Fringe Highlights from PaleyFest
At the Paley Festival last night, audiences were treated to a screening of The Transformation and a Q&A with the cast and producers. Here are some highlights:
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Joshua Jackson – “I would rather be a part of a show that aims for best-ever and comes in second-best-ever, than aims for mediocrity and achieves its goal and I think that’s what a lot of television does.” (followed by applause from the crowd)
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On Leonard Nimoy being cast on the show to play the mysterious William Bell, Fringe co-creator J.J. Abrams described Nimoy’s arc as including multiple episodes – “not as a regular, but part of the cast…He hasn’t signed up for just one episode, I’m not going to say how many,” Abrams said. “Working with him was intimidating and wonderful [on Star Trek]. It didn’t even occur to me I would get to work with him again.”
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On whether the show’s iconic title cards such (as a leaf or apple) actual mean anything (which fans have already figured out) – “It’s relevant,” co-creator Roberto Orci said. “It’s a theme marketing came up with that we’ve incorporated into the show. But the order of the symbols at the end of the show does mean something. There is a secret code.”
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Producers revealed that Fox tried to get The Observer to stand at Barack Obama’s inauguration as a publicity stunt, but couldn’t pull it off.
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Jackson called his character a “release valve” for tensions in the show. “I don’t think he is a moral person. But because he’s amoral he’s able to stand aback and note when people are acting immoral. I don’t think he’s particularly concerned, but he’s the one that points it out.”
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Abrams on the importance of Jackson’s character and convincing the audience to buy in to the reality of the show: “I think was an audience you want to go the crazy place, that insane and impossible place and see the dinosaurs. And you have to have the voice of the audience [Jackson's character] … to comment on the absurdity … once you comment on the absurdity you can have the absurdity.”
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Regarding the American Idol lead-in, producers express their gratitude for the reality hit’s lead in, though one panelist joked, "there can be no good without evil."
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On what is the function of the cow in Walter Bishop’s lab, producers suggest its just a funky choice of set design, though one notes: "We did talk about doing an episode where there’s a voice over and we wouldn’t show who it is [talking]. And then at the end of the episode the camera pans over to the cow and it says, ‘Thanks for watching ‘Fringe.’ "
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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