The tears in Amanda Tapping's eyes were likely not faked she herself was saying goodbye to SG-1 after ten years. Samantha Carter leaves SG-1 to become leader of the Atlantis Expedition, she says, "I know I am going to miss this place, and all of you," to old friend Teal'c. In "Hot Zone", McKay was orginally supposed to mention he had a brother, but David Hewlett asked if he could change the line to sister, in the hopes that he could get his real-life sister to star alongside him. Real-Life Relative: David Hewlett's sister Kate Hewlett plays Rodney McKay's sister Jeannie Miller.The Genii pistols are nicknamed "Timecop Beretta", since the props were first used in the Timecop movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme.The most prominent example is a curved bridge that shows up several times, such as in the hurricane episode. The show got most of the set from Blade: Trinity.Higginson was then replaced by Michelle Morgan as a Replicator version after the Asurans destroyed her body. Torri Higginson took over the role in the SG-1 Season 8 two-part premiere. The Other Darrin: Elizabeth Weir was played by Jessica Steen during her first appearance on Stargate SG-1.He fakes the Czech accent (with pretty much 100% accuracy) when playing Zelenka. He is fluent in Czech but normally speaks English with a Canadian accent. For example, David Nykl is Canadian, but Czech-born and a native speaker of Czech. Many of the actors were born in the countries that their characters are from, but they emigrated to Canada at young ages. While Paul McGillion himself is Canadian, he was born in Scotland to Scottish parents and lived there at various times during his childhood. Fake Brit: Fake Scotsman, specifically.They are, by coincidence, also the only characters to appear in every episode of the series. In the original cast, only Joe Flanigan (American playing an American) and David Hewlett (Canadian playing a Canadian) were actually playing their correct nationalities. Fake American: Most of the main cast are Canadians playing Americans.After the scene was shot, Syfy felt the dreads should stay put, so the scene was cut and Momoa wore a wig for the entirety of the season as a result. Jason Momoa decided to cut off his dreadlocks for the fifth and final season as his character was going to have an Important Haircut in "Broken Ties". Dyeing for Your Art: Ultimately subverted.It fell apart when the company that owned it was bought out by another company that decided to cancel sister show Stargate Universe and ended anything planned for Atlantis. There was apparently an attempt from Joe Flanigan himself to buy or lease the rights to Atlantis to continue making the show in Europe. Development Hell: Production for the direct-to-DVD film Extinction never really got off the ground and was effectively ended after the cancellation of Stargate Universe.The Columbus, Ohio Area Mensa received temporary permission from Mensa to sell buttons saying "Atlantis Chapter" with profits going to scholarship funds. Defictionalization: In " The Brotherhood", Rodney mentions that there's an active Mensa chapter on Atlantis (there's also one in the alternate Rodney's reality in " McKay And Mrs.He got his name when Torri Higginson accidentally called him by his real name in a scene instead of his character's rank (Sergeant) and it was left in as Ascended Fanon. The Danza: Chuck the Technician, played by Chuck Campbell.She's also an accomplished dancer, which allowed the producers to give Teyla a much more theatrical fighting style than most other characters. They actually had to fly her to Los Angeles to re-record her singing in that episode because her first take sounded too good, that is, too much like a classically trained singer (which Rachel Luttrell is, but Teyla Emmagan is not). The Cast Showoff: Yes, that really is Rachel Luttrell singing in the episode "Critical Mass".
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