Crusade Behind the Scenes

by J Michael Straczynski, Brandon Klassen, Joe Nazzaro

Get FREE page samples from this book at B5books.com."As-It-Happened" Interviews with the Actors, Designers, Directors, Producers and Writers Detailing the Creation (and Destruction) of the Babylon 5 Spin-off Series From the first frame of film until the last, these uncut and uncensored interviews with 29 members of the cast and crew occurred "as-it-happened," so they are free of any revisionism. Even better, the interviews in this book contain 70% never-before-seen material...and the 30% that was seen was published in UK-based magazines back in 1999.FEATURING* 30 never-before-seen photos and drawings* A complete story description for an episode called "The Walls of Hell"* The one reason JMS rejected virtually all the women that auditioned to play Dureena Nafeel* How the Excalibur set was designed to facilitate filming and how that affected the look and feel of the show* The total number of Apocalypse Boxes in the Babylon 5 universe* Why Captain Gideon was gunned down in the unfilmed season finale* The reason Trace Miller (the shuttle pilot) appeared in only two episodes when it was expected that he would be a series regular* Why Edward Woodward, father of Peter Woodward, was cast as Alwyn* The ways in which many of the cast found out about Crusade's cancellation, and their reactions* How the famed Jet Propulsion Lab contributed to the alien-specific aspects of Crusade* Why "War Zone" replaced "Racing the Night" as the premiere episode* How the directors and producers on the show describe the differences between Gary Cole and Bruce Boxleitner as leading men* Carrie Dobro's candid feelings about her less-than-glamorous role as the resident tunnel rat* How directing Crusade differed from directing Star Trek* Richard Biggs's candid thoughts about playing Dr. Franklin on Crusade* Why Crusade composer Evan H. Chen never listened to Babylon 5's score by Christopher Franke* How Babylon 5 actor Tim Choate (Zathras) landed the role of Polix* The disappointment of the original Drakh makeup* What the actors tended to do with their uniform costume pocketsDiscover why Babylon 5 will never be available on Blu-ray at B5news.com.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163077037X
• ISBN13: 9781630770372
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Synthetic Worlds Ltd.
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.5"