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Peter Williams and Teryl Rothery
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Teryl Rothery (Dr. Frasier) and Peter Williams (Apophis) allowed as how they have done panels together before and it shows! Big Time! That fact alone is enough to make me encourage anyone who ever has the opportunity to see these two together at a convention to do so.
They have both mastered the art of holding their mic during the discussion so it only blocks their faces, and wonderful smiles, when they are actively answering a question. They are charming, well spoken, and show a respect for their fans/audience that not all actors have mastered.
They are also very good about putting all of their attention on whoever is speaking at the time, they do not stare off stage and into the distance when someone else is speaking - rather they turn their focus to the person speaking. Sarah Douglas, who joined them on the panel, was the recipient of their undivided attention whenever she was speaking, and sparked some wonderful laughter and smiles from her fellow panelists.
The three had a wonderful and fun time together entertaining the crowd, sharing stories about working on the show, working together in general, the struggles of being an actor (what happens when you get a cold and are playing a super villain hanging upside down from the ceiling? According to Sarah Douglas it provides all kinds of reasons to laugh - in hindsight.)
Teryl and Peter confessed they had each been on the receiving ends of practical jokes - with Christopher Judge duct taping Teryl to a chair so thoroughly she had to be cut out after she pretended to ignore him for a day, it would appear he decided a captive audience wouldn't be able to ignore him! As for Peter he was in a straight jacket strapped to a gurney when he was wrapped for the episode - and when they wrapped him everyone left, with him still strapped onto the gurney. Peter DeLuise was the organizer of that little joke, and made sure no one went in to release the actor until he finally called out for help. Seems Peter Williams was prepared to try and wait them out!
An audience member asked Peter Williams about the voice of Apophis and he said they go into the studio after they've filmed the episode and the footage is ready to be looked at while they record the dialogue, trying to match their lips again and recall how they delivered the line. And so the voice warping effect works well they are asked to delivery the line in a relatively monotone mid-level delivery.
When asked what people are like on the set Teryl did allow as how they limit her caffeine intake as she can be a chatterbox in the morning, especially if she's had too much caffeine, and apparently that is not a dream come true for Christopher Judge who needs a few minutes to get going.
One audience member had obviously been to a stargate panel of some sort before, and asked about something called the "Puff and Ruffle" and if Corin Nemec was participating. It turns out that this "Puff and Ruffle" is a joke about how the male actors on the show would kind of perk up and fall all over themselves trying to make sure female guest stars were comfortable - but it was by doing things they didn't do for their costars Amanda Tapping and Teryl Rothery.
Teryl gave a hilarious display of how her costars will Puff up their chests to stand tall and look their best, and "ruffle their peacock style tail feathers" to look their best, and then try and impress the female guest stars. However she said Corin Nemec has not participated in that and she thinks it has something to do with the fact he is recently married and very much in love.
(Having seen Corin out in San Diego I can attest to the fact he is a perfect gentlemen and treats women with respect and courtesy - and did not seem to have eyes for any of the women, which would go along with the happily married remarks.)
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(C) Kay Kellam, 2001 for PopArtsPlace.com
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