What’s the deal with Starbuck?

Katee gets asked about the ending of Battlestar Galactica A LOT … but she still has no idea who or what Starbuck was. She joked that the creators may have written themselves into a corner with Starbuck and decided to make her disappear rather than explain anything.

A fan once told her ‘maybe she’s supposed to represent life and in life you don’t always have the answers’. Katee thought, “Ooh that’s a good one” and stole it so she could use it herself.

Cylons and Secrets

From the very beginning of the show, she and Edward James Olmos were the only two actors who were promised that they would never be Cylons. While the rest of the cast was sweating over who the Final 5 would be, she was just chilling.

When Starbuck was briefly killed off, Katee was the only one who knew she would rise from the ashes. The producers swore her to secrecy and she had to suffer through emotional goodbyes from cast and crew members, knowing it was all a psych out!

Can she do impressions of the BSG cast members?

Katee is not confident in her imitation skills, but she does enjoy poking fun at Aaron Douglas and how impatient he was when it wasn’t all about the Chief.

How did she get her start?

Katee was actually an extra on the 1995 film Mr. Holland’s Opus and HATED the experience. But we may have the film’s star, Richard Dreyfuss, to thank for her stunning success because he gave her some words of wisdom that set her on the right path. She was sitting around sulking at lunch and admitted to him that she was bored out of her mind. He told her not to bother being an extra if she wanted to become an actress. So Katee got up, called her mom on a pay phone for a ride and walked right off set. Years later she actually played Richard Dreyfus’ daughter in the short-lived series The Education of Max Bickford and he did not remember meeting her.

Liquid Courage

Katee and fellow BSG alum Trisha Helfer are great friends and have been hitting the sauce together for years. Their tradition is a shot of tequila to calm the nerves before getting in front of the camera. One time when Trisha was appearing on Two and Half Men and found herself lacking her liquid courage … Katee had to race across town in a cab just to bring her a bottle of tequila.

What was it like working on 24?

What’s Next For Katee?

Her A&E pilot, Longmire, was just picked up. It’s a Western-themed drama set in Wyoming, and Katee plays a deputee. She’s really happy to be back on cable because she “doesn’t fit into a box” – and networks love boxes!

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TV Line’s Nellie Andreeva reported last evening that Sutherland is in negotiations to star in a Tim Kring drama pilot. Here’s a bit about the series:

Touch centers on a father (the role Sutherland has been offered) who discovers that his autistic, mute son can predict events before they happen.

Sutherland is currently appearing on Broadway in That Championship Season, which could potentially keep him from this role. There’s also the matter of the long overdue 24 movie that is supposed to be happening, and that fans are waiting eagerly for.

Are we ready to say goodbye to Jack Bauer for good and welcome Kiefer back to the small screen in a new role? And are people ready to forgive Tim Kring for Heroes and give him another chance?

Happy Monday! I hope that all of you have been enjoying my little blog series Has Geek Become Chic. Later this week, I’ll have the penultimate post, but readers, I need your help for the final installment!

I want to know your favourite “geeks” currently on television. I’m not talking about the actors themselves, but rather the characters. Over the weekend, I’ll pick the top 5 characters, based on your choices.

The possibilities are endless, from any of the boys on The Big Bang Theory to 24′s Chloe O’Brien, from The Office’s Dwight K. Schrute to Topher on Dollhouse, comment below with your selections for favourite geeks, and include why you think they should wear the geek crown!

I have to say I’m very pleased that 24 and Jack Bauer are back. Like a phoenix that has risen from the ashes, the first few episodes of Day 7 have managed to restore my faith in this series, recapturing the excitement of its early seasons. But how much longer will we have Jack Bauer saving the world, one excruciating day at a time?

EW’s Ausiello Files pondered the distinct possibility that 24 could end after Day 8, seeing that Kiefer Sutherland’s contract only has another year on it.

The end is on Sutherland’s mind as well. He admits:

“I don’t think about [the end of 24] a lot, but I did this year for the first time … It was one of those weird moments where the stage was unusually quiet; it was like a ghost town. I was looking around [thinking] about all the work that went into building this thing and it hit me: This will end one day, and I’m going to be sad about it.

Wow, I’ve never really thought of the end of 24, but as other great shows like BSG and Lost prepare for series finales, I’m reminded that all good things will come to an end. As much as I’ll miss that action packed 24 hours of buttkicking awesomeness, eight seasons is an excellent run for any show, so if it were to end, I’d be okay with it.

If 24 takes its final bow on the small screen after Day 8, will you be ready to say farewell to Jack Bauer?