Eclipse Day One, Q&A recap
Eclipse Highlights!
Okay, first of all, if you were linked here by someone else and don't actually know me, you will quickly learn that I might have a sliiiiiight bias towards Sendhil Ramamurthy. Maybe just a little. Also, this post is JUST my notes from the Q&A session. I decided to split things up by putting the completely guest-related stuff here and all of the personal squee over in my journal, kleenexcow. It's not up yet, but it will be shortly. Now posted here.
I also recommend going over to visit hobbit_eyes for the post she is going to make eventually (but has not at the time I'm posting this entry). She was my roommate for the weekend and wrote down some stuff I didn't. OH YEAH AND SHE WON A DINNER WITH THE ENTIRE CAST AND GOT TO SPEND TWO HOURS SANDWICHED BETWEEN SENDHIL AND DAVID (the lucky bitch).
There's another con report here. It has some responses to questions/answers that I didn't write down (I can only write so fast, so sometimes I used the questions that bored me to finish writing about the ones that I was interested in), plus pictures.
My impressions of the guests in general:
Sendhil was even better looking in person. I don't really have any good pictures (I was always sitting too far away...I highly recommend this lj entry by someone else), so you just have to trust me. When I had my first signing with him on Saturday, he was wearing a tight white t-shirt and my brain nearly melted out of my ears. The man's biceps are...wow. OMFGWOW. The second day he wore a scarf and glasses and it was glorious, too. HE IS A GOD. He was very sweet every time I talked to him...not incredibly outgoing like Anders, but a nice, chill guy. His answers were always pretty funny. His voice is lower in person. It is really hot.
David Anders is like, my new favorite person. I never cared much about Adam one way or another, but now because of my Anders love, I think I have to re-watch season 2 to reassess. He was INCREDIBLY friendly and hilariously funny. So high-energy the entire weekend. I want David Anders to be my BFF.
Cristine Rose is a goddess among women. I aspire to one day have even half her amount of class. She was warm and friendly but also very funny and could go from Cristine to Angela in half a second. David Anders got a really big kick out of embarrassing her and it was soo funny. I want them to go on tour as the David and Cristine Comedy Duo.
Jessalyn was very sweet. She told a lot of good stories that were pretty funny...but none of them were really about Heroes. I wish that I cared about her more.
Noah...I read an interview once with Adair Tishler where she said that she, Noah, and Hayden were the most mature members of the cast, and now I totally believe it. His answers were routinely the most insightful. Also...he was TOTALLY ADORABLE.
Santiago was...eh. Probably my least favorite guest. Maybe some others don't agree with me, but he didn't seem as excited or friendly as the others.
OKAY! Now the Q&A highlights, with video! I have to apologize for the terrible, terrible quality, but I was sitting in the waaaay back. The videos are really most exciting for the audio parts.
DAY ONE (March 15, 2008)
TALK 1: David Anders and Cristine Rose
Cristine referred to Angela several times as "Mama Petrelli"
David was asked whether Adam or Sylar was more evil. David said: "Sylar's pretty hard to beat. I mean...even Sylar's eyebrows..."
Cristine was asked if she knows what Angela's power is. She said she does, and she'll tell if everyone throws in $100.
David was asked what is the weirdest thing a fan has ever given him.
David: A lock of pubic hair! ...I wish!!
At this, Cristine got really, really embarassed and covered her face. It was precious.
David tried to do a Dutch accent that sounded like the Sweedish Chef. David was asked how he felt about being an American who's typecast as British, and he said he calls himself the "Reverse Hugh Laurie." He also said that Greg Grunberg is someone who you can exchange phone numbers with after knowing him for just five minutes because he is just that "absolutely befriendable."
Cristine got asked on of my questions, which was whether or not she knew about Angela's "personality quirks" when she was filming the first episode. She said that from the beginning, she assumed that Angela was very noveau riche and a big smart ass. She also said that in the scene in episode one where Nathan is lecturing her, she was supposed to play the scene as though she clearly enjoyed it, and whenever Adrian's back was turned, she and Milo would look at each other and giggle and then resume straight faces whenever he looked at them again. It really frustrated Adrian, but that's what was in the script. It got edited out, though.
The next question was similar. It was "How do you want Angela to develop?"
Cristine: "A little more up here (guestures to chest) and a little less down here (gestures to ass)"
She also said that she likes to gossip about Angela's sex life in the makeup trailers. Early on, she decided that Nathan was her son with Linderman, which quickly developed into a theory that the ElderHeroes met at Woodstock, dropped acid (which is how they got their powers), and had a giant orgy. And alll of the younger Heroes are Angela's children with various company founders.
At which point, hobbit_eyes turned to me and said "Petrellicest is everywhere!"
Then David Anders said "If you find yourself in bed with Angela, wrap it up!"
Cristine replied: That went way over my head, but I'm sure you'll explain it to me later.
David: Prophylactics, baby!
Cristine got really embarrassed again and tried to move away but David pulled her back.
I didn't write down if this was from a new question or just an expansion of the old, but the next thing Cristine said was "I believe that Angela was mislead by some really evil people" and looked very pointedly at David.
He looked away and pretended to be very interested in the drapes behind him. He rubbed them ans said "Hm....is this cotton-poly blend?"
And then Cristine continued "But they were really cute, so she just said WHATEVER!"
Cristine's acting hero is Maggie Smith. One of David's is Will Ferrel, who he says is the funniest man alive.
And then David sang.
TALK 2: Noah Grey-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig
Noah recently learned to juggle. He also likes to dirt bike, and he enjoys playing with his dog and cat (everyone aaawed).
Jessalyn got asked my question, which was "Do you think that Meredith will ever come back?"
She said that she would like to and thinks that there's a lot of unanswered questions about her. But it's not up to her, but she still really, really wants to come back.
Then Noah got asked another of my questions (at this point, I was 3-for-3 for questions submitted that got asked), which was "Do you think that Micah's powers will ever evolve to allow him to control massive robots?"
Everyone laughed, and he said said that he thinks that that would be really cool, but the direction he would really like to see Micah's powers evolve in is being able to control things remotely.
Then Jessalyn and Noah talked about powers they'd like to have. Jessalyn talked about how you can infer a lot about a person by whether they'd rather fly or be invisible. Jessalyn would rather fly. So would Noah.
Noah: If you could be invisible, you couldn't do anything but be invisible.
Jessalyn: You could spy on people.
Noah: But that's creepy, isn't it? (awwww, so innocent)
If Jessalyn could meet anyone, she'd like to do a Heroes mind trick to get inside of Hillary Clinton's head and find out what it's like to live there. Not in an insulting way, just that she thinks that Hillary has had a very interesting life, but she doesn't think that Hillary would really reveal her inner workings in a simple meeting.
Noah (the sage Buddha that he is) would like to meet Nelson Mandela because "to have the capacity to forgive people the way he has is just amazing."
Among Jessalyn's acting heroes are Judi Densch and Helen Mirren. She admires older actresses with a lot of class.
Noah's is Dakota Fanning.
Noah's favorite subject is (to his surprise) becomming literature. He's currently reading A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also likes geometry.
Jessalyn was asked some question about a movie she was in about London flooding, and she said it was weird because characters in adventure movies always have to play it really cool, when in fact in real life: "Obviously if London was [sic] underwater, you'd be like, HOLY FUCK!" That was harder to act than her part on Heroes because while you can imagine fire (because everyone has seen fire before), no one knows that London flooding looks like. I didn't write this down, but I think at this point is when they were talking about special effects in general, and Jessalyn was talking about how it was kind of strange on Heroes because she was supposed to act very naturally but she also had to make sure that she was in very precise, certain poses at just the exact moments. She asked Noah what he thought about the special effects and he siad something like "Whatever. I just have to put my hand on things."
If Noah could be in any program, it'd be Battlestar Galactica. Jessalyn would choose Lost (partially because they shoot in Hawaii).
Out of all of the cast, the people that Noah would most like to work with that he hasn't gotten a chance to yet are Greg Grunberg and Jack Coleman because "those guys are crazy!" The most memorable Micah scene for him was the one with the ATM. When Noah grows up, he wants to be either a doctor or a lawyer.
Noah does not feel mothered on set. "There are some jokes that might not be appropriate, but let's be honest, they're still hilarious." LOL.
TALK THREE: Sendhil Ramamurthy and Santiago Cabrera
As they entered, Santiago was blocking our view of Sendhil. hobbit_eyes and I agreed that Isaac blocking the pretty is probably why Sylar killed him. Sendhil was gorgeous and wearing glasses. DAGHTTIPGHHR480TRFETHURGKSIORHJERGJ!!!!! The screen blacked out for a moment and we almost had a heart attack. Then it came back on. THANK GOD.
Sendhil is glad that he doesn't have a power because working on the green screen is really boring and not having a power means that his days are shorter. He does not want Mohinder to ever get a power because he thinks that at this point, it would be really silly. It would have to be a really, really kick ass power for Sendhil not to protest.
They were then asked "If were the gay lead in a movie, who would you want your partner to be?"
Sendhil said "I just can't quit you, Santiago!" They agreed that they would choose each other. Santiago/Sendhil, y/y?
Okaaaay. Then hobbit_eyes got selected to read a question. The question on the card was "What is your favorite episode?" but she ACTUALLY asked "What do you think about all of the vast amounts of Mohinder/Sylar fan fiction?" (she is sneaky).
He says he gets sent a lot of fan fiction and said that the thing he gets asked the most is "When will Mohinder and Sylar get together?". He referred to Zach as "Young Zachary." He asked if we would really call it vast amounts of fan fiction, and we think we would.
Roll camera!
Sendhil got asked if there's anything about Mohinder that annoys him. He thinks that Mohinder trusts people too much and would like to see Mohinder more hard-edged. He hopes that Mohinder will start to learn from his mistakes and not trust people so easily.
Then Sendhil got asked another one of my questions (four-for-four!), which was actually my favorite question that I submitted: Did you prefer playing Mohinder as a son in season one or Mohinder as a father in season two?
Everyone aawed (that's right, bitches. It was a good question). Sendhil preferred playing father-Mohinder. He said that he and his wife had just had a baby before they started filming season 2, which was...
This is distressingly the first of two times this weekend that Sendhil will imply that he doesn't think that Mohinder is a very good father. Which, okay, might be true, but still breaks my heart to hear it coming out of Sendhil's mouth because their father-daughter relationship is one of my favorites on the show. Alas.
Santiago got asked what he thinks Sylar did with Isaac's brain. Sendhil said that he had it with "fava beans and a nice chianti." Santiago said that he just mashed it up and ate it.
Sendhil doesn't think that the action figures were "the finest effort". Those were his exact words, which unfortunately did not capture his tone of voice which was pretty much "JESUS GOD I HATE THEM SO MUCH!!!!" He's really, really bitter that the toy company gave Mohinder (motioning to his hair) "A middle parting!! Like, straight through!!!"
Sendhil said that the first thing you do when you get a script is make sure you're alive at the end, that Sylar hasn't eaten your brain. "Well, I guess my brain is useless to him." He inadvertently put the emphasis on "brain" rather than "my," so I don't know why more people didn't giggle at this.
They were asked if they believed in Astral projection. Santiago rambled a little bit about the occasional, brief, out-of-body experiences that everyone has, but you always come back and he doesn't really think that they're a supernatural thing. Sendhil's answer was a very quick, very emphatic "NO." Which naturally makes me wonder if Sendhil (via Zach, maybe, because Sendhil is extremely not internet-savvy) heard about the FTE2 thing. Even if he hasn't it's still a funny Q&A if you know about that bit of fandom drama.
Sendhil would love to see Mohinder turn evil.
He later said that the writers usually take the hints that the actors drop and go the opposite way. So maybe he should stop talking about evil Mohinder. Santiago said that the only thing they can control about their characters is pretty much just what they wear. And Sendhil was like "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Have you SEEN the things they dress me in?! The scarves?! The shirts?! I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER MY WARDROBE!" It was hilarious.
Sendhil got asked another one of my questions (five-for-five!), which was if he affects different physical mannerisms when he's playing Mohinder than when he's just being himself. I asked because he...well. He just doesn't exude Mohinder, like AT ALL. I'd gotten this impression before, in other interviews I'd seen and stuff, but it's especially marked in person. Sendhil =/= Mohinder. His answer was, not surprisingly, a definite yes.
Okay, the next bit is the thing that I most desperately wish that I had recorded, but it happened too quickly. Surpisingly, it's about Santiago. They were asked "What would you do in an impending zombie invasion?" and Santiago jumped up and yelled "ZOMBIES!!! ZOMBIES!!!" OMFG I nearly died laughing. I hit the record button just as he finished, but I don't think I'm going to post the video because it's mostly my embarrassing laughter and Sendhil saying "I can't top that. That was great!" and them moving on.
If Sendhil wrote a personals ad, it would be just "single and looking for a really good time." He also said (I can't remember the context) "We depend on good writers completely."
If they could work with anyone, Sendhil would like to work with Lawrence Fishbourne, who he met in a grocery store once (and Fishbourne told him that he was really enjoyed Sendhil's work!), but it was really awkward because Sendhil's daughter was in the middle of throwing a tantrum.
Santiago would work with Sendhil.
Sendhil has been given both men and women's undergarments by fans. He also told a funny story about a fan sending him reams and reams of paper on "genetic research" every Tuesday.
Sendhil talked about Mohinder's accent. It's kind of a distressing clip, though, because Sendhil refers as Mohinder having attended Cambridge (WHAT?!?!!?!? Sendhil, Mohinder is definitely an Oxford boy, pul-eeeze) and that test audiences of the pilot episode thought that a British accent would be sexier than an Indian one (BLASPHEMY.). Well, here it is, even though it made my Oxfordian, Indian-accent-loving heart cry.
Santiago used to be a semi-pro footballer in England.
And that was the first day's Q&A. Out of the six questions I submitted, five got asked!! (I wasn't surprised about the sixth one, which was "When will we see shirtless Mohinder?" Purely because I hoped that Sendhil would pull a Grunny and take off his shirt).
Wow. Typing this has tired me out. I've still got a few more vids and all of day two to recap, but I've got to go do other things. I'll post it all in a seperate entry later, okay?
Day Two is now posted here.
Okay, first of all, if you were linked here by someone else and don't actually know me, you will quickly learn that I might have a sliiiiiight bias towards Sendhil Ramamurthy. Maybe just a little. Also, this post is JUST my notes from the Q&A session. I decided to split things up by putting the completely guest-related stuff here and all of the personal squee over in my journal, kleenexcow. It's not up yet, but it will be shortly. Now posted here.
I also recommend going over to visit hobbit_eyes for the post she is going to make eventually (but has not at the time I'm posting this entry). She was my roommate for the weekend and wrote down some stuff I didn't. OH YEAH AND SHE WON A DINNER WITH THE ENTIRE CAST AND GOT TO SPEND TWO HOURS SANDWICHED BETWEEN SENDHIL AND DAVID (the lucky bitch).
There's another con report here. It has some responses to questions/answers that I didn't write down (I can only write so fast, so sometimes I used the questions that bored me to finish writing about the ones that I was interested in), plus pictures.
My impressions of the guests in general:
Sendhil was even better looking in person. I don't really have any good pictures (I was always sitting too far away...I highly recommend this lj entry by someone else), so you just have to trust me. When I had my first signing with him on Saturday, he was wearing a tight white t-shirt and my brain nearly melted out of my ears. The man's biceps are...wow. OMFGWOW. The second day he wore a scarf and glasses and it was glorious, too. HE IS A GOD. He was very sweet every time I talked to him...not incredibly outgoing like Anders, but a nice, chill guy. His answers were always pretty funny. His voice is lower in person. It is really hot.
David Anders is like, my new favorite person. I never cared much about Adam one way or another, but now because of my Anders love, I think I have to re-watch season 2 to reassess. He was INCREDIBLY friendly and hilariously funny. So high-energy the entire weekend. I want David Anders to be my BFF.
Cristine Rose is a goddess among women. I aspire to one day have even half her amount of class. She was warm and friendly but also very funny and could go from Cristine to Angela in half a second. David Anders got a really big kick out of embarrassing her and it was soo funny. I want them to go on tour as the David and Cristine Comedy Duo.
Jessalyn was very sweet. She told a lot of good stories that were pretty funny...but none of them were really about Heroes. I wish that I cared about her more.
Noah...I read an interview once with Adair Tishler where she said that she, Noah, and Hayden were the most mature members of the cast, and now I totally believe it. His answers were routinely the most insightful. Also...he was TOTALLY ADORABLE.
Santiago was...eh. Probably my least favorite guest. Maybe some others don't agree with me, but he didn't seem as excited or friendly as the others.
OKAY! Now the Q&A highlights, with video! I have to apologize for the terrible, terrible quality, but I was sitting in the waaaay back. The videos are really most exciting for the audio parts.
DAY ONE (March 15, 2008)
TALK 1: David Anders and Cristine Rose
Cristine referred to Angela several times as "Mama Petrelli"
David was asked whether Adam or Sylar was more evil. David said: "Sylar's pretty hard to beat. I mean...even Sylar's eyebrows..."
Cristine was asked if she knows what Angela's power is. She said she does, and she'll tell if everyone throws in $100.
David was asked what is the weirdest thing a fan has ever given him.
David: A lock of pubic hair! ...I wish!!
At this, Cristine got really, really embarassed and covered her face. It was precious.
David tried to do a Dutch accent that sounded like the Sweedish Chef. David was asked how he felt about being an American who's typecast as British, and he said he calls himself the "Reverse Hugh Laurie." He also said that Greg Grunberg is someone who you can exchange phone numbers with after knowing him for just five minutes because he is just that "absolutely befriendable."
Cristine got asked on of my questions, which was whether or not she knew about Angela's "personality quirks" when she was filming the first episode. She said that from the beginning, she assumed that Angela was very noveau riche and a big smart ass. She also said that in the scene in episode one where Nathan is lecturing her, she was supposed to play the scene as though she clearly enjoyed it, and whenever Adrian's back was turned, she and Milo would look at each other and giggle and then resume straight faces whenever he looked at them again. It really frustrated Adrian, but that's what was in the script. It got edited out, though.
The next question was similar. It was "How do you want Angela to develop?"
Cristine: "A little more up here (guestures to chest) and a little less down here (gestures to ass)"
She also said that she likes to gossip about Angela's sex life in the makeup trailers. Early on, she decided that Nathan was her son with Linderman, which quickly developed into a theory that the ElderHeroes met at Woodstock, dropped acid (which is how they got their powers), and had a giant orgy. And alll of the younger Heroes are Angela's children with various company founders.
At which point, hobbit_eyes turned to me and said "Petrellicest is everywhere!"
Then David Anders said "If you find yourself in bed with Angela, wrap it up!"
Cristine replied: That went way over my head, but I'm sure you'll explain it to me later.
David: Prophylactics, baby!
Cristine got really embarrassed again and tried to move away but David pulled her back.
I didn't write down if this was from a new question or just an expansion of the old, but the next thing Cristine said was "I believe that Angela was mislead by some really evil people" and looked very pointedly at David.
He looked away and pretended to be very interested in the drapes behind him. He rubbed them ans said "Hm....is this cotton-poly blend?"
And then Cristine continued "But they were really cute, so she just said WHATEVER!"
Cristine's acting hero is Maggie Smith. One of David's is Will Ferrel, who he says is the funniest man alive.
And then David sang.
Click to viewTALK 2: Noah Grey-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig
Noah recently learned to juggle. He also likes to dirt bike, and he enjoys playing with his dog and cat (everyone aaawed).
Jessalyn got asked my question, which was "Do you think that Meredith will ever come back?"
She said that she would like to and thinks that there's a lot of unanswered questions about her. But it's not up to her, but she still really, really wants to come back.
Then Noah got asked another of my questions (at this point, I was 3-for-3 for questions submitted that got asked), which was "Do you think that Micah's powers will ever evolve to allow him to control massive robots?"
Everyone laughed, and he said said that he thinks that that would be really cool, but the direction he would really like to see Micah's powers evolve in is being able to control things remotely.
Then Jessalyn and Noah talked about powers they'd like to have. Jessalyn talked about how you can infer a lot about a person by whether they'd rather fly or be invisible. Jessalyn would rather fly. So would Noah.
Noah: If you could be invisible, you couldn't do anything but be invisible.
Jessalyn: You could spy on people.
Noah: But that's creepy, isn't it? (awwww, so innocent)
If Jessalyn could meet anyone, she'd like to do a Heroes mind trick to get inside of Hillary Clinton's head and find out what it's like to live there. Not in an insulting way, just that she thinks that Hillary has had a very interesting life, but she doesn't think that Hillary would really reveal her inner workings in a simple meeting.
Noah (the sage Buddha that he is) would like to meet Nelson Mandela because "to have the capacity to forgive people the way he has is just amazing."
Among Jessalyn's acting heroes are Judi Densch and Helen Mirren. She admires older actresses with a lot of class.
Noah's is Dakota Fanning.
Noah's favorite subject is (to his surprise) becomming literature. He's currently reading A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also likes geometry.
Jessalyn was asked some question about a movie she was in about London flooding, and she said it was weird because characters in adventure movies always have to play it really cool, when in fact in real life: "Obviously if London was [sic] underwater, you'd be like, HOLY FUCK!" That was harder to act than her part on Heroes because while you can imagine fire (because everyone has seen fire before), no one knows that London flooding looks like. I didn't write this down, but I think at this point is when they were talking about special effects in general, and Jessalyn was talking about how it was kind of strange on Heroes because she was supposed to act very naturally but she also had to make sure that she was in very precise, certain poses at just the exact moments. She asked Noah what he thought about the special effects and he siad something like "Whatever. I just have to put my hand on things."
If Noah could be in any program, it'd be Battlestar Galactica. Jessalyn would choose Lost (partially because they shoot in Hawaii).
Out of all of the cast, the people that Noah would most like to work with that he hasn't gotten a chance to yet are Greg Grunberg and Jack Coleman because "those guys are crazy!" The most memorable Micah scene for him was the one with the ATM. When Noah grows up, he wants to be either a doctor or a lawyer.
Noah does not feel mothered on set. "There are some jokes that might not be appropriate, but let's be honest, they're still hilarious." LOL.
TALK THREE: Sendhil Ramamurthy and Santiago Cabrera
As they entered, Santiago was blocking our view of Sendhil. hobbit_eyes and I agreed that Isaac blocking the pretty is probably why Sylar killed him. Sendhil was gorgeous and wearing glasses. DAGHTTIPGHHR480TRFETHURGKSIORHJERGJ!!!!! The screen blacked out for a moment and we almost had a heart attack. Then it came back on. THANK GOD.
Sendhil is glad that he doesn't have a power because working on the green screen is really boring and not having a power means that his days are shorter. He does not want Mohinder to ever get a power because he thinks that at this point, it would be really silly. It would have to be a really, really kick ass power for Sendhil not to protest.
They were then asked "If were the gay lead in a movie, who would you want your partner to be?"
Sendhil said "I just can't quit you, Santiago!" They agreed that they would choose each other. Santiago/Sendhil, y/y?
Okaaaay. Then hobbit_eyes got selected to read a question. The question on the card was "What is your favorite episode?" but she ACTUALLY asked "What do you think about all of the vast amounts of Mohinder/Sylar fan fiction?" (she is sneaky).
He says he gets sent a lot of fan fiction and said that the thing he gets asked the most is "When will Mohinder and Sylar get together?". He referred to Zach as "Young Zachary." He asked if we would really call it vast amounts of fan fiction, and we think we would.
Roll camera!
Sendhil got asked if there's anything about Mohinder that annoys him. He thinks that Mohinder trusts people too much and would like to see Mohinder more hard-edged. He hopes that Mohinder will start to learn from his mistakes and not trust people so easily.
Then Sendhil got asked another one of my questions (four-for-four!), which was actually my favorite question that I submitted: Did you prefer playing Mohinder as a son in season one or Mohinder as a father in season two?
Everyone aawed (that's right, bitches. It was a good question). Sendhil preferred playing father-Mohinder. He said that he and his wife had just had a baby before they started filming season 2, which was...
This is distressingly the first of two times this weekend that Sendhil will imply that he doesn't think that Mohinder is a very good father. Which, okay, might be true, but still breaks my heart to hear it coming out of Sendhil's mouth because their father-daughter relationship is one of my favorites on the show. Alas.
Santiago got asked what he thinks Sylar did with Isaac's brain. Sendhil said that he had it with "fava beans and a nice chianti." Santiago said that he just mashed it up and ate it.
Sendhil doesn't think that the action figures were "the finest effort". Those were his exact words, which unfortunately did not capture his tone of voice which was pretty much "JESUS GOD I HATE THEM SO MUCH!!!!" He's really, really bitter that the toy company gave Mohinder (motioning to his hair) "A middle parting!! Like, straight through!!!"
Sendhil said that the first thing you do when you get a script is make sure you're alive at the end, that Sylar hasn't eaten your brain. "Well, I guess my brain is useless to him." He inadvertently put the emphasis on "brain" rather than "my," so I don't know why more people didn't giggle at this.
They were asked if they believed in Astral projection. Santiago rambled a little bit about the occasional, brief, out-of-body experiences that everyone has, but you always come back and he doesn't really think that they're a supernatural thing. Sendhil's answer was a very quick, very emphatic "NO." Which naturally makes me wonder if Sendhil (via Zach, maybe, because Sendhil is extremely not internet-savvy) heard about the FTE2 thing. Even if he hasn't it's still a funny Q&A if you know about that bit of fandom drama.
Sendhil would love to see Mohinder turn evil.
He later said that the writers usually take the hints that the actors drop and go the opposite way. So maybe he should stop talking about evil Mohinder. Santiago said that the only thing they can control about their characters is pretty much just what they wear. And Sendhil was like "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Have you SEEN the things they dress me in?! The scarves?! The shirts?! I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER MY WARDROBE!" It was hilarious.
Sendhil got asked another one of my questions (five-for-five!), which was if he affects different physical mannerisms when he's playing Mohinder than when he's just being himself. I asked because he...well. He just doesn't exude Mohinder, like AT ALL. I'd gotten this impression before, in other interviews I'd seen and stuff, but it's especially marked in person. Sendhil =/= Mohinder. His answer was, not surprisingly, a definite yes.
Okay, the next bit is the thing that I most desperately wish that I had recorded, but it happened too quickly. Surpisingly, it's about Santiago. They were asked "What would you do in an impending zombie invasion?" and Santiago jumped up and yelled "ZOMBIES!!! ZOMBIES!!!" OMFG I nearly died laughing. I hit the record button just as he finished, but I don't think I'm going to post the video because it's mostly my embarrassing laughter and Sendhil saying "I can't top that. That was great!" and them moving on.
If Sendhil wrote a personals ad, it would be just "single and looking for a really good time." He also said (I can't remember the context) "We depend on good writers completely."
If they could work with anyone, Sendhil would like to work with Lawrence Fishbourne, who he met in a grocery store once (and Fishbourne told him that he was really enjoyed Sendhil's work!), but it was really awkward because Sendhil's daughter was in the middle of throwing a tantrum.
Santiago would work with Sendhil.
Sendhil has been given both men and women's undergarments by fans. He also told a funny story about a fan sending him reams and reams of paper on "genetic research" every Tuesday.
Sendhil talked about Mohinder's accent. It's kind of a distressing clip, though, because Sendhil refers as Mohinder having attended Cambridge (WHAT?!?!!?!? Sendhil, Mohinder is definitely an Oxford boy, pul-eeeze) and that test audiences of the pilot episode thought that a British accent would be sexier than an Indian one (BLASPHEMY.). Well, here it is, even though it made my Oxfordian, Indian-accent-loving heart cry.
Santiago used to be a semi-pro footballer in England.
And that was the first day's Q&A. Out of the six questions I submitted, five got asked!! (I wasn't surprised about the sixth one, which was "When will we see shirtless Mohinder?" Purely because I hoped that Sendhil would pull a Grunny and take off his shirt).
Wow. Typing this has tired me out. I've still got a few more vids and all of day two to recap, but I've got to go do other things. I'll post it all in a seperate entry later, okay?
Day Two is now posted here.