A little while back, the Claudia Black Online Forum opened the floor to fan questions that the Stargate star would answer personally whenever she was able to stop by. So far, Black has answered well over half of the questions that range in subject from Aeryn to Vala, sushi to hobbies, and other works besides Farscape and Stargate.
Black’s life has changed since her days on these two television shows, including becoming a mother of two sons. Her family life is important to her, as was evident when she honestly answered a question about her plans to continue acting, “If the right jobs come up! I love acting, I love being creative, we’ll just have to see what this economy dishes up. I don’t want to spend the next ten years not seeing my children so fingers crossed the right opportunities will present themselves because the hours in TV can be appalling. …
“And in the event that I am asked to conventions my husband and I discuss how it will affect the family, if the timing is ok, etc., and if the money is right, I am there! I tend not to do too many each year as I only go when I have something new to talk about… I get bored of myself easily. 🙂 ”
Black talked about working on two projects: the new Uncharted 2 video game…
Let me first say that the team from Naughty Dog who are making this game are the nicest bunch of people ever. Gordon Hunt the director is also amazing to work with and the cast keep me laughing all day. Nolan [North] and I get on like twins separated at birth. When the guys at Naughty Dog told me how Chloe was going to look I asked if i was going to have nice boobs. That didn’t appear to be a problem 🙂 They say that they get inspired a little by what the actor looks like but she is way prettier than me and I love the way she looks. I love the way Nate looks! What a handsome dude! Pity he’s not real or I would introduce him to some of my friends 🙂
The character was very well conceived before I came along. The audition asked for Australian or English or South African accent and I asked , “Which one? I can do them all?” So Gordon just asked me to do my neutral accent.
And we do get to improvise. They are very willing to try things out if we have ideas. The body stuff is locked in but the lips and faces are done manually by them so it doesn’t matter what we say we can also ADR after as well. I can’t tell you enough how great it is to work with that whole group of people. I am a lucky girl.
…and an independent film:
As a matter of fact, I am just working on a project which may or may not see the light of day which involves music. I am working with a very talented young music producer on what could be a soundtrack for an indie movie I have involvement with. We are starting to raise funding for the film and in the meantime we want to get working on the soundtrack. I promise to keep you all posted if anything comes of it.
Concerning the third SG-1 movie in which writer Brad Wright said that Vala Mal Doran won’t be appearing, Black stated, “They certainly didn’t ask me to be involved but I am in no way upset about it. I never expect to be asked back to anything. 🙂 ”
To read all of the questions and answers, including Black’s take on the Daniel and Vala relationship, visit the Claudia Black Online Forum: Q&A with Claudia Black (February/March 2009).
[Read our follow-up article in our LJ Companion.]