Ben Browder
Anyone else remember this guy!?
I can’t imagine that a lot of you recognize this guy, but to me he is one of the best actors in the business. Personally, Ben Browder will always hold a special place in my heart as Commander John Critchton from the Sci-Fi Channel series, Farscape. After that show ended he found himself as a regular on Stargate SG-1 along side former Farscape cast member, Claudia Black.
Basically, I’ve been waiting forever for this guy to get another good job. I’m sure Ben has too.
He got his hands into pilot season this year. He was cast as the Coach for the CW’s new cheerleading drama, Hellcats. The future of a pilot is always uncertain, but Hellcats was picked up to series this week by CW. Unfortunately while the series was picked up, our dear Mr. Browder was not. They are planning on recasting the role as well as re-tooling the character.
Please bare in mind that this sort happens is very common.
I just wanted to express that I am super bummed out about this. Just when I thought that Ben Browder was going to return to television.
I want to officially start a campaign to get Ben Browder the best job on television. Any ideas?
Get him a recurring role / lead into a series regular role on Glee as the new Gym teacher who poses as a social threat to the Choir teacher.
No one expects Hellcats to actually survive. It’s after America’s Next Top Model which already killed “The Beautiful Life” last season. The only reason CW greenlit it was because of Tom Wellings deal for a 10th, and final season of Smallville.
The role is being recast because Ben himself pulled out of the project, not because they didn’t want him anymore. I’m sure he was perfect for the job, hence the need to “retool” the role, meaning they have to change the character in order to find a suitable actor. It was Ben’s decision, because of other film committments (the upcoming “Naught for Hire” comes to mind). Also I have a feeling he found out during the shooting of the pilot that “Hellcats” isn’t exactly quality material. Maybe he liked the scripted role, but on set he realized it wasn’t the same and there wasn’t room for (his) character development. So he politely walked out.
FARSCAPE!
I miss our Farscape dates! I only got like 6 episodes!