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2007-04-30T02:59:17Z

Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF: adding casting

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	=== Direct input ===		=== Direct input ===
	* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].		* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].

			===Race, age, gender, size, etc.===
			Physical similarity with the role (or assumptions about the role) has long been a significant factor in [[casting actors]] for roles.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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2007-04-30T01:10:59Z

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	* [[Same actor, different character]]		* [[Same actor, different character]]

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2007-03-21T03:56:07Z

Same actor, different character

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	* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].		* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].

	== ~~Same actor, different character~~ ==		== See also ==
	~~In some cases an actor remains on a television series while playing a different character than they did before.~~		* [[Same actor, different character]]
	* [[~~Personality erasure]]~~, ~~wherein a~~ character~~'s identity changes, but the part does not require a new character with a distinct "body".~~
	* Multiple roles, sometimes requiring special effects or body doubles, to allow one actor to play against herself. Lucy Lawless did this many times on [[Xena]]; Alyson Hannigan played a vampire [[Willow Rosenberg\|Willow]] from a parallel universe, and Nicholas Brendon also played two Xanders in the one episode (with help from his twin brother).
	* Personality swaps, often for comedic effect; see, e.g., when Faith & Buffy switched bodies; when Callisto & Xena switched bodies; "[[Out of Their Minds]]~~" on ''[[Farscape]]''.~~


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Ide Cyan: /* Same actor, different character */

2007-03-21T03:53:24Z

Same actor, different character

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	* [[Personality erasure]], wherein a character's identity changes, but the part does not require a new character with a distinct "body".		* [[Personality erasure]], wherein a character's identity changes, but the part does not require a new character with a distinct "body".
	* Multiple roles, sometimes requiring special effects or body doubles, to allow one actor to play against herself. Lucy Lawless did this many times on [[Xena]]; Alyson Hannigan played a vampire [[Willow Rosenberg\|Willow]] from a parallel universe, and Nicholas Brendon also played two Xanders in the one episode (with help from his twin brother).		* Multiple roles, sometimes requiring special effects or body doubles, to allow one actor to play against herself. Lucy Lawless did this many times on [[Xena]]; Alyson Hannigan played a vampire [[Willow Rosenberg\|Willow]] from a parallel universe, and Nicholas Brendon also played two Xanders in the one episode (with help from his twin brother).
	* Personality swaps, often for comedic effect; see, e.g., when Faith & Buffy switched bodies; when Callisto & Xena switched bodies.		* Personality swaps, often for comedic effect; see, e.g., when Faith & Buffy switched bodies; when Callisto & Xena switched bodies; "[[Out of Their Minds]]" on ''[[Farscape]]''.


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Lquilter: /* Same actor, different character */ personality swaps

2007-03-21T03:36:46Z

Same actor, different character: personality swaps

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	* [[Personality erasure]], wherein a character's identity changes, but the part does not require a new character with a distinct "body".		* [[Personality erasure]], wherein a character's identity changes, but the part does not require a new character with a distinct "body".
	* Multiple roles, sometimes requiring special effects or body doubles, to allow one actor to play against herself. Lucy Lawless did this many times on [[Xena]]; Alyson Hannigan played a vampire [[Willow Rosenberg\|Willow]] from a parallel universe, and Nicholas Brendon also played two Xanders in the one episode (with help from his twin brother).		* Multiple roles, sometimes requiring special effects or body doubles, to allow one actor to play against herself. Lucy Lawless did this many times on [[Xena]]; Alyson Hannigan played a vampire [[Willow Rosenberg\|Willow]] from a parallel universe, and Nicholas Brendon also played two Xanders in the one episode (with help from his twin brother).
			* Personality swaps, often for comedic effect; see, e.g., when Faith & Buffy switched bodies; when Callisto & Xena switched bodies.

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Ide Cyan: /* Same actor, different character */

2007-03-21T03:11:20Z

Same actor, different character

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	* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].		* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].

	=== Same actor, different character ===		== Same actor, different character ==
	* [[Personality erasure]], ~~when an~~ actor ~~continues~~ to play a ~~completely different character~~ in the ~~show~~		In some cases an actor remains on a television series while playing a different character than they did before.
			* [[Personality erasure]], wherein a character's identity changes, but the part does not require a new character with a distinct "body".
			* Multiple roles, sometimes requiring special effects or body doubles, to allow one actor to play against herself. Lucy Lawless did this many times on [[Xena]]; Alyson Hannigan played a vampire [[Willow Rosenberg\|Willow]] from a parallel universe, and Nicholas Brendon also played two Xanders in the one episode (with help from his twin brother).

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Ide Cyan: /* Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF */

2007-03-21T02:57:59Z

Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF

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	== Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF ==		== Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF ==
			=== Health ===
	* The role of the [[Doctor (Doctor Who)]] has been carried on by integrating the replacement of actors into the character's storyline, following the decline in the health of William Hartnell, who originated the part.		* The role of the [[Doctor (Doctor Who)]] has been carried on by integrating the replacement of actors into the character's storyline, following the decline in the health of William Hartnell, who originated the part.
	* Virginia Hey's health suffered from the makeup she had to wear as [[Zhaan]], which led to her being written out of ''[[Farscape]]''.		* Virginia Hey's health suffered from the makeup she had to wear as [[Zhaan]], which led to her being written out of ''[[Farscape]]''.
	* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].
	* [[Personality erasure]], when an actor continues to play a completely different character in the show

	=== Pregnancies ===		=== Pregnancies ===
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	* Gillian Anderson's first pregnancy led the makers of ''[[The X-Files]]'' to invent an adbuction storyline for her character, [[Dana Scully]].		* Gillian Anderson's first pregnancy led the makers of ''[[The X-Files]]'' to invent an adbuction storyline for her character, [[Dana Scully]].

			=== Legal problems ===
			* Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros' arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol were apparently only coincidental with the fate of their characters on ''[[Lost (TV series)\|Lost]]''.

			=== Direct input ===
			* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].

			=== Same actor, different character ===
			* [[Personality erasure]], when an actor continues to play a completely different character in the show

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Ide Cyan: /* Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF */

2007-03-21T02:46:49Z

Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF

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	* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].		* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].
	* [[Personality erasure]], when an actor continues to play a completely different character in the show		* [[Personality erasure]], when an actor continues to play a completely different character in the show

			=== Pregnancies ===
			Pregnant actors can create both complications and opportunities in storytelling, especially on television.

			* Gillian Anderson's first pregnancy led the makers of ''[[The X-Files]]'' to invent an adbuction storyline for her character, [[Dana Scully]].


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Lquilter: /* Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF */ personality erasure

2007-03-21T02:39:01Z

Examples of the impact of actors on works of SF: personality erasure

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	* Virginia Hey's health suffered from the makeup she had to wear as [[Zhaan]], which led to her being written out of ''[[Farscape]]''.		* Virginia Hey's health suffered from the makeup she had to wear as [[Zhaan]], which led to her being written out of ''[[Farscape]]''.
	* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].		* Tricia Helfer's suggestions regarding [[Number Six]] on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)]].
	* ~~Etc.~~		* [[Personality erasure]], when an actor continues to play a completely different character in the show

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