VAN CON and the first panel was Kim Rhodes. I felt the time went WAY too fast! She coulda been up there for lots more.
But anyway she set the tone with her own introduction here:
"Those of you that know me will have probably read my blog, for those of you who don't know me I tried to masturbate in a Prius on the freeway. It didn't go well. There, now you know me."
I was busy snapping pictures most of the panel (practicing with a different lens, trying to avoid out loud expletives about the shite lighting) and a few of which came out not too bad but at the same time I was able to take in what she was saying and ergo just about fall about laughing. This gal is funny and talented, a consumate performer who is just full of energy (and caffeine) and who is as genuine and warm as what I expected her to be. Oh and SMOKING HOT. Holy crap, seriously - the woman wears 43 like it's 25 and makes it look effortless. Yet still has massive hang ups about her thighs. *rolls eyes shakes head* Yeah. Her thighs looked perfectly damn fine to me.
She told many little stories - but the best two for me (shockingly enough included Jared - I know right? It's astounding) the first one being a question about her favourite off set moment - she described the following:
"I imagined coming onto this show that for a lot of women there is definitely an experience of developing somewhat of a little crush on the boys (Jared and Jensen she adorably clarified) and I came to work with this full intention of trying to make it clear that I was not going to be one of those female guest stars, that that was nothing Jared had to worry about. But I wasn't sure how to get that across. I mean I couldn't just walk up stick a hand out and say 'Hi, I'm Kim and I don't want to fuck you.' That's just a little bit uncouth. So I really didn't know how to convey this. Anyway I was in the make up trailer, this massive long thing and Jared is in there too right up the other end and I'm getting all done up and I'm just talking away and I mention that I am 42. I'm 43 now but 42 back then. And Jared was like 'Whh...wai...what....hang on what was that?' I repeated "I'm 42.' And he just sits there in his chair and give me this long look and then says 'Good for you!' And that was it. After that it was all hooker and oedipal jokes and we were fine."
And the second story is one about being onset and what was, for Kim at the time, a common response for her when things were not going the way she wanted in terms of her lines/scenes etc. She opens with:
"I don't know if any of you are familiar with children, but anyway I have one. At the time a 4 and a half year old and she was really into watching Finding Nemo, over and over and over again. Anyway there's this character I really related to and that's the starfish that's stuck to the tank and remember she's getting knocked on the glass and she's peeling off backwards going 'Find your happy place, find your happy place' So anyway I did that one time in front of Jared when something had gone wrong and he's 'What are you doing?' And I try to tell him by going 'I'm being Allison Janney' Blank look. 'Oh you know the starfish, in that movie, she's all stuck to the...and then she's all (sees she's still lost him completely)...Nemo? Oh. Anyway. I find it amusing.' So then later on in another scene, another day we're doing a scene together and it's his coverage and I stuff something up and there's Jared doing his impression 'Find your happy place find your happy place'" Complete with all the actions of arms flailing out behind him and collapsing backwards."
Her favourite place in the world is New Zealand. She doesn't let her 4 year old watch Disney because Disney doesn't give kids credit for how smart they are and that her real Mom voice for her child is quite different to the one she used on Sam.
So that's just a brief highlight of my favourite moments...and now I gotta head down for Julian Richins aka Mr Death!
Back with more soon!
But anyway she set the tone with her own introduction here:
"Those of you that know me will have probably read my blog, for those of you who don't know me I tried to masturbate in a Prius on the freeway. It didn't go well. There, now you know me."
I was busy snapping pictures most of the panel (practicing with a different lens, trying to avoid out loud expletives about the shite lighting) and a few of which came out not too bad but at the same time I was able to take in what she was saying and ergo just about fall about laughing. This gal is funny and talented, a consumate performer who is just full of energy (and caffeine) and who is as genuine and warm as what I expected her to be. Oh and SMOKING HOT. Holy crap, seriously - the woman wears 43 like it's 25 and makes it look effortless. Yet still has massive hang ups about her thighs. *rolls eyes shakes head* Yeah. Her thighs looked perfectly damn fine to me.
She told many little stories - but the best two for me (shockingly enough included Jared - I know right? It's astounding) the first one being a question about her favourite off set moment - she described the following:
"I imagined coming onto this show that for a lot of women there is definitely an experience of developing somewhat of a little crush on the boys (Jared and Jensen she adorably clarified) and I came to work with this full intention of trying to make it clear that I was not going to be one of those female guest stars, that that was nothing Jared had to worry about. But I wasn't sure how to get that across. I mean I couldn't just walk up stick a hand out and say 'Hi, I'm Kim and I don't want to fuck you.' That's just a little bit uncouth. So I really didn't know how to convey this. Anyway I was in the make up trailer, this massive long thing and Jared is in there too right up the other end and I'm getting all done up and I'm just talking away and I mention that I am 42. I'm 43 now but 42 back then. And Jared was like 'Whh...wai...what....hang on what was that?' I repeated "I'm 42.' And he just sits there in his chair and give me this long look and then says 'Good for you!' And that was it. After that it was all hooker and oedipal jokes and we were fine."
And the second story is one about being onset and what was, for Kim at the time, a common response for her when things were not going the way she wanted in terms of her lines/scenes etc. She opens with:
"I don't know if any of you are familiar with children, but anyway I have one. At the time a 4 and a half year old and she was really into watching Finding Nemo, over and over and over again. Anyway there's this character I really related to and that's the starfish that's stuck to the tank and remember she's getting knocked on the glass and she's peeling off backwards going 'Find your happy place, find your happy place' So anyway I did that one time in front of Jared when something had gone wrong and he's 'What are you doing?' And I try to tell him by going 'I'm being Allison Janney' Blank look. 'Oh you know the starfish, in that movie, she's all stuck to the...and then she's all (sees she's still lost him completely)...Nemo? Oh. Anyway. I find it amusing.' So then later on in another scene, another day we're doing a scene together and it's his coverage and I stuff something up and there's Jared doing his impression 'Find your happy place find your happy place'" Complete with all the actions of arms flailing out behind him and collapsing backwards."
Her favourite place in the world is New Zealand. She doesn't let her 4 year old watch Disney because Disney doesn't give kids credit for how smart they are and that her real Mom voice for her child is quite different to the one she used on Sam.
So that's just a brief highlight of my favourite moments...and now I gotta head down for Julian Richins aka Mr Death!
Back with more soon!
