Stargate Universe ’s scientist , the talented Robert Carlyle , explain how some deadly decisions help to make SGU the darkest Stargate of them all . Plus , find out who ’ll be filling our of the essence Gate - backchat emptiness . Spoilers out front !
We were excited to catch up with Robert Carlyle , the eldest castmember of the new Stargate Universe clan , at the Sci Fi Channel Upfronts . Thankfully , this seasoned actor spared a few import to fix us straight about SGU — sprain out it ’s full of demise and darkness and a very funny David Blue .
We know so little about your character . What else can you tell us ?
I flirt Dr. Nicholas Rush . He ’s a scientist . He ’s a little routine in his mind , but he has his reasons , which will stay on secret for the instant . I reckon what makes this Stargate different from the previous shows in the enfranchisement is , it ’s a flock drab than the other ones . This has less to do with interaction with an alien race and more about survival on the ship itself .
Rush exact these people through the Stargate onto what they think is another world , and in fact it ’s actually a ship . It ’s a monumental ship called call up Destiny . It was a ship that was launched C of thousands of years ago by the antediluvian themselves , and is now floating through space . No one was ever mean to be there . The team that is there is badly - equipped to be there . So the first six or seven episodes are actually all called “ Air , ” “ Fire , ” “ Water ” and “ Earth ” because it ’s about surviving amongst that , it ’s more drama - based and more grapheme - driven .
From what we ’ve read it sounds like there is a darker slant , can you flesh out about how much more dark these eccentric really are , will we be actually dealing with death ?
Certainly , for sure . In the first three hours there are three deaths . It ’s very gruelling . There ’s a felo-de-se by episode six , as well . Because these citizenry are in the far grasp of the creation , never to come home . That ’s the thing Rush explains , that it ’s impossible to go back . And they do n’t have it away where else to wrick .
And you aver your character is a second out of his senses ?
Well not really , from his point of opinion , but the others conceive that he ’s maybe losing it . But he does thing for a reason .
Who have you revel working with on this plaster bandage ?
We ’ve get a great cast [ including ] Justin Lewis . David Blue is a howling youthful actor . Brian J. Smith , he ’s raw but he ’s terrific also . Elyse [ Levesque ] is the salutary . Alaina Huffman … there are some wonderful actors there . And we had to , because as I said this show is about about the fibre and has less to do with alien races .
Do you still get to keep that marvellous Stargate banter that we all appreciate so much ?
David Blue , particularly [ does ] … he ’s by nature funny anyway , he plays a kind of a laughable backup man , I guess , on the show .
We knew it ! His role as the “ slacker genius ” go so much like a young McKay , but we know Blue will make it his own , plus he was endearing on Ugly Betty . Thank you Robert Carlyle with all this darkness talk my expectation are climbing high than they ’ve ever been before .
I mean holy cow that ’s a passel of deaths , plus a self-destruction , should be interesting . Perhaps in this series the all in will actually stay that direction . I believe in you SGU , wreak on your dark Gate , we ’re ready .
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