“Xena’s” Lucy Lawless Lays Down The Law & Kicks Butt On “Battlestar Galactica”!
By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright February 7, 2006
Actress, Lucy Lawless, infamous to a worldwide fan worshipping community for her career defining role on the 1995-2000 run, television series, “Xena: Warrior Princess”, as well as for guesting on a host of other classic, cult, fantasy and science fiction TV series, such as “The X-Files”, “Veronica Mars”, and “Tarzan”, is now adding another feather to her cap as the warrior princess, if not the warrior queen of the sci-fi/fantasy kingdom.
Zap2it.com reports that Lawless is joining the cast of the Sci Fi Channel Television Network’s hit, updated version and series of the 1970’s TV series, “Battlestar Galactica”.
Lawless will be reprising her role as wolf in sheep’s clothing, D’Anna Biers, a Cylon spy, infiltrating and passing on classified information about humans and the starship’s crew, to the dreaded, evil Cylons, while posing as a human journalist doing an investigatory article about alleged criminal offenses by the crew that caused the death of innocent civilians.
Lawless is confirmed to appear in ten, upcoming episodes of “Battlestar Galactica’s” Season Three, and will also be making a guest appearance on the Friday, February 24, 2006 episode as well.
Lawless, of course, rose to fame or rather infamy, and stole the hearts of both guys and gals alike, as the sexy, butt kicking, Amazon Princess Xena. “Xena: Warrior Princess” was the story of ancient mythology times, Lawless’s character, the heroic Xena, taking on and taking out major villains from Greek, Roman and various other world mythologies.
Each week and each episode saw Lawless, as Xena, dispatching the nasties, while wearing little more than a female gladiator bustier and mini skirt of sorts.
Using martial arts, swordplay, smarts, savvy, and major moxy, she took no bull from any villain and could hold her own with any male warrior and with her sometimes guest, virtuous gladiator, Super Hero ally, son of the Greek God Zeus, (and crush like canoodling love interest), Hercules, portrayed by actor, Kevin Sorbo.
Indeed, it was Sorbo’s own simultaneous starring hit, cult 1995-1999 run, TV series, “Hercules”, based on the ultimate hero in Greek mythology, that first featured Lawless in the character of Xena.
Lawless’s Xena captivated so many, that she received her own spin off, self titled series, “Xena: Warrior Princess” which like “Hercules”, was a smash hit, both in its initial run and in repeats, regularly running in syndication.
“Xena” made Lawless, who hails from New Zealand, an international star and icon, and the stunning actress has since built upon her fan following with regular, additional work in cult TV series after cult TV series.
As for “Battlestar Galactica”, to say that the millennium version now airing on the Sci Fi Channel Network is a galaxy apart from the original 1970’s version that originally aired on the ABC Television Network, is an understatement.
The 1970’s version starred actors Lorne Greene and Dirk Benedict, and became infamous not necessarily for the right reasons. The bloated show was chock full of cardboard, scene chewing acting, laughable dialogue and plots, hilarious costumes and sets that looked like they were made on a dime store budget, and it contained more cheese than all of Kraft® foods!
The current HIT version of “Battlestar Galactica”, has become the number one ratings booster for the Sci Fi Channel Television Network and boasts the talents of the most venerable Academy Award nominated actor, Edward James Olmos (from TV’s equally infamous cult classic, “Miami Vice”, and such esteemed films as “Stand And Deliver”), and the equally venerable actress, Mary McDonnell (from such prestigious Oscar® winning films as “Dances With Wolves” and the box office science fiction blockbuster, “Independence Day”).
This time around, the new and improved “Battlestar Galactica” is amped up to the max, pleasing fans and critics alike with stellar, intelligent writing, sterling, detailed character and story development, and a major budget that allows for eye popping, dazzling costumes, sets, and special effects!
So what’s in store for the crew of “Battlestar Galactica” and what nefarious web will this treacherous Cylon mole spin? Hmm.
We can’t wait to see Lucy Lawless lay down the law on “Battlestar Galactica”!
Source:
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271998861,00.html
Muse News And Micro Muse February 7, 2006
By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright February 7, 2006
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