59e Subj : OT - Babylon 5 (WAS Re: I BLAME BRAGA_ To : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise,alt.tv.star-trek.voyager,alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 From : Joe Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 14:41:54 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 "Merrick Baldelli" wrote in message news:ho83i11hp2ch4fnd9sfl16k047emhkvkro@4ax.com... > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:35:06 -0500, "Joe" wrote: > >>Speaking of B5...(SPOILER)... >> >>Was the idea of Sinclair as Valen (sp?) always planned or did they invent >>that due to wanting to fire Michael O'Hare? Or did he not get fired? >>Bottom >>line, why was he off the show after one season? > > He was always supposed to be Valen. According to one the > stories (that I happen to believe most plausible given the writing > that was going on at the time O'Hare was on the show), if O'Hare > stayed around through all five seasons, the last episode of the series > was supposed to send Sinclair back to the past to become Valen. > > According to jms -- [O'Hare] left because his character wasn't > developing and he didn't believe he could put in an adequate > performance. It was amicable decision... > That does make sense..he is more of a stage actor as well..he hasn't done much on TV / Film at all but I heard he is doing stage all the time. He wasn't HORRIBLE but he didn't seem comfortable with the role. . 0