Greater than 20 years later, Katee Sackhoff is recounting the less-than-warm reception she acquired throughout Battlestar Galactica‘s debut season.
The actress lately opened up about being “booed” by San Diego Comedian-Con audiences when she made her first look on the fan conference with the Sci Fi Channel sequence reboot again in 2003.
“That they had us in Corridor H, and I used to be booed,” she recalled on The Joe Rogan Expertise. “I used to be booed!”
Sackhoff famous, “The web didn’t exist but, thoughts you. It was model new. You needed to go all the way down to the web café and purchase half-hour … So I went all the way down to an web café as a result of somebody was like, ‘I assume they’re speaking in regards to the present on these message boards.’ And I used to be like, ‘What’s the web?’ So I went on down. I logged on, and I noticed this thread – and simply the hate that I used to be getting on this thread!
“After which, , we went to Comedian-Con, and I used to be booed,” she continued. “I believe it upset me a bit bit. I might be mendacity if I stated it didn’t upset me. However fortunately there have been sufficient folks championing the present that I actually didn’t pay any thoughts to it.”
Edward James Olmos, Tricia Helfer, James Callis, Tahmoh Penikett, Kate Sackhoff, Mary McDonnell, Grace Park, Jamie Bamber, Michael Hogan and Aaron Douglas in ‘Battlestar Galactica’ (Artwork Streiber/Sci Fi/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
As Sackhoff was 23 on the time, she had the “blissful ignorance of youth,” however admitted the response “would most likely break me” if it occurred now.
“I didn’t assume the present would final anyway, so it was like, no matter, not a giant deal — only a blip on the radar. I’m in Corridor H, ?” she admitted.
“It slowly began successful folks over,” added Sackhoff. “I might go to cons after that, and the road could be longer and the folks could be extra supportive. Individuals would say, ‘I didn’t wish to prefer it, and I find it irresistible.’”
Following the unique Battlestar Galactica‘s run from 1978 to 1980 on ABC, Sci Fi refreshed the franchise with a 2-episode restricted sequence in 2003, which spawned 4 extra seasons from 2004 to 2009, in addition to the 2010 spin-off Caprica.
Though Sam Esmail was creating one other rebooted sequence for Peacock since 2019, Deadline reported in July 2024 that it was now not occurring with the streamer and was being shopped round.
