David Nykl and The Beast of Bottomless Lake

[wraithfodder]

The producers of  "Beast of Bottomless Lake," a SciFi flick, have mentioned David in their blog

http://ogopogomovie.blogspot.com/2007/11/real-production-diary.html

excerpt:

The really exciting thing was casting the lead role of ‘Paul’ – Keith’s role. Craig and I had not spoken about it at all. Avoided it even. Sub-consciously we were both scared of giving that role away to someone who wasn’t Keith – but it’s not like there was an option if we were to move forward. First person on day one Maureen Webb brought in David Nykl. I had seen him in a stage-play a few years back. I knew that he’d been doing well for himself on Stargate Atlantis, but had never seen him on screen. He owned the role. It was nothing like what Keith would have done. It was exactly what we needed – a strong audition that shook us out of our pre-conceptions. Casting that role could have been a painful experience, but David saved us from that. We dutifully considered the other guys who came in, but David made it easy on us.

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Just Happened Upon this...

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, just bumped into this while looking for verifying links for IMDB.
I wrote the blog post quoted above.

For those who really want new info on the film, here's a few tid bits:

Post production is rolling along - it's a lot of work for a small company.
Looking at scenes that have recieved their due attention from the editors, I can tell you that he looks great - very charming and funny.
At the wrap party I told him that watching filming he 'broke my heart' - which he took to mean I hated what he did, but in fact I meant quite the opposite - and I expect he'll break your heart too judging by the footage.

Look for him (us) in festivals in 2008, fortune providing.

- Kennedy

Re: Just Happened Upon this...

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much for the reply! Don't think I'll be getting to any festivals :) but if you want to post back here for any publicity for the film, feel free to do so. I run a spoiler list for STargate with several thousand members, so you can get the word out :)