[Review] G4 - Saturday talks - Callum Keith Rennie
Hi guyz!
So I "open" this community with the reviews of Galactica 4.
Thanks a lot to hobbitofkobol for transcripting the talks.
Who were there? trucdeboulay, aurelianne, hobbitofkobol and benelie
Please credit the community if you use part of it!
NOTE from hobbitofkobol: I wrote this from notes I took during the talks. Obviously I couldn’t write down everything so forgive me if the notes don’t make that much sense at some points. Quotes are not 100% accurate, don’t hold me on them.
It was his first convention.
“I’m not microphone friendly.”
Anytime the stewards or Bryan were gesturing him the time he had left in his talk, he kept adding up minutes. “15 minutes!” “17 minutes!”
Pictures: CKR's Saturday talk
1/ How did you get into acting?
He had other jobs and knew a friend who had a radio show. He thought it “was crap” so his friend told him to do better if he could.
Then at age 26 it was his first time on stage in a couple of plays. He quit his job to rehearse. One of the plays was American Buffalo.
So he thought “hey, maybe I’m an actor now” but there were many things he was interested in, like “the bar, and drinking”.
Years later, he got back into it and started to take one acting class a week.
He did a theatre season in Toronto but he didn’t really like it, the remembering it all part of it and it wasn’t the audience he was looking for.
He stopped drinking after he got pieces of glass in his eyes. “True Story.” He was still wearing an eyepatch when he got his first TV job on Highlander. His first part was a 2-day gig with Sheena Easton and it was fantastic.
Agent quality improved along his actor life.
When Vancouver was booming he wasn’t 3 weeks without a job.
2/ How did your previous gigs in the X-Files helped you getting a part in the movie?
Chris Carter wrote Krycek for him (!!!). But he didn’t know enough about the role and where the show was going so he turned it down.
Then years later for the movie Chris Carter asks him “can you do it in a Russian accent?”
And then “Ok, now scream at me in Russian!”
“I don’t speak Russian, I just know the accent!”
3/ Can you tell us about your experience on Memento?
It was really quick to shoot.
“I didn’t understand it when I read ir… or when I saw it. But I tell everyone it’s a great movie.”
Case 39 was also fast to shoot. “Bang bang bang.” Never got to rework stuff.
“Is that a good answer? I loved it.”
4/ If this was your last night on Earth, was would you do?
“I’d get half-drunk, go to Paris and golf my way to the end.”
5/ question about some show whose name I didn’t recognize
“Once I was on it, it was a very good show.”
It’s hard to be a new character on an existing show that already has a fanbase. “You know half of them are gonna hate your guts.”
6/ Question about Tin Man
“I haven’t seen it… but I was great in it.”
The outfits were too tight, he got them fixed and then could move his toes and breathe.
Ended up being the bad guy again.
7/ Do you prefer playing a good guy or a bad guy?
The important thing is that the character is well-written or locked in as a stereotype.
(about Leoben) “I didn’t do anything, I just talk and I get killed all the time!”
8/ Any embarrassing auditions?
He freaked out at an audition for the part of “racist white guy” for American History X.
I don’t have any notes about it though, I guess I was busy listening or sth?
9/Any stories about BSG
At first it was just a pilot with a great cast.
“I’m not a space guy.”
Eddie Olmos really wanted it to work.
He hasn’t actually met half of the cast, mostly working with Katee. They’ve built a relationship based on trust and fun, he enjoyed watching her grow up with the show.
He loved working with Matthew Bennett.
At times he tried to “die” in different ways for the scenes on New Caprica in season 3.
“I want to die like a goldfish in a bowl.” - “That’s not how a Cylon dies!”
10/ any props you’d like to keep?
He didn’t have a lot of props… and was sick of the shirts in the end (lol).
… and then sth I can’t read… I can’t even read my own handwriting *facepalm*
11/ Would you like to go in space for real?
“We’re already in outer space, on a planet. You mean out of it. No. It depends on the price.”
A lot of money is spent to do nothing, basically fly there and never come back!
12/ Have you ever googled your name and find sth weird?
“Not from my work. As for my private life…”
Was not aware of scifi boards before 8 months ago.
Some people think being an actor is “driving around in a limousine being fed gaped by beauties but unless you’re Tom Cruise or sth you’re just a grinder”
13/ Any tips for writers?
“Write stuff and then send it.”
14/ Does Leoben really love Kara or is it part of the plan?
To him it’s more of a connection between a sear and her guide than physical.
15/ What was your weirdest fan experience?
It was when he was shooting an episode of Due South (baseball episode) out of town. A guy and a girl came to see him and the guy said “wanna sleep with my sister? She’s a big fan of your work. 50 bucks.”
So I "open" this community with the reviews of Galactica 4.
Thanks a lot to hobbitofkobol for transcripting the talks.
Who were there? trucdeboulay, aurelianne, hobbitofkobol and benelie
Please credit the community if you use part of it!
NOTE from hobbitofkobol: I wrote this from notes I took during the talks. Obviously I couldn’t write down everything so forgive me if the notes don’t make that much sense at some points. Quotes are not 100% accurate, don’t hold me on them.
It was his first convention.
“I’m not microphone friendly.”
Anytime the stewards or Bryan were gesturing him the time he had left in his talk, he kept adding up minutes. “15 minutes!” “17 minutes!”
Pictures: CKR's Saturday talk
1/ How did you get into acting?
He had other jobs and knew a friend who had a radio show. He thought it “was crap” so his friend told him to do better if he could.
Then at age 26 it was his first time on stage in a couple of plays. He quit his job to rehearse. One of the plays was American Buffalo.
So he thought “hey, maybe I’m an actor now” but there were many things he was interested in, like “the bar, and drinking”.
Years later, he got back into it and started to take one acting class a week.
He did a theatre season in Toronto but he didn’t really like it, the remembering it all part of it and it wasn’t the audience he was looking for.
He stopped drinking after he got pieces of glass in his eyes. “True Story.” He was still wearing an eyepatch when he got his first TV job on Highlander. His first part was a 2-day gig with Sheena Easton and it was fantastic.
Agent quality improved along his actor life.
When Vancouver was booming he wasn’t 3 weeks without a job.
2/ How did your previous gigs in the X-Files helped you getting a part in the movie?
Chris Carter wrote Krycek for him (!!!). But he didn’t know enough about the role and where the show was going so he turned it down.
Then years later for the movie Chris Carter asks him “can you do it in a Russian accent?”
And then “Ok, now scream at me in Russian!”
“I don’t speak Russian, I just know the accent!”
3/ Can you tell us about your experience on Memento?
It was really quick to shoot.
“I didn’t understand it when I read ir… or when I saw it. But I tell everyone it’s a great movie.”
Case 39 was also fast to shoot. “Bang bang bang.” Never got to rework stuff.
“Is that a good answer? I loved it.”
4/ If this was your last night on Earth, was would you do?
“I’d get half-drunk, go to Paris and golf my way to the end.”
5/ question about some show whose name I didn’t recognize
“Once I was on it, it was a very good show.”
It’s hard to be a new character on an existing show that already has a fanbase. “You know half of them are gonna hate your guts.”
6/ Question about Tin Man
“I haven’t seen it… but I was great in it.”
The outfits were too tight, he got them fixed and then could move his toes and breathe.
Ended up being the bad guy again.
7/ Do you prefer playing a good guy or a bad guy?
The important thing is that the character is well-written or locked in as a stereotype.
(about Leoben) “I didn’t do anything, I just talk and I get killed all the time!”
8/ Any embarrassing auditions?
He freaked out at an audition for the part of “racist white guy” for American History X.
I don’t have any notes about it though, I guess I was busy listening or sth?
9/Any stories about BSG
At first it was just a pilot with a great cast.
“I’m not a space guy.”
Eddie Olmos really wanted it to work.
He hasn’t actually met half of the cast, mostly working with Katee. They’ve built a relationship based on trust and fun, he enjoyed watching her grow up with the show.
He loved working with Matthew Bennett.
At times he tried to “die” in different ways for the scenes on New Caprica in season 3.
“I want to die like a goldfish in a bowl.” - “That’s not how a Cylon dies!”
10/ any props you’d like to keep?
He didn’t have a lot of props… and was sick of the shirts in the end (lol).
… and then sth I can’t read… I can’t even read my own handwriting *facepalm*
11/ Would you like to go in space for real?
“We’re already in outer space, on a planet. You mean out of it. No. It depends on the price.”
A lot of money is spent to do nothing, basically fly there and never come back!
12/ Have you ever googled your name and find sth weird?
“Not from my work. As for my private life…”
Was not aware of scifi boards before 8 months ago.
Some people think being an actor is “driving around in a limousine being fed gaped by beauties but unless you’re Tom Cruise or sth you’re just a grinder”
13/ Any tips for writers?
“Write stuff and then send it.”
14/ Does Leoben really love Kara or is it part of the plan?
To him it’s more of a connection between a sear and her guide than physical.
15/ What was your weirdest fan experience?
It was when he was shooting an episode of Due South (baseball episode) out of town. A guy and a girl came to see him and the guy said “wanna sleep with my sister? She’s a big fan of your work. 50 bucks.”