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General Rumors about XWP Archive
NOVEMBER 1997
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These babies cover November 1997...that's why we call it an ARCHIVE!Last update: 04-01-98
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Here is the archive!!!
CONSIDER THIS A WARNING!
These babies cover November 1997...that's why we call it an ARCHIVE!Last update: 04-01-98
11-10-97. Danielle Cormack
has a brief
appearance as Ephiny in the HERC episode PRODIGAL
SISTER. Also
appearing with Ephiny will be her centaur son (on
screen at
last), Xenan.
11-10-97. From "Lesbian News"
vol.
23
no. 4 (November 1997) by Emma Hayes: "'We're doing a
musical this
year,' she [Lucy Lawless] squeals in laughter. 'A
really wanky,
Wagnerian type opera Xena. It's going to be great.'
Will there be
any lesbian subtext, or, better yet, any lesbian sex?
'Look, it's
ambiguous. That way everyone can get from it what they
want.
Really, who cares anyway. Pretty nasty, dark stuff
coming up this
year, though, so, don't let your children watch. This
season's
really got to be screened.'"
11-10-97. MORE INFO ON THE
BRUCE
CAMPBELL AS ROBERT TAPERT EPISODE HTLJ EPISODE. Bruce
Campbell
told a fan that Ted Raimi will play the part of a
writer in the
episode.
11-09-97. In an upcoming
episode of
Hercules Bruce Campbell will play the part of Robert
Tapert,
producer of Xena and Hercules. It said that the story
will
revolve around what to do when Kevin Sorbo is
unavailable for
filming. It said that the episode is a
behind-the-scenes look at
the making of Hercules. It sounds kind of strange but
Bruce
Campbell was e-mailed about this and he confirmed it
was not a
joke!
11-09-97. Renee O'Connor,
11/08/97 on
the WB 17 television interview: "I: What does the
future hold for
Gabrielle and Xena? RO: I know the writers are working
on our
friendship this year where we might split up. Our
friendship will
be tested. And I think every year no one really knows
what we'll
do. I think the audience plays into that. I just hope
that we
continue to be strong and to try new, to embrace our
characters
in a new way. I think the friendship of the characters
will be
tested and, I think, I hope that we'll always be true
to each
other and have a friendship that will be a part of
history --
that everyone can say these two women were good people,
you know,
influenced our lives in some way. It'll beinteresting
to see."
11-09-97. In an on-line
interview on
07-03-97 RJ Stewart discussed some general XWP news.
"I: What is
XENA's dark past?
RJ: The details of the back story, we
continue
to create. A lot of it we're exploring next season. I'm
not gonna
tell you anything about that.
I: No sneak previews?
RJ:
No, but I
will say that an important part of it takes place in
China. We're
doing XENA goes to China, and we got a great actress,
Jacqueline
Kim, to play her mentor [THE DEBT, PARTS 1 AND 2].
I:
What about
incorporating time travel?
RJ: One idea that I had for
a while is
with a villain named Callisto. I've played with the
idea that
Callisto escapes from the ancient world into New York.
I: Modern
day New York?
RJ: Yeah, and XENA has to chase her
there, but we
haven't gotten to that. That would be fifth season when
we're out
of ideas. (Laughter)".
"I: Are you ever going to work
in the
Egyptians days?
RJ: We want to, but I understand that
they're
going to do that over on HERCULES. So we won't. [And
yet KING OF
ASSASSINS is alledgedly taking place in Egypt...they
must have
changed their mings once again!]
I: Do you ever discuss
story
between HERCULES and XENA so the stories aren't
similar?
RJ: Well
Rob, of course, produces both shows, so if I pitch him
an idea
that they're doing on Herc already, he'll just tell me
[What
about GABRIELLE'S HOPE and THREE MEN AND A BABY? Must
have
slipped through the cracks!].
"I: Do you read your fan
e-mail?
RJ: I didn't for the longest time, but I interviewed
recently for
a fan magazine called "Whoosh," which is [named after]
the sound
that the weapons in Xena make when they swing. It's a
XENA fan
magazine. In it a woman wrote a critical review of my
work. At
the end of the article was the e-mail address of the
author. So I
sent her e-mail. This lady has a love/hate relationship
with me,
you know loved my work, hated my work. She called me an
Agent of
Evil, which I thought was really funny. So I e-mailed
her and
signed it, 'Your Ever Loving Agent of Evil.' She and I
have had a
pretty funny correspondence.
I: Do you ever go
specifically
online to look for what audiences are saying about
XENA?
RJ: I
don't look for it. When I discovered Whooosh Magazine,
I stumbled
on a whole bunch of it. I found this 'Rate-A-XENA' page
where the
fans rate the episodes. It's kind of fun. But just to
keep it in
perspective, "Rate-A-XENA' gets about 400 fans voting.
They're
400 great fans. I wouldn't want to ever lose them, but
let's face
it, they could all ascend to heaven in the same day and
it
wouldn't hurt our ratings. You can't take it too
seriously. The
woman that I correspond with, the one that calls me the
Agent of
Evil, she's very funny and I enjoy the correspondence,
but we
don't talk much about the show. We created the show and
we've run
it for two years without taking that feedback very
seriously.
There's another guy on the show, STEVE SEARS
(supervising
producer), who's really into net. He keeps me informed
as to
what's going on on the net. I kind of get a kick out of
it when I
hear that they're lynching me. When they love me, I
like that
too."
For more of this interview go to
http://www.writerswebsite.com/interviews/intv_rjs.htm.
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