SCI FI WIRE talked with Amanda Tapping about her SG-1 character’s move to Stargate Atlantis in the show’s fourth season, currently filming in Vancouver. Tapping observed the differences in the two shows and said that the new environment for Col. Samantha Carter brings out a new side of her.
She’s in command now, as opposed to being in Sam’s comfort zone, which was being part of the hierarchy of the military and being in a subordinate position. She understands Sheppard’s military expertise, and even though she may have the same amount of military expertise, it’s not in this galaxy. She’s never fought the Wraith before, so she defers to him a lot. She defers to [Dr. Rodney] McKay [played by David Hewlett] and his scientific expertise in the Pegasus galaxy. And then Teyla [Rachel Luttrell] and Ronon [Jason Momoa] are complete unknowns to her, so she really has to make her way with them.
Read the complete interview at SCI FI WIRE.