Video Interviews
In June/July of 1997 , before I left Warner Bros. one of the last things I did was digitize "Babylon 5: The Real Interviews." These were a series of interviews with the cast/crew that were released every week for five weeks on babyon5.com. They were called "The Real Interviews" because we were using a relatively new technology - RealVideo. (it really WAS a long time ago, wasn't it?)
The videos were well-received by the fans, especially the ones where Stephen Furst and the other cast members talk about lurking in the Babylon 5 chat room on AOL, and online fans in general.
I am including the AVI files here on this page. I only wish I still had my SVHS copy of the interview tape so I could make better quality videos available. Would have been nice to have on the DVDs as well, but alas, we have to work with what we have.
Bruce's interviews are audio only, because at the time the interviews were conducted, Bruce was in old-age makeup and we didn't want to spoil any future episodes.
THE REAL INTERVIEWS
Claudia Christian:
John Copeland:
Stephen Furst:
- Stephen talks about being contracted for five episodes
- Stephen says why he'd rather do four years of B5 rather than 11 years of another show
- Stephen talks about lurking in the Babylon 5 chat room and asking Joe for more Vir in upcoming episodes.
Jason Carter:
Jerry Doyle:
- Jerry talks about the show being more appreciated after its over
- Jerry talks about having his head shaved
- Jerry talks about his work ethic and being an actor
J. Michael Straczynski
- Joe talks about being online since 1994
- Joe talks about his goals with creating Babylon 5
- Joe talks about his great production staff
- Joe speaks on directing the episode 422 (later 523)
Kerry Rossall
Doug Netter
Patricia Tallman
Peter Jurasik
- Peter talks about lurking in the Babylon 5 chat room on AOL
- Peter talks about the evolution of Londo
- Peter talks about Londo's hair
- Peter talks about how portraying Londo has changed him
Bruce Boxleitner
- Bruce reacts to finding out he is going to jump off a cliff
- Bruce talks about portraying John Sheridan
- Bruce talks about working against a blue screen
- Bruce imitates a character from Sling Blade and talks about JMS