661 Subj : Re: 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 : bruck Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 22:35:13 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise "Joe" wrote: > >"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... Haven't seen any of this on the Lurker's Guide, which has quite a few quotes from JMS. What's the source for this? >> > >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