. He saw two of the test runs with bowling balls in a bag and neither went well. As he was next and it was going to be live, this didn't inspire him with confidence! He apologised to all the ladies present for the invention of the corset; he knows how it feels personally! ['Nothing's going to move ever again!'] He said he enjoyed getting paid to die well, but would like to live sometimes! He had trouble with the Wraith contacts once when his eyesight remained blurry afterwards.

For the supersoldier, he had a full body casting. Dan described the process in some detail; he was wearing speedoes and covered in grease [are there pictures ?], then plastercast, with dental hygenate on his face. 'I just stood there for 45 minutes waiting for everything to harden'. [You can imagine how that sentence went down with a mucky minded British audience!!].

Stupidest injury [he has three he admitted to];-
1. Lung collapse at 17 years old - 12 inch scar on chest.
2. 2nd degree burns from a faulty incinerator, leading to him having to wear butt-less chaps on his legs [over the burnt areas] + sweat pants.
3. Caught head on corner of airduct at home. Head proceded to act like a fountain.

At least two stories of peril whilst working in the Yukon - one getting stuck halfway up a cliff whilst orienteering with his buddy and having to free climb out of danger; the second getting stuck up a tree with a bear below. In the latter case, he finally backed up 4 miles to safety! His fellow stars had a lot of fun comparing Dan to a monkey [he's not that hairy!] and at one point David Nykl offered him a banana, so Dan duly started acting like an ape. Oh and he got his shirt off (well, mostly off) twice. Grrrrrrrowwwl [G].

First, some costumes...

Thanks for the permission to use these first two	Ronin gets a nasty encounter! Erm...hasn't he shrunk a bit?!!? And isn't he rather...female?
Michael's Wraith Queen from 'Allies' Yes, that's me under the make-up!	This is more vampiric, I think Yes, I know NOW I got the black tattoo markings on the wrong side! I was applying it using a mirror!
Chuck joins the rank of Jedi chefs	Some of the Dutchies and their citrus-based skit
'Rev Grace Steers'; religious advisor and counsellor	The Atlantis station - great Blue Peter project! This plus an accompanying Wraith dart won first prize

CHUCK CAMPBELL

(Atlantis 'gate' guy!) In 'Jeremiah' [short lived series from Michael Stracszynski] he was Luke Perry's stand in. In Atlantis he supplies most of the 'off camera' voices until such time as the actor overdubs later. He has trouble remembering which buttons to press on the board as they don't actually do anything. Reckons his character is an ex submarine guy. On Sunday night Chuck joined the ranks of Jedi chefs!!!

KATE HEWLETT

Yes, in case you didn't know - she really is David H's sister; nine years younger. Kate's mother is in her sixties and has a 31 year old boyfriend [go, Mum!]. If she was David for a day, she'd get a hair transplant [joke!]. Everyone in the family is lactose intolerant apart from Kate. In the Atlantis episode with the family, Kate's 'daughter' was played by an utterly professional 5 year old and Kate knew the actor [Brendan] playing her husband already.

DAVID NYKL

I asked him about the Czech he'd used in the 'Tao of Rodney'. Apparently there's quite a bit of swearing [G], but the gist was 'I can't work with this **** man' and similar! He does not have a Czech accent in real life and is actually quite hot out of 'geek' mode!

ERIN CHAMBERS

She brought her hubby, who really IS called Carson [G]. She lived for some time in South Kensington. She recently played Priscilla Presley in a tv movie called 'Tears of the King'. She speculated that her Atlantis character might be in prison somewhere and would love the chance to return and be completely unhinged, gibbering and covered in mud! She and Carson came to the disco on one of the nights and got involved in a number of the 'chair' dances! More soon!

DAVID HEWLETT

'Man, I feel like a woman' [GG]. Ducks: 'Not the same unless I'm falling out of a window'. Canadian films are 'small and cheap'. 'Cube'? - no idea what the ending meant. He's a natural comic - had you guessed [G]? Loves Brit comedies - cited Pink Panther, Fish called Wanda, Benny Hill and Two Ronnies.

KATE & DAVID TOGETHER

Atlantis has sporadic airconditioning. There was a cheeky question anbout Paul's nipples no longer being visible. Kate suggested the nipples put in an appearance when David is near Paul!! Kate: Shall we take another question about David's nipples? In the double Rodney episode, his alternative ego had a leather jacket and nearly had a moustache, but it made David look like Robin Williams in 'A Night at the Museum'!! David loved it when Kate was acting someone seeing the Atlantis world for the first time. He is 'terrible at working out'; just takes the dog for a walk. Hates cable work; it's like an 'atomic wedgie'!! This was particularly difficult when he was hanging upside down from a tree with Rainbow when the latter was having some difficulty with his lines. David finds Rodney spilling over into real life sometimes; his fiancee gives him 15 minutes to 'lose' Rodney on getting home. www.adogsbreakfast.com: - Kate's worst moment (as a vegetarian) was having to hold a real dying fish in her hands. Who has a big ego on set? Kate: Paul [kidding] David: Self, mainly due to goofing off until the very last second. They are as mystified as everyone else about what happened to Carson.

Ronin bear!	What? Where?
Erin, rather fuzzy. Apologies.	David contemplates
David goes walkabout	Kate, David and a duck
Dan Payne. Woof!	Dan again, the next day.