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Ron Glass talks...
about his destiny in Serenity. *Spoilers ahead* |
Fractal Matter: The hair is definitely shorter…
 Ron Glass:I originally let it grow out because I’d had my hair short for about six or seven years. I just decided to see what it looked like. When the show was over and I went home, that very night I had two martinis and… snipped…well no good ever comes of that. No, I had no regrets. Hair like that is fun to have, but work-wise, there’s not a big call for that. The Book character and my hair worked together very well, but after that, the likelihood of people wanting it wasn’t so much. If I wanted to make people feel I really wanted to work I had to be pragmatic.
Firefly and Serenity… both projects in and of themselves that don‘t come along too often for any actor.
From the very beginning it was like… people were perfectly cast. Everybody was slightly different but were versatile and had a good work ethic. It was a very harmonious atmosphere to work in.
Fractal Matter: Did the success catch you off guard? Sudden fandom exposure can be daunting…
Ron Glass: Ha! (laughs) No, but I’m surprised that the popularity lingers. It was very fulfilling but I’ve never been associated with a show that did conventions. Yeah, they’re quite wonderful. The people have a reputation for being… let’s just say the reputation is not totally sane, but there’s the other side that I think is very warm and really gentle. So I feel privileged to be able to partake in it. In a certain kind of way, the Firefly fans are much more informed and aware about the Firefly universe than I am. In a way they are more interested. Most of the sci-fi genre can be a large part of their lives. For me, I just slipped into it, I was just fascinated by the characterisation, but again, I’m grateful for it and it’s opened my perspective in ways that I couldn’t have anticipated.
Fractal Matter: And at least you get an excellent death scene in the film. How did you approach Book’s last chapter?
Ron Glass: You know what? What I decided to do was not to die! There were other things that I wanted to accomplish and so that’s what I focussed on during that scene. Sadly, it didn’t quite work (laughs).
Fractal Matter: You’re a veteran of the business… is it a better place to work than it was? Some have said the worst TV is worse than ever, the best is getting better?
 Ron Glass: But from my most recent experience, being a series of excellent quality does not guarantee it’ll stay on air, so I’m not sure I totally agree. But, y’know, the world is different, the world has changed. The evolution of things is one of the things that I’m not so happy about. There is a certain kind of permissiveness and that generally has a negative connotation to it, but I don’t mean it that way. I think that people, to a great degree, are allowed to blossom and to cultivate themselves in ways which were not so common before.
Fractal Matter: Do you keep up to date with the way the industry has developed… through the et etc?
Ron Glass: I don’t have a computer, I don’t have a cell phone. In a certain way, I feel I have my heels dug in. I hope I’m going to make enough money to hire a personal assistant to learn for me! (laughs). No, I probably will get a computer at some point. Believe me, I have plenty of people pushing me, offering to buy me a cell phone, I have friends offering to build me a computer! Right before I left home I talked to a friend of mine who lives in Paris who told me if I didn’t get one, she’d buy me one. But I didn’t ask for it…as long as they remember that.
Fractal Matter: What’s next for you?
Ron Glass: I don’t know. I’ve been looking for something I can commit to, something fulfilling and rewarding. The pilot season is just around the corner, but the last one wasn’t very productive. On the other hand, I’m fortunate… I really do believe that it only ever takes one phone call. I can’t get overly bothered by it.
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