Сообщение Assistant » Сб май 28, 2005 1:46 pm
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12-17-97. From Carmen Carter's report of the Renee O'Connor Q&A at the Valley Forge Con, 10/4/97: "One of the most amusing responses started with a question about what it was like to kiss Michael Hurst. ROC said she thought of him like a big brother, so kissing him just wasn't that kind of an experience...which led her to cataloging just who she had kissed on the series...at which point she suddenly realized just where this train of thought was going to end. As the audience began to break up laughing, she looked rather sheepish and explained 'we didn't...not exactly...you see...' Then she described how during The Kiss she had been crying and implied that she was rather a mess and '...Lucy didn't want to get near me.' Then someone in the audience asked how good a kisser Lucy was, and Renee, with admirable aplomb, said, 'I'll never tell.'"
12-16-98. At the Creation Burbank II Con (01/98), director John Kretchmer was slated to appear, but he had to cancel and sent director Mike Levine to cover for him. Levine opened up by saying that the directors are the only people who can tell a warrior princess and a half-god what to do. He told the crowd that it took him about 3 weeks of pre- and post-production on each episode, and that there were hundreds of people responsible for a successful episode. He showed us a missing piece from THE QUEST which was mostly dialogue that had to be cut because of time constraints. He had to cut about ten minutes. This was a scene with Autolycus and Gabrielle after they stole Xena's body from the Amazons. Xena wanted to talk to Gabrielle through Autolycus. "Yes, Gabrielle, it's me. Close your eyes." "Gabrielle, it's me, I'm not dead." "Why?" "I looked at all the destruction I caused and I wondered why. I couldn't come up with an answer. I gave up hope." "I know" "Now I know my past had a purpose, I could never make up for the evil, but I could move forward."
12-16-98. In February 1998, The Austin Chronicle published an interview with Renee O'Connor. Here are THE QUEST excerpts:
AC: Ahhhh... let's not beat around the bush. Were you and Lucy even in the same shot together at the same time for the big, controversial "Kiss" scene?
RO: Oh, yes, we were. Lucy had only just come back from her accident and she couldn't do a whole lot.
AC: Well, this frame-by-frame analysis betrays a lack of shadow on you when she's leaning into you. I am among a contingent of people who believe that it's entirely a matted shot. Which if it's true, is completely hysterical considering the...
RO: Debate! Right. [laughs] Did they kiss and why did they kiss, right? Well, we didn't actually smooch, but we had the shot and we came in very close together. We were definitely there. We were in front of a blue screen. They wanted to make it heaven-like. That's why there probably wasn't any shadow. But we were definitely there together.