How did you come to join the cast of Farscape?
Like everyone else I auditioned for Farscape. The most interesting aspect of that was that I was auditioning for the role of D'Argo.
It was over a period of about three months, so it was quite intense. I went into the studio, and I would pass this great tall gentleman every time I did, and I eventually found out his name was Anthony Simcoe.
I should also add that there were wonderful women who were attending the audition at the time, Virginia Hey being one of them, and then Claudia Black, so it was a joy to discover that those two women joined the series.
It came down to the wire and Anthony got the role, and a week later I was offered the role of Captain Crais. At the time I had no idea who Captain Crais was. Rockne O'Bannon flew into Australia for one of the casting sessions, and he told us the concept of Farscape, which at that stage was called Space Chase. At the time, when Rockne O'Bannon explained the concept, I thought what a wonderful idea for a show. Just to be part of that would be a fantastic thing.
When I was offered the role of Captain Crais, I thought it was just one episode, having lost out to Anthony. Then I was offered the bible to read, the outline of all the characters, and I discovered who Captain Crais was and thought, "This person? You bet I want to be part of it!" So that's how it happened.
Do you think they had anyone else lined up to play Crais?
I have no idea. David Kemper was very complimentary, and stated that after they had given the role of D'Argo to Antony, that there was only one other person they could give the role of Crais to, and it came to me.
