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Gil Gerard
American
Actor
Born:
Jan 23
,
1943
About
Audience
Character
Good
Me
People
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Will Rogers
I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process.
Gil Gerard
Business
Creative
Creative Process
Enjoy
Finally
Returned
Because
Process
Realised
Again
Really
Now
Some writers and producers are currently writing a sitcom for me, so we'll see what happens there. I'm somewhat reluctant to talk about some of the upcoming projects that I'm working on; I've a lot of stuff on the go, including five pictures that I'm looking at producing.
Gil Gerard
Me
Writing
Looking
Projects
See
Some
About
Reluctant
Somewhat
Writers
Stuff
Pictures
Talk
Go
Lot
Five
Sitcom
Currently
Happens
Producers
Working
Producing
Including
I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it.
Gil Gerard
Saying
Me
Too Much
Too
Else
About
Case
Someone
Superstition
Beats
Disappears
Along
Just
Want
Happen
Much
I've just got into the convention circuit in the last couple of years and it's great to see all these people who are still interested in the show. It's so gratifying to hear that so many people enjoyed the work that Erin and I have done.
Gil Gerard
Work
Great
People
Circuit
See
Couple
Got
Still
Hear
Years
Done
So Many People
Just
Convention
Interested
Show
Who
Many
Gratifying
Enjoyed
Last
Yes, I did some rewrites of the show as some of the stuff was not very good and I worked my butt off to make it something that the audience liked and that I could be proud of.
Gil Gerard
Good
Some
Something
Could
Stuff
Liked
Make
Audience
Proud
Off
Yes
Very
Did
Worked
Show
Butt
It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about.
Gil Gerard
Positive
People
Amazing
Respond
About
Something
Touched
Audience
Am
Still
Surprised
Years
Years Ago
Very
Did
No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth and would focus on stories around the planet and show what it was like 500 years later.
Gil Gerard
Focus
Back
Later
Earth
Would
About
Network
Buck
Like
Talking
Around
Go
Years
Where
Stories
Planet
Plans
Show
Season
Universal
Third
The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean something to me, so I searched my life experience and realized that acting and performing were activities that I enjoyed all aspects of.
Gil Gerard
Life
Me
Happy
Experience
Job
My Life
Life Experience
Something
Had
Performing
Answer
Were
Wanted
Mean
Realized
Fulfilled
Aspects
Acting
Activities
Basic
Enjoyed
I made the character as much of myself as I could.
Gil Gerard
Myself
Character
Made
Could
Much
Then I got the offer to play Buck Rogers, but I turned it down thinking it was a cartoon character. Well I was wrong, it wasn't at all. So I read the script and decided I liked the character, it had a good concept.
Gil Gerard
Good
Character
Down
Thinking
Cartoon
Cartoon Character
Buck
Had
Wrong
Liked
Concept
Well
Read
Got
Offer
Rogers
Decided
Script
Turned
Then
Play
Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series.
Gil Gerard
Good
Together
Made
Once
Run
About
Seems
Only
Feature
Feature Film
Take
Had
Put
Couple
Although
Making
Were
Forever
While
Them
Episodes
Fun
Fun Making
Series
Film
Good Fun
Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after.
Gil Gerard
Other
Our
Extremely
Put
Make
Were
Ships
Effects
Models
Blue
Front
Expensive
Screen
After
Which
Shots
Used
Show
Included
People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on.
Gil Gerard
People
Say
Would
Guy
Hawk
Buck
Until
Came
Rogers
Loved
Really
It's more fun having him as everyman in the 25th Century. It is better to concentrate on what this planet will be like 500 years from now, and not be dealing with little aliens in space and all that related stuff.
Gil Gerard
Better
Space
Alien
Will
Related
Everyman
Having
More
Stuff
Concentrate
Like
Him
Dealing
Years
Little
Century
Planet
Fun
Now
I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I consider to be the classic science fiction film.
Gil Gerard
Day
Science
Reality
Consider
Earth
Classic
Something
More
Along
Science Fiction
Always
Still
Lines
Stood
Fiction
Wanted
Which
Show
Film
Based
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