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       Her Dark MaterialsDreamwatch #26  Transcript and Scans by Julie 
				HER DARK MATERIALS 
				"I love big philosophy stuff," grins Lucy Lawless about 
				Battlestar Galactica.  "I'm not interested in doing procedural 
				drama.  They just don't sit well with me.  They are fantastic, 
				everybody loves them, and if you want to be taken seriously as 
				an actor, supposedly that is the type of show you should be on.  
				I think that is b.s.!  It doesn't neccessarily show what a good 
				actor you are and I would rather do things that are personally 
				fulfilling and fun!" 
				Executive producers Ron Moore and David Eick have made it no 
				secret that Lawless' input was instrumental in fleshing out her 
				character, 'reporter' D'anna Biers.  "Oh, I don't know," she 
				says modestly.  "Every actor makes a contribution by their very 
				manner, they way they look, the way they walk, and what they 
				bring to the role is their whole history.  The writers see 
				something that works and see some new potential in you and they 
				write towards that.  Originally, we did speak about a religious 
				concept as is explored in His Dark Materials by Phillip 
				Pullman.  He has an interesting take on God and since we are 
				talking about Cylons, it just seemed to fit.  That was the 
				starting point for our discussion in taking D' Anna further." 
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