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From SciFiWire here:
Rachel Luttrell, who plays Teyla in SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate Atlantis, told SCI FI Wire that she's a new mother in real life, as is her character in the coming fifth season, and that presents its own challenges.
Speaking in an interview on the show's set in Vancouver, Canada, last week, Luttrell said, "Hats off to every single mom and every mother who's working, because it's not easy. Everyone's like, 'How did you lose the weight?' Oh, brother! There's no stop. I run from my trailer to the set. I do the scenes, and then I race back, and I'm bouncing my little guy, and I'm back on set. It's a lot."
Luttrell became pregnant last season, and the producers chose to write her pregnancy into the show. As season five opens, both Luttrell and Teyla have new babies and must balance motherhood with demanding jobs. (Spoilers ahead!)
It's not surprising that Luttrell's two worlds are starting to overlap. Preparing for an episode in which Teyla physically transforms into a Wraith, Luttrell realized that she would have to nurse her baby while wearing full Wraith prosthetic makeup. She was extremely nervous about it. "I was going to look like a monster," she said.
Luttrell's castmates weren't much help. "I thought it was hilarious," admitted Joe Flanigan, who plays John Sheppard. "I was giving her a hard time. I was saying, 'No, your child's going to be permanently scarred.'"
Luttrell was so worried that she tried working up to the Wraith makeup. "I'd spent the two weeks prior to that putting on avocado [colored makeup], and ... 'Look, crazy Mommy!'" But in the end, everything turned out OK, she said. "I like to believe he is incredibly enlightened," she said. "But perhaps all babies are. I went into the trailer, and he laughed."
Luttrell said motherhood has changed her, and she's using those changes to inform how she plays Teyla. "It's made her all the more strong and willing to go out there and do whatever she needs to do to make his world safer," she said. At the same time, she added: "You're incredibly vulnerable."
With the Wraith hybrid Michael (returning guest star Connor Trinneer) pursuing Teyla's baby for his genetic gifts, that vulnerability seems likely to be exploited in upcoming episodes. But overall, Luttrell said she's delighted that the writers chose to incorporate her pregnancy into the show. "They did a wonderful job," she said. "I think it made for a stronger, more colorful character. And it's made her all the more powerful and multi-dimensional this year."
--John Sullivan
ARGH! They're lulling me again with their shiny, shiny spoilers, dammit! My skepticism about Season 5 is fading! Soon, I'll have no protection against the ravages of the actual season!
SEND HALP!
Rachel Luttrell, who plays Teyla in SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate Atlantis, told SCI FI Wire that she's a new mother in real life, as is her character in the coming fifth season, and that presents its own challenges.
Speaking in an interview on the show's set in Vancouver, Canada, last week, Luttrell said, "Hats off to every single mom and every mother who's working, because it's not easy. Everyone's like, 'How did you lose the weight?' Oh, brother! There's no stop. I run from my trailer to the set. I do the scenes, and then I race back, and I'm bouncing my little guy, and I'm back on set. It's a lot."
Luttrell became pregnant last season, and the producers chose to write her pregnancy into the show. As season five opens, both Luttrell and Teyla have new babies and must balance motherhood with demanding jobs. (Spoilers ahead!)
It's not surprising that Luttrell's two worlds are starting to overlap. Preparing for an episode in which Teyla physically transforms into a Wraith, Luttrell realized that she would have to nurse her baby while wearing full Wraith prosthetic makeup. She was extremely nervous about it. "I was going to look like a monster," she said.
Luttrell's castmates weren't much help. "I thought it was hilarious," admitted Joe Flanigan, who plays John Sheppard. "I was giving her a hard time. I was saying, 'No, your child's going to be permanently scarred.'"
Luttrell was so worried that she tried working up to the Wraith makeup. "I'd spent the two weeks prior to that putting on avocado [colored makeup], and ... 'Look, crazy Mommy!'" But in the end, everything turned out OK, she said. "I like to believe he is incredibly enlightened," she said. "But perhaps all babies are. I went into the trailer, and he laughed."
Luttrell said motherhood has changed her, and she's using those changes to inform how she plays Teyla. "It's made her all the more strong and willing to go out there and do whatever she needs to do to make his world safer," she said. At the same time, she added: "You're incredibly vulnerable."
With the Wraith hybrid Michael (returning guest star Connor Trinneer) pursuing Teyla's baby for his genetic gifts, that vulnerability seems likely to be exploited in upcoming episodes. But overall, Luttrell said she's delighted that the writers chose to incorporate her pregnancy into the show. "They did a wonderful job," she said. "I think it made for a stronger, more colorful character. And it's made her all the more powerful and multi-dimensional this year."
--John Sullivan
ARGH! They're lulling me again with their shiny, shiny spoilers, dammit! My skepticism about Season 5 is fading! Soon, I'll have no protection against the ravages of the actual season!
SEND HALP!
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Well the episode when Teyla is transformed to a Wraith Queen, I'm sure the boys will have to swoop in and rescue her. Her being a helpless female and all *rollseyes*
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*sigh* It wasn't so blatantly obvious in 'Missing' - probably because the focus of the episode was on Teyla (although the bit that most of the fandom seemed to focus on was John and Rodney naming comic-book villains).
But, yeah, it'll probably be another case of 'helpless female'.
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I'm really, really, really hoping that since Rachel herself isn't pregnant anymore, she'll feel up to some super physical ass kickings. I honestly think that some, though certainly not all, of Teyla's seemingly extreme (even for this show) helplessness at the end of last season was due to accomodating Rachel's pregnancy. She already did way more than friends of mine who've had kids would have been willing to do in the latter half of pregnancy, so I don't blame her or the writers for not putting her through her paces physically, although I do blame the writers for not having her seek non-physical solutions.
Maybe the PTB will finally take this constant criticism about the way they write women to heart and let Teyla save herself, now that Rachel is more capable of doing the scenes.
...
What?
Why are you looking at me like that?
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*sigh* Sadly, I have no answer to this that wouldn't sound either hopelessly naive or dreadfully cynical.
:/
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I'm getting kind of excited for Teyla in S5. I'm glad Rachel likes her storyline this year.
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Well the episode when Teyla is transformed to a Wraith Queen, I'm sure the boys will have to swoop in and rescue her. Her being a helpless female and all *rollseyes*
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*sigh* It wasn't so blatantly obvious in 'Missing' - probably because the focus of the episode was on Teyla (although the bit that most of the fandom seemed to focus on was John and Rodney naming comic-book villains).
But, yeah, it'll probably be another case of 'helpless female'.
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I'm really, really, really hoping that since Rachel herself isn't pregnant anymore, she'll feel up to some super physical ass kickings. I honestly think that some, though certainly not all, of Teyla's seemingly extreme (even for this show) helplessness at the end of last season was due to accomodating Rachel's pregnancy. She already did way more than friends of mine who've had kids would have been willing to do in the latter half of pregnancy, so I don't blame her or the writers for not putting her through her paces physically, although I do blame the writers for not having her seek non-physical solutions.
Maybe the PTB will finally take this constant criticism about the way they write women to heart and let Teyla save herself, now that Rachel is more capable of doing the scenes.
...
What?
Why are you looking at me like that?
no subject
*sigh* Sadly, I have no answer to this that wouldn't sound either hopelessly naive or dreadfully cynical.
:/
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I'm getting kind of excited for Teyla in S5. I'm glad Rachel likes her storyline this year.