I can't do that one. I'm sorry, my journalistic integrity -- [he laughs]. All right: David Hewlett, how are you so beautiful?
Make-up and hair. Actually, I'm remarkably well preserved for a 21-year-old. You know it's funny, I love these things because basically I end up talking to people who like the stuff I do. It sounds to me like you've got the same kind of sci-fi background that I do, it's kind of like -- I find them more like conversations now than I do interviews, because you basically end up talking to people about stuff that you're fans of. It's like going to the comic book store and talking to people about the stuff that's out. It's always fun to talk to other people about their experiences with Doctor Who, or any of the various different shows they've grown up on.
Though you're a Fourth Doctor fan and I'm a Fifth Doctor fan, so we should really even be talking.
[laughs] That's it. You're dead to me!
Actually one of the reasons fans connect with Atlantis is that the cast and creators are so engaged with the fans -- and particularly you, I think.
I feel like I'm kind of a fan that snuck in, into the industry. Every so often I feel like I'm a spy in the house of cool. And I'm a big fan of the internet. I feel really bad, because I get a lot of correspondence in the traditional snail mail stuff, and there's no time to get to it. But on the internet, you can -- well, not when you're having a baby, but now I'm back to work, and there's some time to do things like update the blog and that kind of stuff. Basically it's kindred spirits. I'm glad there's a connection there, I hope there's a connection there. I sort of feel like, if I weren't doing this for a living, I'd be a code monkey somewhere and I'd be asking the questions instead of answering them.
That's the nerd dream that we all share.
And you can be jealous of me because I got the effing job, so there.
Well that's cool, I'll just have to stalk you then.
[laughs] That's right. My Doctor can take your Doctor any day!
Speaking of which, you say in the blog you've been having high-level meetings with Baz [his son Sebastian] about the very cleverly titled sequel to your movie [A Dog's Breakfast 2: Heir of the Dog].
[laughs] He's got to earn his living. He's got to earn his wage somehow.
So where is that at?
Literally I am just bouncing ideas off of Jane, and the ones that she doesn't say are stupid, I jot down. I miss it -- I really enjoy doing that stuff. Writing is something that I love, but there's something about being on a set, and getting to play with all the neat little camera toys and so on. I miss it terribly. And also just getting that group of people back together again. It was such a great experience, and I'm basically just trying to recreate the past.
So for the sequel you'll have Paul and Rachel and Chris and so forth.
Everyone will have to come back. In some way, shape, or form, everyone will have to come back. I'm very interested in something along the Peter Sellars line, we sort of played with the Pink Panther, and so maybe looking at The Party and maybe having some fun with the character in a different milieu, possibly looking at something that takes place on a movie set or something like that. I don't have any ideas about that, but I'll be letting everyone know about them as soon as I get them.
There's a couple of other features that I would like to get at least rough drafts sorted out in the near future. I would very much like to be shooting something. And again, we're talking to Sci Fi about Starcrossed as well. I try to keep as many irons in the fire as possible, so there's always something to jump to.
For Starcrossed, are you on the performing side and the creative side?
Right now, creative. I'm afraid – actually I'm not afraid at all, I'm very happy -- but Stargate keeps you pretty busy. The hope would be to at some point slide myself in there somehow, at great expense to the network.
