Personal Thoughts on Merlin Panel (B/C related ONLY)
I just finished reading tenshunts' full transcript of Merlin panel. Here are some of my thoughts (cross-posted at LJ and DW)
Q1. work after Merlin
BJ: anything where I don’t have to wear chainmail
...
CM: (___ advising us not?) to look ahead and so y’know cause we do take these eight months to sort of to do it and I kinda, you get so absorbed in it its hard to kinda escape from it and look ahead/
BJ: its difficult/
CM: /but erm but yeh getting the chance to do anything - to work, as an actor is good in itself.
feilongfan: So Colin admitted he was very into his character and absorbed in it, and it's hard to escape from (that includes Merlin's longing for Arthur, right?) aww...
Q2. how do you get into your roles
BJ: I err…that’s quite loud…I erm tend to start off by bullying Colin erm…in character of course and just to act generally pompous and y’know authoritative.
{Johnny whispers to Angel and she nods}
AC: you do both warm-up though Bradley don’t you?
{Colin leans out to watch Bradley whilst Katie quietly repeats Angel’s question}
CM: (who, Bradley?)
AC: and you do both warm up don’t you?
Host: you both do a warm up apparently?
BJ: {voice} Yes…
AC: and you Colin what about you?
Host: oh apparently they both do a warm-up are we actually going to hear/ Do We Want To Hear The Vocal Warm-up? {Bradley shakes head and audience squeals} I think Angel’s revenge is coming quite nicely now {laughter}. Look at them both going like ___ in the headlights then. I think we’ll leave that for this/ we’ve got this guy down the front here
feilongfan: Although in a lot of interviews, Bradley talked about getting into character by bullying Colin. It is nice to hear/watch him saying this. I wish they did a warm-up at the panel. But maybe it is too personal... I dunno.
Q3. desribing your co-stars
and Colin…a word to describe Colin/
CM: there’s so many/
KM: see Colin’s the dark horse he may look very sweet and innocent but y’know there’s something else under there/
BJ: ‘disturbed’ I would’ve thought
KM: I wouldn’t go that far, but/
BJ: I would {Bradley nodding} I would
CM: (I’m not?) disturbed
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CM: I’m really bad at this so erm…I’d say…everyone’s great {Colin shrugs}/
KM: /that’s boring/
CM: /sorry!
feilongfan: I want to comment on Katie and Colin here. They did three commentaries together. I noticed Colin are very polite with Katie. He said "thank-you" a lot to Katie's comments. It is never the case between Colin & Bradley. Maybe that's because Bradley usually doesn't say good things about Colin in front of him (although we know he is quite fond of Colin. He just never wants to admit it to Colin)
Q4. Bradley's football match
feilongfan: it's seems that Johnny knew about it beforehand since he said "I was going to come but I’ve got to get some scripts ready for shooting on Monday." I think Bradley had to tell Johnny since he is the boss.
And I just love the following part. I think Bradley and Colin are so cute when they talked like their characters. It has become a part of themselves, esp. during the time of shooting, which is 2/3 of a year.
JC: I thought Colin you would be there with a bucket of water and a sponge? {laughter} Aren’t you going to be there with a bucket of water and a sponge?
{Colin laughing and rocking back and forth}
CM: {abruptly} errr-no.
BJ: I was playing football once and er it was just we’d finished season one and this guy this defender crunched me just y’know tackled me quite ferociously and er it took me a while to get off the ground and as I did he went {voice} “Where’s Merlin now?” {audience laughter} and I thought this is…this is where it begins this is where my life just/
CM: then I just poked out from behind a corner {hand gesture with voice}“forbearnar!”
BJ: He then was y’know obliterated actually into a pulp - cheers, Merlin. {laughter}.
Q5. favorite episode
CM: erm, I - I quite enjoyed erm…I think…episode, eh, the first-its its hard-I find it hard to separate the episodes because we film them like three at a time so its kinda eh but I guess…erm…episode…eleven where like Bradley ’n me are havin’ a bit of banter and er have fun in the forest with the unicorn {audience squeals}
BJ: I really enjoyed filming four and five but erm I think especially episode eleven which was the maze business erm just because the I think journey kindof the characters went on, working with Stuart Orme who directed it and four and five working with Ed Fraiman they’ve been my favourite directors so erm when you get a good director it makes the experience so much better than if you’re working with someone you don’t really like so its erm you’re very lucky so those are my favourite episodes.
feilongfan: I have this conversation with a few fellow-slashers a few days ago. We all agree that ep.11 is the most slashy episode. It was all about Arthur and Merlin. Glad it is also Colin and Bradley's favorite.
Q6. favorite anime
CM: erm yeh I do quite like it erm I haven’t seen a lot though I’ve seen erm I quite like ‘Howls Moving Castle’ that’s alright {audience squeals} its really good and I know everyone likes ‘Spirited Away’ but it is really good {Colin looks at Bradley} Brad?
BJ: what Colin said {audience laughs}
feilongfan: Oh, Colin called Bradley "Brad". Bradley hates that. I am not surprised that Colin loves Howl's Moving Castle, since Howl is a magician. Just want mention one interesting thing about Howl. Howl, the character, his natural hair color is black. He dyed his hair blond. In later part of the film, he is frustrated and the dye just disappears. So can we say Howl is someone between Merlin and Arthur.
In general, I love almost every Hayao Miyazaki's film. Spirited Away is the most famous one because it won a Oscar. But my favorite Miyazaki film is always Castle In the Sky.
Q7. cardboard
Qf: ok its for Colin and Bradley last year we came ok we gave you a piece of cardboard that said we love you erm so you’d take a picture of us erm I don’t know if you remember but do you still have the cardboard?
BJ: Yes…
CM: we split it in two and kept one each.
feilongfan: I think Colin is very witty here. Good answer.
Q8. Nintendo DS
CM: well er Bradley and me both now have a, have a DS and we’ve figured out how to link them up like over wireless so we had…we had Mario Karts going in France like he would stand at one end of the thrown room and I’d be at the other and we’d be racing against each other and er, I’d, I’d always win {chuckles}
BJ: my ipod tends to go with me everywhere erm that’s not really quirky though so I’m going to pretend I didn’t answer that question.
KM: Bradley does take the camcorder with him wherever he goes though so that might count {Bradley pats the camcorder}
feilongfan: I got MarioKart for DS a few days ago. Look at the emblem I designed for my character.
Q9. hidden talents
BJ: Acting. Erm not really shown that one off yet so erm at some stage might see a bit of that, from me
CM: mine are hidden {laughs}
feilongfan: Oh, Bradley. I beleive he is not just a pretty face. Colin is very humorous. Thumb-up.
Q1. work after Merlin
BJ: anything where I don’t have to wear chainmail
...
CM: (___ advising us not?) to look ahead and so y’know cause we do take these eight months to sort of to do it and I kinda, you get so absorbed in it its hard to kinda escape from it and look ahead/
BJ: its difficult/
CM: /but erm but yeh getting the chance to do anything - to work, as an actor is good in itself.
feilongfan: So Colin admitted he was very into his character and absorbed in it, and it's hard to escape from (that includes Merlin's longing for Arthur, right?) aww...
Q2. how do you get into your roles
BJ: I err…that’s quite loud…I erm tend to start off by bullying Colin erm…in character of course and just to act generally pompous and y’know authoritative.
{Johnny whispers to Angel and she nods}
AC: you do both warm-up though Bradley don’t you?
{Colin leans out to watch Bradley whilst Katie quietly repeats Angel’s question}
CM: (who, Bradley?)
AC: and you do both warm up don’t you?
Host: you both do a warm up apparently?
BJ: {voice} Yes…
AC: and you Colin what about you?
Host: oh apparently they both do a warm-up are we actually going to hear/ Do We Want To Hear The Vocal Warm-up? {Bradley shakes head and audience squeals} I think Angel’s revenge is coming quite nicely now {laughter}. Look at them both going like ___ in the headlights then. I think we’ll leave that for this/ we’ve got this guy down the front here
feilongfan: Although in a lot of interviews, Bradley talked about getting into character by bullying Colin. It is nice to hear/watch him saying this. I wish they did a warm-up at the panel. But maybe it is too personal... I dunno.
Q3. desribing your co-stars
and Colin…a word to describe Colin/
CM: there’s so many/
KM: see Colin’s the dark horse he may look very sweet and innocent but y’know there’s something else under there/
BJ: ‘disturbed’ I would’ve thought
KM: I wouldn’t go that far, but/
BJ: I would {Bradley nodding} I would
CM: (I’m not?) disturbed
...
CM: I’m really bad at this so erm…I’d say…everyone’s great {Colin shrugs}/
KM: /that’s boring/
CM: /sorry!
feilongfan: I want to comment on Katie and Colin here. They did three commentaries together. I noticed Colin are very polite with Katie. He said "thank-you" a lot to Katie's comments. It is never the case between Colin & Bradley. Maybe that's because Bradley usually doesn't say good things about Colin in front of him (although we know he is quite fond of Colin. He just never wants to admit it to Colin)
Q4. Bradley's football match
feilongfan: it's seems that Johnny knew about it beforehand since he said "I was going to come but I’ve got to get some scripts ready for shooting on Monday." I think Bradley had to tell Johnny since he is the boss.
And I just love the following part. I think Bradley and Colin are so cute when they talked like their characters. It has become a part of themselves, esp. during the time of shooting, which is 2/3 of a year.
JC: I thought Colin you would be there with a bucket of water and a sponge? {laughter} Aren’t you going to be there with a bucket of water and a sponge?
{Colin laughing and rocking back and forth}
CM: {abruptly} errr-no.
BJ: I was playing football once and er it was just we’d finished season one and this guy this defender crunched me just y’know tackled me quite ferociously and er it took me a while to get off the ground and as I did he went {voice} “Where’s Merlin now?” {audience laughter} and I thought this is…this is where it begins this is where my life just/
CM: then I just poked out from behind a corner {hand gesture with voice}“forbearnar!”
BJ: He then was y’know obliterated actually into a pulp - cheers, Merlin. {laughter}.
Q5. favorite episode
CM: erm, I - I quite enjoyed erm…I think…episode, eh, the first-its its hard-I find it hard to separate the episodes because we film them like three at a time so its kinda eh but I guess…erm…episode…eleven where like Bradley ’n me are havin’ a bit of banter and er have fun in the forest with the unicorn {audience squeals}
BJ: I really enjoyed filming four and five but erm I think especially episode eleven which was the maze business erm just because the I think journey kindof the characters went on, working with Stuart Orme who directed it and four and five working with Ed Fraiman they’ve been my favourite directors so erm when you get a good director it makes the experience so much better than if you’re working with someone you don’t really like so its erm you’re very lucky so those are my favourite episodes.
feilongfan: I have this conversation with a few fellow-slashers a few days ago. We all agree that ep.11 is the most slashy episode. It was all about Arthur and Merlin. Glad it is also Colin and Bradley's favorite.
Q6. favorite anime
CM: erm yeh I do quite like it erm I haven’t seen a lot though I’ve seen erm I quite like ‘Howls Moving Castle’ that’s alright {audience squeals} its really good and I know everyone likes ‘Spirited Away’ but it is really good {Colin looks at Bradley} Brad?
BJ: what Colin said {audience laughs}
feilongfan: Oh, Colin called Bradley "Brad". Bradley hates that. I am not surprised that Colin loves Howl's Moving Castle, since Howl is a magician. Just want mention one interesting thing about Howl. Howl, the character, his natural hair color is black. He dyed his hair blond. In later part of the film, he is frustrated and the dye just disappears. So can we say Howl is someone between Merlin and Arthur.
In general, I love almost every Hayao Miyazaki's film. Spirited Away is the most famous one because it won a Oscar. But my favorite Miyazaki film is always Castle In the Sky.
Q7. cardboard
Qf: ok its for Colin and Bradley last year we came ok we gave you a piece of cardboard that said we love you erm so you’d take a picture of us erm I don’t know if you remember but do you still have the cardboard?
BJ: Yes…
CM: we split it in two and kept one each.
feilongfan: I think Colin is very witty here. Good answer.
Q8. Nintendo DS
CM: well er Bradley and me both now have a, have a DS and we’ve figured out how to link them up like over wireless so we had…we had Mario Karts going in France like he would stand at one end of the thrown room and I’d be at the other and we’d be racing against each other and er, I’d, I’d always win {chuckles}
BJ: my ipod tends to go with me everywhere erm that’s not really quirky though so I’m going to pretend I didn’t answer that question.
KM: Bradley does take the camcorder with him wherever he goes though so that might count {Bradley pats the camcorder}
feilongfan: I got MarioKart for DS a few days ago. Look at the emblem I designed for my character.
Q9. hidden talents
BJ: Acting. Erm not really shown that one off yet so erm at some stage might see a bit of that, from me
CM: mine are hidden {laughs}
feilongfan: Oh, Bradley. I beleive he is not just a pretty face. Colin is very humorous. Thumb-up.