Actress Amanda Tapping, who plays Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter on the show, was interviewed 9 July by Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune “Amanda Tapping: Not Stargate Barbie”.
TAPPING on the changes in Carter this year and her relationship with police officer Pete Shanahan.
In the episode where Teal’c gets an apartment, Carter’s relationship with Pete goes a bit further, there’s more fleshing out of her personal life. Finally she’s got a guy in her life who doesn’t die! (laughs)
It is [scary] for her. It’s an opening up of a sheltered and protected harbor. She’s opened her heart in a big way, so it’s scary for her. Until last season, we hadn’t really done that much [on that side of Carter]. My fear is that it’s a double-edged sword. It’s great to round her out and it makes her more accessible, but have we taken anything away from her strength and integrity? Those are the things that prompt women to write me letters about how much they admire Carter. You do have that fear, how much do you want to reveal [about Carter’s personal life]?
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