Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Richard T. Jones http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Cast Of ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Meets Their Fans http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2008/09/the-cast-of-terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-meets-their-fans/ http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2008/09/the-cast-of-terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-meets-their-fans/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:13:21 +0000 It's Trent, Bitch! http://pinkisthenewblog.com/home/?p=7005 Yesterday afternoon, members of the principal cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles came out for an in-store meet and greet with fans of the series at The Golden Apple comic book store in Los Angeles, CA. Because I couldn’t be there in person, I sent my boy Darion to the in-store meet and greet so that he might be able to snap some photos of the event (and castmembers Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Brian Austin Green, Richard T. Jones, Garret Dillahunt, Leven Rambin and THE STUNNING Shirley Manson) and write up a report on what went down. First, here are a few of Darion’s amazing pics:


OMG … looks like so much fun, I really wish I could’ve been there to show my support in person for this series but I know that Darion did that for me. After the jump, check out Darion’s report from yesterday’s in-store report …

Here is the full text of what Darion sent to me about yesterday’s event:

Kirsten and I headed to the Golden Apple on Melrose in LA to see the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. We had such a fantastic time! As we arrived, there was a HUGE line of fans wrapping around the block waiting to see the stars of the show. I understand the line was cut off over an hour before the signing even started due to the sheer number of people.

All the major stars of the show except for Lena Headey were in attendance! Summer Glau (Cameron Phillips), Thomas Dekker (John Connor), Brian Austin Green (Derek Reese), Garret Dillahunt (Cromartie/Terminator), Leven Rambin (Riley), Richard T Jones (James Ellison), and of course, the ever fabulous Shirley Manson (Catherine Weaver).

I have to say, as soon as we got there, I was about 3 feet from Shirley. After being a HUGE fan of Garbage – they’ve been my #1 band since the first album hit in 1995 – it was pretty amazing to be so close to my favorite performer. Shirley looked, as Trent would say, utterly faboo. It was clear she got along well with the cast, as throughout the 2+ hours they diligently met and greeted fans and signed everything from huge posters to CD’s to DVD’s, they joked and all seemed to really have together. I heard several of the cast members say at different points what huge fans they were of Shirley’s. Leven Rambin, who plays Riley, gave us a great interview and said she really looks up to Shirley.

I had a few minutes to talk to Josh Friedman, the main man himself (Executive Producer/Head Writer of the series), and was really impressed with how nice and down to earth he was. Josh shared some fun tidbits, including that his wife is actually good friends with Shirley and they’ve known each other for several years. He said he’s a huge fan of Shirley’s as well. When he asked Shirley to come on the series, she thought he was joking, and laughingly agreed! He also apparently took her to dinner and they had a few drinks before he asked her to record the Samson and Delilah song that was featured in the Season 2 Premiere episode. He said they have some great stuff planned for this season and he felt lucky to have such a fantastic cast and crew assembled on the show. He also spoke about how difficult it was to keep Shirley’s identity as a T-1001 secret but was so glad it was a secret until the episode aired.

After several hours of signing and the new episode being screened, the cast did a Q + A session for everyone in attendance. Check out the audio below:


There are some funny tidbits of info. I was able to ask Shirley Manson what kind of prep she did for the role, and her answer was quite surprising and funny!

We also had a chance to pose for photos with Summer, Thomas, and Leven at the end. Leven was also kind enough to give us a short interview, the audio clip of which is below! She talks about joining the cast and working on the show:


We must send a BIG thank you to Nicole and Susan from Fox/WB PR for taking such great care of us throughout our visit at The Golden Apple and with the cast. They were incredibly nice to us and we had a blast!

The cast couldn’t have been nicer to all the fans and we had an amazing evening!
Check out the new episode of Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles on Monday 9pm on Fox, having seen the ep I can tell you it has some fantastic and surprising scenes! Not to mention some kick ass fight sequences. And more Shirley… ;)

Gahhhh! Sounds so fun … and I think Darion did a great job reporting, yes?

UPDATE: Kirsten was able to attend this in-store appearance with Darion and managed to get a couple of great photos with both Shirley Manson and Thomas Dekker:


I’m dying! Love it, love it, love it!!!

[thanks Darion]

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