Extra: Auditioning for Daniel Jackson Part 1

And one is a little sci-fi series.

And I believe at the time it was called Deepwater Black.

And I think it was based on a book or something like this.

And it was Canadian produced, going to cast all Canadians.

And it was like, you know, for like 10 episodes or something like this.

and I'm like okay I'm focusing my attention on that one it's sort of an ensemble young people kind of like Star Trek but you know for like YTV young people and I'm like okay I'm you know at this point I'm 25 and I'm like I'm focusing on that because that's probably and then Stargate comes up and then whatever I go well they're gonna hire a name they're gonna hire somebody else you know Spader will come out and do it whatever whatever it's gonna be and so I I I you know, watch the movie again, go and do the audition when we actually saw casting people back in those days, kids.

Yeah, the before times.

Yeah, and I can't remember, Maureen, was it Maureen? No, it was Betty Chadwick? No.

God, I'm blanking on her name.

The casting director in Toronto.

So I do the audition with her, and I've never been told this before or...

since, which is kind of amazing, because I just kind of did my thing, ripping off James Spader, doing the thing.

And at the end of the audition, she takes a long pause, and I'm like, oh, God, because I hadn't seen her before.

It was, you know, again, new to Toronto.

So you don't know her instincts, yeah.

Yeah, and she goes, Michael? And I'm like, oh, boy.

She goes, if you don't get this part, there's something wrong with this business.

And I'm like, oh, okay.

Oh, wow.

Oh, thank you.

And, you know, not knowing anything about how she usually adjudicates them is like, oh, well, that was nice.

And walk out thinking that's the end of it.

Go back to the other part.

The other part doesn't work out.

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