When watching a series that has been off the air for quite some time it always makes me wonder—where are these actors now? We all know about the main Star Trek cast, some of whom have passed on, some of whom turn up in the reboot, and some who are all over the place. But what about all those Aussie actors and transplanted American leading man from Farscape? A little searching on imdb reveals that Ben Browder is starring in a web series, Naught for Hire.
With so many of us hooking up our laptops to our televisions and watching old favorites on Hulu and similar sites, this seems like just another way to keep working. Claudia Black who played Aeryn Sun seems to be busy with voice work since having her second child. Virginia Hey has apparently stopped acting and relocated to the US, where she is launching a business based on her long interest in natural therapies. Maybe inspired by the deleterious effects all that blue make-up she had to wear as Zhaan had on her skin and kidneys.
If you can't find the DVDs, Farscape is available on Amazon and iTunes. And Brian Henson still promises more webisodes. So there are many more mash-up possibilities in our future. And then there are the action figures ...
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Article comments
1 - Stephanie
To be honest, I can't believe Farscape didn't get any bigger. The storylines, the character...even if they weren't completly original, the added spins were.
And Scorpius! Hands down the best 'villain' ever.
2 - Christopher Rose
Yes, I love Farscape too, but it is really hard to follow the timeline cos in the UK it has been fragmented across different networks.
3 - xoxoxo
Scorpius was the best - delightfully creepy.