I Kinda Forgot To Finish the Epic, So Here It Is... *Looks About Sheepishly*
Oh geez I kinda suck don't I. More than 6 months on and I still haven't posted the final BoB recaps. Whoops my bad. Even though it was now ages ago it's nice to have it on record for when I'm old and grey heheheh. Plus it's actually been sitting on my laptop for months now waiting for me to post it since it takes with pics but my pics aren't that great anyway. I was determined to post it before 2008 was over and since its NYE today here we go...
In case you missed bits (because yes it's been that long and I am lame):
BoB Epic Post Part One - Friday 13th June 2008
BoB Epic Post Part Two - Saturday 14th June: Francis Capra & Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Talk.
Mini BoB post - fangirly squee-induced post made during BoB
Mini BoB post - Photo Session
BoB Epic Post Part ThreeA - Saturday 14th June: Jason Dohring & Ryan Hansen Talk Part One
BoB Epic Post Part ThreeB - Saturday 14th June: Jason Dohring & Ryan Hansen Talk Part Two
DEFINITELY NOT DIAL UP FRIENDLY!!!
Sunday 15th June - Francis Capra, Ryan Hansen, and Jason Dohring talk.
After the guys were introduced to the stage there was a joke about Ryan not washing hands because he was in the bathroom when he was announced and thus late coming on.
Francis on screen
Ryan on screen
Francis and Ryan onscreen
The boys <3
So to kick off this session, afrocurl asked “There’s a zombie apocalypse. Who would you take, what’s your weapon, and what’s your theme song?”
Francis - So according to Francis there will definitely be a zombie apocalypse occurring and what’s more, he has the survival guide for it at home. No, I kid you not, that’s what he said. Anyway his answer was he’d take his brother because there was a bit of debate about taking his mom and sister and he couldn’t pick between the two. His weapon would be some sort of Zombie gun from World of Warcraft or whatever it’s called (Francis seems to be a really big fan of this game btw...). I’m not sure what his theme song would be. Did he even say?
Jason - Daniel Day Lewis (coz he starred in the Last of Mohicans was my interpretation of the reasoning of his answer), a crossbow and the Last of Mohicans theme song.
Ryan - Amy (awww coz she’s tiny. That’s his wife btw if you didn’t know), “a huge tank and run them (the zombies) over, and “Final Countdown’ by Europe. Ryan then began humming it. He kind started humming it and then stopping and then breaking out into it for awhile at the beginning. Highly amusing. Lol.
So after they answered afrocurl’s question, she then announced that we had fanbooks for them and presented Jason his and then wowsugarpuss_ and motylik presented Ryan his and Kristen’s, as well as the donation raised for Invisible Children. Ryan was really awed/amazed that we managed to raise $500 for them. rowanceleste gave Francis his yesterday so he kinda just sat in his chair while this was going on.
afrocurl giving Jason his book with Francis looking on. Sorry for the blurriness! Seriously half my pics of Jason are all blurry because my hands were shaky because I still couldnt believe that I was there!
Jason reading the book.
wowsugarpuss_ and motylik giving Ryan his book.
What question would your character ask you (you as in the actor)?
Francis - Why’d you let us go off air? Why didn’t I (as in Weevil since this is Weevil asking Francis) have a girlfriend? Why didn’t I have a better car? Etc.
Ryan - “Why’d you get married. Because Dick would never get married.” (Except he did in 3x13)
Jason - What happens with your family?” (I think Jason interpreted the question as a question you would ask your character rather than the other way around.
What movie directors would you like to work with?
Ryan - “John M. Chew” Ryan says that he’s a buddy of his. Chew “Did Step Up 2” and Ryan “knows he will work with him just not yet.
Jason - Gary Marshall. “Frankie and Johhny is such a beautiful movie.” “Great stories.” “Wick does rad things too.” “Things that matter.”
Francis - ________ Herzon
The guys then had a little discussion about David Lynch
Black Cadillac - I can’t remember what the actual question was though.
Jason - likes that role (He played Robbie.) “He (Robbie) was not as cool but...” Randy Quaid (who I totally think looks like Michael Rosenbaum from Smallville in that movie) was the biggest movie star at the time (I think Jason meant biggest star of the movie not biggest movie star in general)...learnt so much. Amazing. Then Jason was telling us how the movie shoots were filming separate people for the car scenes since you can’t actually film in just that little car (it’d be BEYOND squishy!) and it was actually half a car (does this make sense?) Anyway Jason said that it was amazing - watching Randy do his scenes - and that he learnt so much from watching Randy. You don’t see anything but then when you watch it...wow.
Francis - (turns to Jason) That’s the way I feel working with you. (Awww *hearts*)
Ryan said he watched it last night (some people were showing him the racy blow job scene at the after party. Ahem.) and said that he can’t wait to see the whole thing.
If you could do a musical, what would it be and which role would you play? -This was rowancelestes question.
Jason - “Les Mis” (Les Miserables). B Jean. Jason said he grew up watching it and knows the words.
Francis - Phantom of the Opera, which he hasn’t seen since he was 11.
Ryan - Wicked. “That’d be really fun...saw Blood Brothers at Westside...really awesome. It’d be fun to be a puppet.”
More precise descriptions of the next two bits are thanks to smokinmilkmaid. (Thanks for the material Mandy! I think you know what I’m talking about ;D)
Dance moves - definitely one of the highlights of this panel. The person who asked the question had broken their leg dancing and used it as a segway to ask the guys to demonstrate some of their dance moves. WOOO!!!! This was done to Scissor Sisters’ “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing”. Ryan did some Dick style kinda wiggling and grooving (you know what I mean). Francis did a little samba, while Jason kinda slightly bent his knees and tapped his foot (most adorkable thing EVER!) So after a little bit of that they all started to sit down. Then..
Francis - Jason! You gotta...Get up man! (Francis is still standing and starts pointing at Jason who’s already sitting down. This was kinda funny watching Francis tell off Jason and point at him. He’s the only one standing out of the three yet still looks so small! LoL)
Ryan - (Gets back up and does his little wriggle dance and then sits back down. Hee! So cute!)
Jason - (protesting a little) You saw my move! *Does his little tapping thing while Francis and Ryan kinda just look down at Jason’s feet. Jason finishes and does a little bow and sits down and we all clap*
Francis - See. There’s something that he doesn’t do perfectly in the world. (LoL)
Ryan's little wriggle *hearts*
Jason's awkward foot tapping. LoL
Impressions - Yet another laugh-stitching highlight of this session! ;)
Jason - (gruff) “I’m the Bosssssss.” (as Francis) *reaches over to high five Ryan who also leans out of seat to meet Jason’s hand*
Francis - “WOW...*slight pause as if amazed* Now you see what I deal with. (higher pitched girly voice than normal, almost valleygirl like but not quite) “But no seriously, like...”
Jason - (interrupts) “This one’s Ryan.”
Francis: “This is Jason. This one’s Jason” *Jason kinda laughs and his head falls back a bit while he laughs* (Francis resumes higher pitched voice to continue impression) “if I can find someone in the audience to stare at...(voice gets slightly less high pitched but is still higher than Francis’s normal tone) it was like uh..it was just wow..let’s get some hair and a great smile. What was that song you were moving to?.. (resumes normal Francis voice) I love imitations. I’m really REALLY looking forward to this one right here (gestures at Jason) and watching this man here imitate me with his “I’m the boss” (imitates Jason imitating Francis with kinda arm gestures).” *Francis falls back into his chair and laughs before kinda signalling Jason with his body language to continue imitating him*
Jason - *does little gesture with hand under chin* “That was it.”
Francis - *turns to Ryan, who has been sitting innocently in his chair this whole time watching the other two while the rest of us crack up.* “Oh right you”
Ryan - “What?”
Francis - “You can’t just sit here without drawing attention to yourself! Okay now you do me and you can’t draw tattoos on your skin.”
Ryan - *uncrosses leg and sits up and repositions himself* (ghetto/rapper style) “Alright dawg, you know what I’m saying. It’s like just kick it back you know what I’m saying...so this is what it’s really like England and shit. It’s so...you guys haven’t even got guns and shit. That’s how I’m doing in the B-E-T...” (I have no idea if that last bit is right, but Ryan was definitely spelling something!)
Francis - “I’ve never heard him talk like that before. *pauses* Okay now the two of you get off of me for a second and do each other.” * turns and looks at both of them smugly while we all howl with laughter* SERIOUSLY BEST QUOTE EVER!!!!
Jason - *tosses head back as if doing fringe flick* “Logaannnnnnn” *looks at Ryan proudly* “Thats’s it. It’s a bit short but right to the point.”
Ryan - *kinda just looks at the audience, then Jason said something to him but I don’t know what, and Ryan’s kinda like “yeah okay” and uncrosses his slouchy legs and crosses them tightly to mimic how Jason’s sitting. Stares ahead for a minute (I’m not sure if that’s meant to be part of the impression like taking a dig at how Jason stares intently or something)* “I don’t really have anything.” *uncrosses leg* “I can’t do it.”
Francis - “I already took it.”
Ryan - “Yeah.”
Jason - “Thanks very much. That was fun.
Francis - (while waiting for next question) “I can’t believe I did that...” *shakes head a little*
If you weren’t in Heroes what power would you have? (This question applied to all three guys, not just Francis.)
Francis - said that the power he wanted was the power his character originally had in the beginning audition process which has since then changed. As a superhero, Francis is fascinated by The Hulk and really fascinated by the idea of anger as a force of nature. The idea that the angrier you get, the stronger you become. He spoke a bit about anger fuelling power the day before but I think that was while we were hanging with him outside at the after party rather than during his actual talk. Francis did say “you will not be disappointed by what [power] they gave me.”
Jason - *thinks*
Francis- (to Jason) Jason, don't you have a ton of superpowers already? (then to the audience) Jason's thinking about what he doesnt have.(Hee! :D)
Ryan - Doesn't Milo have everything? I'd like that.
Francis then remarked that Peter thinks he has everything - hmm maybe a hint at s3?
Jason - Reading minds or teleporting. I think you can use it for a lot of good for the first (reading minds)
Francis - I gotta get a lot of money first then i'll save the world. (then to Jason) you got a lot of that already.(Man I loved all of Francis’s little digs at Jason about how perfect he is :D)
Have you ever dreamt in character?
Francis - said that sometimes in scenes he borrows from life and memories and start to dream what he used to prepare. Francis also said that he recently did that with Heroes.
Jason - said he dreams of acting. I think what he meant was he dreams that he’s acting out stuff. He mentioned dreaming that he lost a family member and that it was “so real”. He then gave the example of "legends of the fall" where brad pitt loses his brother (I think Jason had a dream with that scenario or something) and said “ if i could get acting that good as in the dream that'd be unbelievable”
Ryan - doesnt remember dreams - that got a bit of a laugh from the audience after the Francis and Jason’s answers.
Francis in SLC Punk (? - I have no idea if that’s right) in 1999.
Francis- that was during a dry spell in Francis’s career where he was not able to fit into any racial category. He read 4 lines or something and had no idea what it was. He also mentioned wearing a wig in the role. Right now Francis says he’s having too much fun doing the black latino thing [typecast] but admits it would be fun (to do something different?)
Give an Oscar speech in character.
Francis - “That question hurts my head...somewhere Weevil, Logan, and Dick are raging in our heads to speak” (my impression of this was that Francis meant it'd been so long since they've been in character, so they’ve got to go back into that mindset?)
Jason - “thank you very much. i don't deserve this... there'd be resentment because of his dad,” Jason also thought that Logan would think it's undeserving and all a big joke.
Ryan - “i'm dedicating this to beaver”
Francis - “thank you. very glad to be here. I wanna say first thank you to neptune police department... Rest in peace Felix Tombs. And I'm dedicating this to you V.
Going from acting out the real world (on vm) to genre work, do you change your acting style?
*Jason explains the question to Francis who seems a bit confused.* Aww
Jason- there's a superpower element to vampires. but put real sense on to it. what would it be like to live 400 years. what if i knew francis for 350 years? would i hate him? (lol. Man I love these guys! :D)
Francis - I’d reach into my head to a certain extent. you have to be able to put yourself into that world. a lot of soul searching and researching. (or in my case) comic book (re)searching.
Ryan - i have two facial expressions. turning bro on and off
Francis - (comments) i got by on three facial expressions for 10 years.
Have you ever done crazy stuff to get into character?
Jason - said that he uses visual things like if he has to walk with a limp, he’d put a rock on foot. Or if he’d have to act drunk, he’d spin around before doing the take.
Francis - (to audience) He's a magician. He's not going to tell you his tricks. (then to jason) you do some crazy shit man... oh i cant tell you what i was doing, [but for Heroes] screamed into a pillow until my voice was gone. I had to lose my voice. Francis said that kinda backfired though coz the next scene he had to shoot his voice was meant to be fine. “The more people you work with, the more you figure out.” *points to jason*” I’m going to use his stuff.”
Ryan - says that he just listens to music.
Logan and Weevil’s bathroom fight scene. (I can’t remember what the exact question was)
Jason- i did so much better than him
Francis - i knocked you
Jason - you took some cheap shots. the trash can counts for 4 punches
Francis - for a guy who's never been in a fight you sure know how to get your ass kicked on television
Jason - (dryly/sarcastically?) - thank you francis.
Jason, what was it like working with Harry Hamlin?
Jason - i like to work with everybody and anybody. i don't like to make friends with people because it shows through a little bit. so in own space, it works better for me. fantastic to work with. wasnt he the sexiest man alive or something?
From your point of view, who was Logan’s best friend - Duncan or dick?
Jason - Duncan was out of it. i don't know. i might have to go with duncan. they grew up together and are similar
Francis - me too
Ryan- *sad face* (aww poor ryan)
Francis - i dont care (then to ryan) i just want to make you feel bad (lol)
Jason - duncan was more civilised to logan.
Francis - he was a dick (i think this was a reference to dick but not sure)
Jason - (to ryan) i had a great time with you though. i liked living with you.
im not a maniac but what does kristen bell smell like?
Ahh yes THAT infamous question from the con!
Francis - i refuse to answer on the grounds of the fifth amendment. He then made a comment about how Ryan lives with her so he’d know.
Ryan - she smells um good?
*silence. Then Francis decides to pin the question on jason.*
Francis - *hinting at Jason’s direction* well someone had 30 love scenes with her...
Jason - (poor guy, trying to remain diplomatic and thinking how to answer the question) she never smelt bad. she's very beautiful and lovely to work with. i don't remember a particular smell. she was clean. (oh poor jason)
Does personally relating to actors affect your perception of their characters?
Jason - I don't like it when you can see that. Marlon Brando. he was the guy... I don't think it affects perception of characters. It’s fun. Different element - example of fighting with weevil.
Francis - says he and Jason hit it off from the beginning and that they used to walk to work from hotel. do you remember that?...I’ve gotten close to Ryan on this trip. [We were] completely evil to each other because didn't really hang out with each other (before). It’s difficult to be so angry with Jason [because of character scenes I think is what Francis was saying] because we'd have dinner (together?) afterwards. Francis then told a story about the pilot and how “ jason cursed me out right before shooting the scene and scared me.” Francis said he was thinking at the time and wondering why the hell Jason was yelling at him "i don't even know this white boy. i barely knew you dawg." (jason doesnt remember that) “Again i learnt something from this bastard.”
Jason- sorry little girl in the corner (for francis's use of "bastard" - Awww!)
Ryan in Superhero movie
Ryan - fun movie. it is what it is. spoof. fun. great time working on it. wished had a bit more to do. Ryan mentioned the fake Styrofoam sink before saying that the film was a “stupid spoof movie. its fun.”
Francis’s appearance in season 2 of Friday Night Lights
Francis - it was a close cast so he was an outsider. kinda disappointed in my performance. no script. wish had opportunity to go back on show and show growth. strike occurred right at the end. experience was wonderful. great. texas was great.
Do you think your fans (us) are mad, or is it flattering?
Ryan - i think it's amazing. it's very flattering. it's so awesome to be part of a show that does that to people. i love the show.
Jason - i couldn't believe it. it's incredible man. it's emotional. it's real now. it's real in 4 years time. i'm so thrilled that you guys love it so much.
Francis - you guys are the icing on the cake. We do a little amount of work because to me we did so little from what we intended to do. you guys make it forever. The love you have for the show and us is what sustains the show. (Awww)
What’s a skill or attribute that they other guys have that you wish you had?
Francis - i wish i was as tall as these guys. there's tons of things about jason that i admire. these guys are great at sports but get an xbox 360 out and we'll see who's boss.
Jason - said that they dont sit at home wishing they were each other. LoL. Francis is so funny. He can crack a whole room up and keep going. Ryan (pause) I've told Ryan he's a special person for a long time. He's a very special man (by this point everyone cracks up at this coz it just sounds so, well you know) no joke. He's so free. Such a free spirit. Jason then tells us about wakeboarding trip that he and Ryan took together to Sacramento to Jason’s 40 year old aunt and teaching her and her friends, “old women” (i think person who asked the question about that age got a bit indignant at being considered old lol) to dance. how they really got into it and were having fun. but thats a special kind of person you know what i mean. (to get them up and moving and into it like that)
Ryan - Jason of course is really good at everything he does. he loves talking to people. Francis is charming. beautiful and i wish i had tattoos like Francis.
The boys <3
Jason and Francis clapping at the end of their talk.
Boys clapping
Francis leaving the stage.
In case you missed bits (because yes it's been that long and I am lame):
BoB Epic Post Part One - Friday 13th June 2008
BoB Epic Post Part Two - Saturday 14th June: Francis Capra & Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Talk.
Mini BoB post - fangirly squee-induced post made during BoB
Mini BoB post - Photo Session
BoB Epic Post Part ThreeA - Saturday 14th June: Jason Dohring & Ryan Hansen Talk Part One
BoB Epic Post Part ThreeB - Saturday 14th June: Jason Dohring & Ryan Hansen Talk Part Two
DEFINITELY NOT DIAL UP FRIENDLY!!!
Sunday 15th June - Francis Capra, Ryan Hansen, and Jason Dohring talk.
After the guys were introduced to the stage there was a joke about Ryan not washing hands because he was in the bathroom when he was announced and thus late coming on.
Francis on screen
Ryan on screen
Francis and Ryan onscreen
The boys <3
So to kick off this session, afrocurl asked “There’s a zombie apocalypse. Who would you take, what’s your weapon, and what’s your theme song?”
Francis - So according to Francis there will definitely be a zombie apocalypse occurring and what’s more, he has the survival guide for it at home. No, I kid you not, that’s what he said. Anyway his answer was he’d take his brother because there was a bit of debate about taking his mom and sister and he couldn’t pick between the two. His weapon would be some sort of Zombie gun from World of Warcraft or whatever it’s called (Francis seems to be a really big fan of this game btw...). I’m not sure what his theme song would be. Did he even say?
Jason - Daniel Day Lewis (coz he starred in the Last of Mohicans was my interpretation of the reasoning of his answer), a crossbow and the Last of Mohicans theme song.
Ryan - Amy (awww coz she’s tiny. That’s his wife btw if you didn’t know), “a huge tank and run them (the zombies) over, and “Final Countdown’ by Europe. Ryan then began humming it. He kind started humming it and then stopping and then breaking out into it for awhile at the beginning. Highly amusing. Lol.
So after they answered afrocurl’s question, she then announced that we had fanbooks for them and presented Jason his and then wowsugarpuss_ and motylik presented Ryan his and Kristen’s, as well as the donation raised for Invisible Children. Ryan was really awed/amazed that we managed to raise $500 for them. rowanceleste gave Francis his yesterday so he kinda just sat in his chair while this was going on.
afrocurl giving Jason his book with Francis looking on. Sorry for the blurriness! Seriously half my pics of Jason are all blurry because my hands were shaky because I still couldnt believe that I was there!
Jason reading the book.
wowsugarpuss_ and motylik giving Ryan his book.
What question would your character ask you (you as in the actor)?
Francis - Why’d you let us go off air? Why didn’t I (as in Weevil since this is Weevil asking Francis) have a girlfriend? Why didn’t I have a better car? Etc.
Ryan - “Why’d you get married. Because Dick would never get married.” (Except he did in 3x13)
Jason - What happens with your family?” (I think Jason interpreted the question as a question you would ask your character rather than the other way around.
What movie directors would you like to work with?
Ryan - “John M. Chew” Ryan says that he’s a buddy of his. Chew “Did Step Up 2” and Ryan “knows he will work with him just not yet.
Jason - Gary Marshall. “Frankie and Johhny is such a beautiful movie.” “Great stories.” “Wick does rad things too.” “Things that matter.”
Francis - ________ Herzon
The guys then had a little discussion about David Lynch
Black Cadillac - I can’t remember what the actual question was though.
Jason - likes that role (He played Robbie.) “He (Robbie) was not as cool but...” Randy Quaid (who I totally think looks like Michael Rosenbaum from Smallville in that movie) was the biggest movie star at the time (I think Jason meant biggest star of the movie not biggest movie star in general)...learnt so much. Amazing. Then Jason was telling us how the movie shoots were filming separate people for the car scenes since you can’t actually film in just that little car (it’d be BEYOND squishy!) and it was actually half a car (does this make sense?) Anyway Jason said that it was amazing - watching Randy do his scenes - and that he learnt so much from watching Randy. You don’t see anything but then when you watch it...wow.
Francis - (turns to Jason) That’s the way I feel working with you. (Awww *hearts*)
Ryan said he watched it last night (some people were showing him the racy blow job scene at the after party. Ahem.) and said that he can’t wait to see the whole thing.
If you could do a musical, what would it be and which role would you play? -This was rowancelestes question.
Jason - “Les Mis” (Les Miserables). B Jean. Jason said he grew up watching it and knows the words.
Francis - Phantom of the Opera, which he hasn’t seen since he was 11.
Ryan - Wicked. “That’d be really fun...saw Blood Brothers at Westside...really awesome. It’d be fun to be a puppet.”
More precise descriptions of the next two bits are thanks to smokinmilkmaid. (Thanks for the material Mandy! I think you know what I’m talking about ;D)
Dance moves - definitely one of the highlights of this panel. The person who asked the question had broken their leg dancing and used it as a segway to ask the guys to demonstrate some of their dance moves. WOOO!!!! This was done to Scissor Sisters’ “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing”. Ryan did some Dick style kinda wiggling and grooving (you know what I mean). Francis did a little samba, while Jason kinda slightly bent his knees and tapped his foot (most adorkable thing EVER!) So after a little bit of that they all started to sit down. Then..
Francis - Jason! You gotta...Get up man! (Francis is still standing and starts pointing at Jason who’s already sitting down. This was kinda funny watching Francis tell off Jason and point at him. He’s the only one standing out of the three yet still looks so small! LoL)
Ryan - (Gets back up and does his little wriggle dance and then sits back down. Hee! So cute!)
Jason - (protesting a little) You saw my move! *Does his little tapping thing while Francis and Ryan kinda just look down at Jason’s feet. Jason finishes and does a little bow and sits down and we all clap*
Francis - See. There’s something that he doesn’t do perfectly in the world. (LoL)
Ryan's little wriggle *hearts*
Jason's awkward foot tapping. LoL
Impressions - Yet another laugh-stitching highlight of this session! ;)
Jason - (gruff) “I’m the Bosssssss.” (as Francis) *reaches over to high five Ryan who also leans out of seat to meet Jason’s hand*
Francis - “WOW...*slight pause as if amazed* Now you see what I deal with. (higher pitched girly voice than normal, almost valleygirl like but not quite) “But no seriously, like...”
Jason - (interrupts) “This one’s Ryan.”
Francis: “This is Jason. This one’s Jason” *Jason kinda laughs and his head falls back a bit while he laughs* (Francis resumes higher pitched voice to continue impression) “if I can find someone in the audience to stare at...(voice gets slightly less high pitched but is still higher than Francis’s normal tone) it was like uh..it was just wow..let’s get some hair and a great smile. What was that song you were moving to?.. (resumes normal Francis voice) I love imitations. I’m really REALLY looking forward to this one right here (gestures at Jason) and watching this man here imitate me with his “I’m the boss” (imitates Jason imitating Francis with kinda arm gestures).” *Francis falls back into his chair and laughs before kinda signalling Jason with his body language to continue imitating him*
Jason - *does little gesture with hand under chin* “That was it.”
Francis - *turns to Ryan, who has been sitting innocently in his chair this whole time watching the other two while the rest of us crack up.* “Oh right you”
Ryan - “What?”
Francis - “You can’t just sit here without drawing attention to yourself! Okay now you do me and you can’t draw tattoos on your skin.”
Ryan - *uncrosses leg and sits up and repositions himself* (ghetto/rapper style) “Alright dawg, you know what I’m saying. It’s like just kick it back you know what I’m saying...so this is what it’s really like England and shit. It’s so...you guys haven’t even got guns and shit. That’s how I’m doing in the B-E-T...” (I have no idea if that last bit is right, but Ryan was definitely spelling something!)
Francis - “I’ve never heard him talk like that before. *pauses* Okay now the two of you get off of me for a second and do each other.” * turns and looks at both of them smugly while we all howl with laughter* SERIOUSLY BEST QUOTE EVER!!!!
Jason - *tosses head back as if doing fringe flick* “Logaannnnnnn” *looks at Ryan proudly* “Thats’s it. It’s a bit short but right to the point.”
Ryan - *kinda just looks at the audience, then Jason said something to him but I don’t know what, and Ryan’s kinda like “yeah okay” and uncrosses his slouchy legs and crosses them tightly to mimic how Jason’s sitting. Stares ahead for a minute (I’m not sure if that’s meant to be part of the impression like taking a dig at how Jason stares intently or something)* “I don’t really have anything.” *uncrosses leg* “I can’t do it.”
Francis - “I already took it.”
Ryan - “Yeah.”
Jason - “Thanks very much. That was fun.
Francis - (while waiting for next question) “I can’t believe I did that...” *shakes head a little*
If you weren’t in Heroes what power would you have? (This question applied to all three guys, not just Francis.)
Francis - said that the power he wanted was the power his character originally had in the beginning audition process which has since then changed. As a superhero, Francis is fascinated by The Hulk and really fascinated by the idea of anger as a force of nature. The idea that the angrier you get, the stronger you become. He spoke a bit about anger fuelling power the day before but I think that was while we were hanging with him outside at the after party rather than during his actual talk. Francis did say “you will not be disappointed by what [power] they gave me.”
Jason - *thinks*
Francis- (to Jason) Jason, don't you have a ton of superpowers already? (then to the audience) Jason's thinking about what he doesnt have.(Hee! :D)
Ryan - Doesn't Milo have everything? I'd like that.
Francis then remarked that Peter thinks he has everything - hmm maybe a hint at s3?
Jason - Reading minds or teleporting. I think you can use it for a lot of good for the first (reading minds)
Francis - I gotta get a lot of money first then i'll save the world. (then to Jason) you got a lot of that already.(Man I loved all of Francis’s little digs at Jason about how perfect he is :D)
Have you ever dreamt in character?
Francis - said that sometimes in scenes he borrows from life and memories and start to dream what he used to prepare. Francis also said that he recently did that with Heroes.
Jason - said he dreams of acting. I think what he meant was he dreams that he’s acting out stuff. He mentioned dreaming that he lost a family member and that it was “so real”. He then gave the example of "legends of the fall" where brad pitt loses his brother (I think Jason had a dream with that scenario or something) and said “ if i could get acting that good as in the dream that'd be unbelievable”
Ryan - doesnt remember dreams - that got a bit of a laugh from the audience after the Francis and Jason’s answers.
Francis in SLC Punk (? - I have no idea if that’s right) in 1999.
Francis- that was during a dry spell in Francis’s career where he was not able to fit into any racial category. He read 4 lines or something and had no idea what it was. He also mentioned wearing a wig in the role. Right now Francis says he’s having too much fun doing the black latino thing [typecast] but admits it would be fun (to do something different?)
Give an Oscar speech in character.
Francis - “That question hurts my head...somewhere Weevil, Logan, and Dick are raging in our heads to speak” (my impression of this was that Francis meant it'd been so long since they've been in character, so they’ve got to go back into that mindset?)
Jason - “thank you very much. i don't deserve this... there'd be resentment because of his dad,” Jason also thought that Logan would think it's undeserving and all a big joke.
Ryan - “i'm dedicating this to beaver”
Francis - “thank you. very glad to be here. I wanna say first thank you to neptune police department... Rest in peace Felix Tombs. And I'm dedicating this to you V.
Going from acting out the real world (on vm) to genre work, do you change your acting style?
*Jason explains the question to Francis who seems a bit confused.* Aww
Jason- there's a superpower element to vampires. but put real sense on to it. what would it be like to live 400 years. what if i knew francis for 350 years? would i hate him? (lol. Man I love these guys! :D)
Francis - I’d reach into my head to a certain extent. you have to be able to put yourself into that world. a lot of soul searching and researching. (or in my case) comic book (re)searching.
Ryan - i have two facial expressions. turning bro on and off
Francis - (comments) i got by on three facial expressions for 10 years.
Have you ever done crazy stuff to get into character?
Jason - said that he uses visual things like if he has to walk with a limp, he’d put a rock on foot. Or if he’d have to act drunk, he’d spin around before doing the take.
Francis - (to audience) He's a magician. He's not going to tell you his tricks. (then to jason) you do some crazy shit man... oh i cant tell you what i was doing, [but for Heroes] screamed into a pillow until my voice was gone. I had to lose my voice. Francis said that kinda backfired though coz the next scene he had to shoot his voice was meant to be fine. “The more people you work with, the more you figure out.” *points to jason*” I’m going to use his stuff.”
Ryan - says that he just listens to music.
Logan and Weevil’s bathroom fight scene. (I can’t remember what the exact question was)
Jason- i did so much better than him
Francis - i knocked you
Jason - you took some cheap shots. the trash can counts for 4 punches
Francis - for a guy who's never been in a fight you sure know how to get your ass kicked on television
Jason - (dryly/sarcastically?) - thank you francis.
Jason, what was it like working with Harry Hamlin?
Jason - i like to work with everybody and anybody. i don't like to make friends with people because it shows through a little bit. so in own space, it works better for me. fantastic to work with. wasnt he the sexiest man alive or something?
From your point of view, who was Logan’s best friend - Duncan or dick?
Jason - Duncan was out of it. i don't know. i might have to go with duncan. they grew up together and are similar
Francis - me too
Ryan- *sad face* (aww poor ryan)
Francis - i dont care (then to ryan) i just want to make you feel bad (lol)
Jason - duncan was more civilised to logan.
Francis - he was a dick (i think this was a reference to dick but not sure)
Jason - (to ryan) i had a great time with you though. i liked living with you.
im not a maniac but what does kristen bell smell like?
Ahh yes THAT infamous question from the con!
Francis - i refuse to answer on the grounds of the fifth amendment. He then made a comment about how Ryan lives with her so he’d know.
Ryan - she smells um good?
*silence. Then Francis decides to pin the question on jason.*
Francis - *hinting at Jason’s direction* well someone had 30 love scenes with her...
Jason - (poor guy, trying to remain diplomatic and thinking how to answer the question) she never smelt bad. she's very beautiful and lovely to work with. i don't remember a particular smell. she was clean. (oh poor jason)
Does personally relating to actors affect your perception of their characters?
Jason - I don't like it when you can see that. Marlon Brando. he was the guy... I don't think it affects perception of characters. It’s fun. Different element - example of fighting with weevil.
Francis - says he and Jason hit it off from the beginning and that they used to walk to work from hotel. do you remember that?...I’ve gotten close to Ryan on this trip. [We were] completely evil to each other because didn't really hang out with each other (before). It’s difficult to be so angry with Jason [because of character scenes I think is what Francis was saying] because we'd have dinner (together?) afterwards. Francis then told a story about the pilot and how “ jason cursed me out right before shooting the scene and scared me.” Francis said he was thinking at the time and wondering why the hell Jason was yelling at him "i don't even know this white boy. i barely knew you dawg." (jason doesnt remember that) “Again i learnt something from this bastard.”
Jason- sorry little girl in the corner (for francis's use of "bastard" - Awww!)
Ryan in Superhero movie
Ryan - fun movie. it is what it is. spoof. fun. great time working on it. wished had a bit more to do. Ryan mentioned the fake Styrofoam sink before saying that the film was a “stupid spoof movie. its fun.”
Francis’s appearance in season 2 of Friday Night Lights
Francis - it was a close cast so he was an outsider. kinda disappointed in my performance. no script. wish had opportunity to go back on show and show growth. strike occurred right at the end. experience was wonderful. great. texas was great.
Do you think your fans (us) are mad, or is it flattering?
Ryan - i think it's amazing. it's very flattering. it's so awesome to be part of a show that does that to people. i love the show.
Jason - i couldn't believe it. it's incredible man. it's emotional. it's real now. it's real in 4 years time. i'm so thrilled that you guys love it so much.
Francis - you guys are the icing on the cake. We do a little amount of work because to me we did so little from what we intended to do. you guys make it forever. The love you have for the show and us is what sustains the show. (Awww)
What’s a skill or attribute that they other guys have that you wish you had?
Francis - i wish i was as tall as these guys. there's tons of things about jason that i admire. these guys are great at sports but get an xbox 360 out and we'll see who's boss.
Jason - said that they dont sit at home wishing they were each other. LoL. Francis is so funny. He can crack a whole room up and keep going. Ryan (pause) I've told Ryan he's a special person for a long time. He's a very special man (by this point everyone cracks up at this coz it just sounds so, well you know) no joke. He's so free. Such a free spirit. Jason then tells us about wakeboarding trip that he and Ryan took together to Sacramento to Jason’s 40 year old aunt and teaching her and her friends, “old women” (i think person who asked the question about that age got a bit indignant at being considered old lol) to dance. how they really got into it and were having fun. but thats a special kind of person you know what i mean. (to get them up and moving and into it like that)
Ryan - Jason of course is really good at everything he does. he loves talking to people. Francis is charming. beautiful and i wish i had tattoos like Francis.
The boys <3
Jason and Francis clapping at the end of their talk.
Boys clapping
Francis leaving the stage.