

I find you to be clever, talented, motivated…and have incredibly good taste.” Maher, who played Simon Tam, added, “And you’re really hot.” That drew a roar from the crowd, but it was almost immediately eclipsed by the cacophony after Baldwin, who played the man they call Jayne, leaned in and muttered, “I’ll be in my bunk.”įillion continued to play the unofficial moderator, steering the panel in a more serious direction by asking if anyone had ever told the actors that Firefly had “saved their life.” Gina Torres jumped in: Fillion echoed the sentiment, saying, “ are a very particular kind of people. Neither Morena Baccarin nor Alan Tudyk were on hand, although Tudyk did put in an appearance - more on that later.Īfter dodging the collapsing backdrop, Fillion settled in and posed a question to his castmates: “How has Firefly changed your life?” Glass, who played Shepherd Book, said that the show gave him the chance to experience a whole new world: the unique and surreal love of the science fiction fan community.
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Nearly the full Serenity cast joined the stage: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass. After deadpanning that the best ensemble cast he ever worked with was on the two episodes of The Office he directed, Whedon turned sincere and said to the assembled Firefly actors, “I miss you, I love you…I don’t have a joke about that, it’s just true.”

Thankfully no one was hurt, but I know I wasn’t the only one watching the backdrop with a nervous eye for the rest of the panel.īefore that comedy of errors, fans got a lovely and unexpected surprise in the form of a video message from Joss Whedon, who greeted both the cast and the crowd by declaring, “To everyone there, I hate you.” As you probably know, Joss is busy making Avengers 2, but he said, “I wish I had known it was going to be Full Serenity Jacket, I would have made some plans.” The message was very Joss, bouncing back and forth between the snarky and the sweet. He was okay, but a few minutes later, the backdrop on the other side of the stage collapsed toward the audience. Fillion, who played Malcolm Reynolds in Joss Whedon’s Firefly and the Serenity movie, was just about to take the stage when the large cloth and metal backdrop behind the stage began to topple, earning gasps from the audience.
