Peyton's Transcript of the TV Guide April 2000 Chat with Vicky Pratt<P>

OnlineHost: TVG Pratt has entered the room.<BR>
TVGLive3:   Joining us right now is actress, Victoria Pratt from Cleopatra
2525.<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Hi everybody!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm happy to be chatting with you today!<BR>
Question:   You were a guest at the Pasadena Convention, and handled it all
quite well for a first timer.  How do you feel about all the fan
adoration?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Are you kidding?!?!?!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It was a blast! I had a lot of fun...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I've done a lot of fitnbess conventions.. but it was fun to be at
a convention that was about TV, about acting...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We were just thrilled that it was received so well, because we're
really proud of the show<BR>
Question:   How did the idea for Cleopatra 2525 come about?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Yunno, you'd have to crawl inside the producers head...<BR>
TVG AngeI:  Any Robert Picardo fans still hanging around?<BR>
Question:   Hi Victoria, Adam here... how hard is it to film a show like<BR>
Question:   "Cleopatra 2525" where you have to act out a lot of things where
all<BR>
Question:   the special effects are only added later, in postproduction?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It's really hard. We've been lucky to have great directors to work
with<BR>
TVG Pratt:  In the beginning, it was really tough -- but now we've seen it on
TV<BR>
Question:   Vicky,  Sarge seems to be the favorite character.  . Is there<BR>
Question:   anything you would like to see her do?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It's a family show!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  :)<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm glad that you like Sarge!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm having a fun time playing the character!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I want Sarge to experience everything...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  There's an episode coming up where Sarge falls in love, and Sarge
is<BR>
TVG Pratt:  probably the last person in the world who falls in love!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I especially loved the "Run, Cleo, Run" episode, because I got to<BR>
TVG Pratt:  run full out! You don't usually get to do that...<BR>
Question:   I saw Musclemag has you listed for possible autograph appearances,
will<BR>
Question:   you be able to make any of the dates? or don't you know yet?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It's hard for me to do the fitness appearances now, because we
spend half the year in NZ<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I may try to squeeze in a photoshoot for Oxygen,<BR>
TVG Pratt:  but the appearances are getting harder and harder<BR>
Question:   I loved you in Once a Thief! Whatever happened to that show?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  You're asking the wrong person!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I loved that show too! I had a blast playing Jackie!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I was really disappointed when it didn't get picked up!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I don't know if Canada was ready for something like that...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Not enough Mounties?<BR>
Question:   you said you will be appearing in an Episode of First Wave (in 
your<BR>
Question:   last online chat) Can you tell us when it will air? or maybe the
title<BR>
Question:   of it, or a hint what it is about? So we can program our VCRs 
ahead of time :-)<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I have no idea when it will air<BR>
TVG Pratt:  And I don't know what the eopisode is called!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  But I know I did it!!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I played two characters on the show... but I don't know when it
will be on...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  But I had to do a smoochie smoochie scene in it!<BR>
Question:   How often do you excersise to keep in shape and do you limit what
you eat?<BR>
Peyton01:   (5) I hope not another WIT insodent<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm a workout freak! I love to train!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I workout almost every day!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  When I'm at home here in LA, I do kickboxing maybe four<BR>
TVG Pratt:  or five times a week<BR>
TVG Pratt:  In NZ, I just try to hold on!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I don't believe in dieting!<BR>
Peyton01:   (5) YAY!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I just eat a healthy diet all year round!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It's not hard when you make it part of your lifestyle, as I have
done.<BR>
Question:   are the cotumes uncomftable?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Honey, you have no idea!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I don't know if you remember "Mind Games"...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm alergic to metal... and I don't know if you remember my costume...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  but they had to plate it in silver so I don't get a rash!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Our every day hero costumes aren't too bad...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  But you wear anything for fourteen or fifteen hours, and it gets
uncomfortable<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We think there should be a level underground where everyone wears
TVG Pratt:  FLANNEL<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Rob won't go for it; he says cotton isn't sexy...<BR>
Question:   When you were on Xena how did you keep warm in those clothes?<BR>
Question:   Isn't winter in New Zealand when you're doing the show/    <BR>
TVG Pratt:  YES IT WAS!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  There is NO keeping warm in those costumes!<BR>
Question:   Vicky,  In Pasadena, after I (Tess) shocked you with the costume,
you<BR>
Question:   really plugged kickboxing as a great overall workout.  Are you
training<BR>
Question:   in Muay Thai, Sanshou or general aerobix kickboxing?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I studied shotokan karate for a while...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Now, I just practice geenral kickboxiing and some savata<BR>
TVG Pratt:  (a french form that includes very graceful kicks)<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Mostly I just enjoy beating things<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I love it!!!<BR>
Question:   Hi Vicky I'ts Larissa, I  would like to know what 165 Series, V3<BR>
Question:   terminated means? it is listed under Sarge's profile on the
Officialv
Question:   site. ANy clue? does that mean Sarge isn't quite Human or what?v
TVG Pratt:  Hey, Larissa!v
TVG Pratt:  Sarge is VERY human...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I know there's talk that that I'm part robot, but I'm not..<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I have a special vision implant, but I'm very human...<BR>
Question:   Vicky, (your goofy www.victoriapratt.com webhead here), in<BR>
preparing<BR>
Question:   for the role of Jackie Janczyk, did you spend alot of hours making<BR>
Question:   faces in the mirror and sneering back and forth at Sandrine or did
that<BR>
Question:   just come naturally?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Our characters ont eh show were supposed to despise each other...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  The writers made it very easy to deliver it that way<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I don't know why I get cast in these hardass roles<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm actually a bit of a wing nut<BR>
TVG Pratt:  :)<BR>
Question:   How close is Sarge to your own personality?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We share some similarities<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We're both tough.. we both like to win...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We're both passionate<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and we refuse to be victims<BR>
TVG Pratt:  But I personally have had a better life than Sarge<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Sarge's whole world fell apart around her<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and that's what makes her as hard as she is<BR>
Question:   Vicky, (Tess, the Sarge costume dork here)...  You've said your outside<BR>
Question:   interests are reading and writing.  What books are you currentlyv
Question:   reading and what kinds of things are you writing?  Books, poetry,<BR>
Question:   tv/film scripts, essays?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm writing a couple of scripts, which I can't discuss...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  And I'm reading an excellent book called "Maori"<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It's a historical fantasy about the colonization of New Zealand<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It was written by Alan Dean Foster<BR>
TVG Pratt:  The other book I'm wqriting is about the architecteure of John
Lautner<BR>
Question:   Vicky, (Tess in your/my costume here), every time you hit a
milestone<BR>
Question:   you seem to set new goals.  In 1997 you said you wanted to be a
female<BR>
Question:   action hero.  Now that you've hit that, what are your future<BR>
Question:   aspirations?  Directing?  Producing?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I'm enjoying acting!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I want to do some more good projects that I can be proud of!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  My next goal that doesn't include acting is to get one of my
scripts<BR>
TVG Pratt:  up and running<BR>
TVG Pratt:  That'll be a challenge!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  By the way, thanks for watching my career move along!<BR>
Question:   Hi Victoria, Adam here... how do you keep from getting homesick
while<BR>
Question:   away filming the series?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I bring 'em over!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I brough my folks over to NZ... they LOVED it!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  They loved the country, and they loved coming to set!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  THey loved watching their baby kicking mutant butt!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  They were there I had to shoot the strip scene from "Run Cleo Run"<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I wish they hadn't seen it -- but that's another day at the
office!<BR>
Question:   How Can Your Fans get in touch with you?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It's actually hard now...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  The address on the web is for my fitness stuff...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Sometimes it's hard for me to get my mail...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I don't have an official website<BR>
TVG Pratt:  There is an official website for "Cleopatra 2525"<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and a wonderful woman who I had the pleasure of meeting in
Pasadena<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Has a website http://www.victoriapratt.com<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I think if people wanted to get in touch with me, they could send
it to the studio<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and mail would be forwarded to me in NZ<BR>
Question:   What happened to Lily (Sarge's sister)?  The two make up, jump 
down<BR>
Question:   into the shaft and then absolutely nothing?  Perhaps she'll
reappear<BR>
Question:   in another ep?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I don't know what happened to Lily<BR>
TVG Pratt:  She must have slipped!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I think they may bring her back...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  although I believe she has her own show now in NZ called "Street
Legal"<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Right now it's probably a scheduling thing...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  And she probably won't come back if they make her wear a wicker
dress...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  !!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  :)<BR>
Question:   Hi Vicky, lariss again.We know Sarge's parent's were taken and
turned<BR>
Question:   into Betrayers, is there a chance we will see her "evil betrayer"<BR>
Question:   parents? make a cool episode and great character developemnt for
Sarge<BR>
Peyton01:   (5) mine!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Don't you think Sarge has enough problems?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I actually hadn't thought of that, but it would make a great
story...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  No doubt Sarge would love dealing with that situation...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  You saw how she welcomed her sister...<BR>
Question:   Vicky, in a scene of Legacy where Ding is at the bar, a fly lands
on<BR>
Question:   your head and you made a funny face at the camera.  Was that a
blooper<BR>
Question:   that they decided later to leave in because you did such a funny
face<BR>
Question:   of frustration?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Manila, where the film was shot, was SO HOT<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Flies are just part of the set dressing...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and you work with them...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  like you would another actor!!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  If a fly lands on your nose in Manila, you get it the hell off!<BR>
Question:   Do your own stunts?v
TVG Pratt:  I do a lot of my own stunts, yeah.v
TVG Pratt:  Gina and I went down early to train with the stuntmen<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We did a lot of harness training...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Getting used to spins, flips, walking on walls.<BR>
TVG Pratt:  You know.. the usual<BR>
Question:   Hi Victoria, Adam here... how's the catering in New Zealand, do 
you<BR>
Question:   miss North American cuisine?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Yunno... everyday I get them to make me steamed chicken and stemed<BR>
TVG Pratt:  vegetables.<BR>
TVG Pratt:  It tastes as good there as it does there<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I do have to bring over my own low-fat popcorn (Orville
Redenbacher)<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and METRIX shakes<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and red licorice (Twizzlers or red vines)<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Anyone who wants to be my friend -- send me some when I'm in NZ!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Poeple brought me licorice at Pasadena -- it was really nice...<BR>
Question:   We know that Cleo has been renewed for a second season.  What 
about
a<BR>
Question:   third season and is there a possibility of expanding to a one hour<BR>
Question:   show once Xena goes off the air after it's 6th season?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We haven't even been told about season 2!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Do you have an inside scoop?!?!?!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  As for the hour...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We all like the half-hour format<BR>
TVG Pratt:  And it gives us time to work on other projects, which is cool,
too...<BR>
Question:   It is nice to see three strong female characters on a show.  Do 
you<BR>
Question:   think Xena paved the way for your show?<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Of course!!!<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Xena was groundbreaking!<BR>
Question:   Hey how are the pigs?  (from the Queen Piglet of the Pasadena<BR>
Question:   Convention <g>)<BR>
TVG Pratt:  They're grand, thank you for asking..<BR>
Question:   Any spoilers for upcoming episodes? <BR>
TVG Pratt:  We haven't seen any scripts for the next eight episodes.. so
sorry...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  Oh, wait...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  There's the one where I fall in love...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  that was fun...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I can tell you some interest in the costumes for Hell and<BR>
Highwater I&II<BR>
TVG Pratt:  but there will be no metal.. because I have enough problems!!!<BR>
TVGLive3:   Thanks for chatting with us tonight, Victoria.<BR>
TVG Pratt:  I want to thank everyone for tuning in.,..<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and thanks for the incredible response to the show...<BR>
TVG Pratt:  We're having a lot of fun doing it..<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and it means a lot to us that you enjoy it<BR>
TVG Pratt:  So everyone have a wonderful weekend<BR>
TVG Pratt:  and I hope we can chat again soon!!!<BR>
TVGLive3:   You can find Victoria every week in syndication on Cleopatra 2525.<BR>
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