Shirley Manson Talks About The Sarah Connor Chronicles
October 17, 2008 by tcgames
Crave Online has an interview with Shirley Manson, the newest terminator on The Sarah Connor Chronicles…
When Shirley Manson was announced as joining the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, they were carefully vague about who her character was. Some corporate executive running a company that may become Cyberdine. Now we know she’s a liquid metal terminator. They’re calling her a T-1001. The extra one must be because she’s hotter than Robert Patrick.
Crave Online: First off, how awesome is it to have a Garbage song in Rock Band?
Shirley Manson: It’s the coolest ever. And Guitar Hero as well. I’m terrible at my own song. I can’t play my own song. I score horribly.
Crave Online: Wait, you try singing and it boos you off?
Shirley Manson: Yeah.
Crave Online: That’s a design error.
Shirley Manson: Machine versus human, who will win? I rest my case.
Crave Online: Are you trying it on expert?
Shirley Manson: I am an expert on this particular issue. No irony.
Crave Online: Right but at least you’re not losing on easy.
Shirley Manson: I wasn’t doing it on easy.
Crave Online: So what’s the special effect process for blending you out of the urinal?
Shirley Manson: I have very little to do with that to be honest. I physically act out the scene and then it’s handed over to their very talented special effects department who are really phenomenal. I did have to get my body scanned, a full body scan and face scan. Beyond that, I have very little to do with it.
Crave Online: Would you like to flip over a car like Summer did in the premiere?
Shirley Manson: Of course, who doesn’t want to do that? My favorite was when she was crushed between the two cars. That was the coolest bit. Like whoa.
Crave Online: What did you know about Terminator before joining the show?
Shirley Manson: I was a real fan of them, particularly the first two and a huge fan of the Linda Hamilton character. It was one of the first times on screen that I’d seen a woman be portrayed in a really positive, powerful sort of equal light. So the character really resonated with me as a woman.
Crave Online: Everyone wondered if they’d bring in a T-1000. Was it cool to be the one?
Shirley Manson: I can’t believe it. Yeah, it’s really cool.
Crave Online: Did you think a corporate type was sort of the antithesis of rock and roll?
Shirley Manson: Yeah, absolutely, but she’s the CEO of a corporation that develops technologies. And as a musician, we’re dealing with technology all the time nowadays. So it’s not such a stretch.
Crave Online: And now we see Catherine Weaver has a hipness for a corporate type.
Shirley Manson: I think she’s a maverick and she’s come up through computer software, at least the human she’s embodying. So yeah, she’s supposed to be a little less corporate than perhaps most people would be in her position.
Read the rest of the interview here at CraveOnline.com
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