Welcome to the Firefly Rewatch, hosted by Cory and Tom on The Rewatch Podcast. In this introduction episode, we discuss our history with the show and all of the main cast members. Stay Shiny!
Shiny Trivia:
Nathan Fillion as Captain Malcom Reynolds:
Mostly known for Castle, Waitress and Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. He has also done work on Robot Chicken and Big Mouth. He played Nathan Drake in an Uncharted Fan Film (video game) and appeared in the series Con Man playing a famous former spaceship captain on a cult favorite TV show. He was most recently in The Rookie.
He’s been a fan favorite to play Green Lantern for years but the closest he has gotten is voicing the animated version of the character several times. He has had footage edited into a fan made trailer for Green Lantern.
Alan Tudyk as Hoban “Wash” Washburne:
He was the creator behind Con Man, in which he played the pilot of a cult favorite TV show. He has done a lot of voice work, most recently in the new Harley Quinn adult series in the DC Universe, as well as American Dad, Big Hero 6 The Series and Frozen 2. He played Superman in the animated movie War, and King Candy in Wreck It Ralph. He also appeared in The Tick and played Van Wayne in Powerless, a cancelled show about what happens after the superheroes do damage to the city and leave. Most recently he was in Doom Patrol. He was also in a short series by James Gunn and his brothers called PG Porn.
Gina Torres as Zoe Washburne:
She was in Cleopatra 2525 in her early career. She has done some voice work for the Tangled TV series, she was Superwoman in the DC animated movie Crisis on Two Earths, and Wonder Woman in the DC universe online game. She starred as Jessica Pearson on Pearson (a lawyer gets involved with Chicago politics) which is a spin off of Suits where she was a main cast member, and had a guest role in Riverdale. Most recently she was in Westworld.
Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra:
She starred in the reboot of V, and went on to be in Homeland and Gotham. She voices Gideon in the CW DC universe. She played Deadpool’s girlfriend, Vanessa, in both films.
Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb:
He was in Independence Day and Full Metal Jacket. He was in The X-Files as Knowle Rohrer. He starred in a show called The Last Ship (a naval crew discovers a pandemic has killed off most of the Earth’s population), and was a lead in 3:15, an “outsiders” style movie.
He also had a main role in the TV series Daybreak and had a small part in the film Browncoats Redemption that was a sort of sequel to Serenity. He did the voice of Superman in Superman: Doomsday. He also starred in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the Hong Kong martial arts version produced by Francis Ford Coppola, where Hyde is the mythical fighting champion known as The White Tiger fighting against drug and organ trafficking.
Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye:
She has appeared in a Black Mirror/Twilight Zone type of short called CC, about an android nanny. She also starred in Stargate Atlantis along with Jason Momoa. She did have another series called The LA Complex, a relationship drama. More recently she guest starred in Blindspot and The Magicians. She is set to star in something called Family Law coming out on Global later this year. As a kid she starred in Flash Forward, a comedy on the Disney Channel in Canada in which she played a middle schooler living across from her best friend Tucker and the two get into hijinks while comparing what was going on with their younger days.
Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam:
He’s had a couple of recurring roles on short lived series like Make It Or Break It and The Playboy Club. He’s also had some guest roles here and there, but his biggest role seems to be the voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing in the DC animated universe.
Summer Glau as River Tam:
She starred in The Sarah Connor Chronicles where she played a Terminator. She had a starring role in Sequestered, and a recurring role in Arrow. She starred in Knights of Badassdom (2013) with Steve Zahn and Peter Dinklage, it’s about a group of role players who accidentally conjure a demon and have to deal with it.
Ron Glass as Shepherd Derrial Book:
He’s had various guest roles over the years, and a recurring role in Rugrats as Randy Charmichael. On a TV comedy called Teen Angel he played God’s cousin, Rod. He had a supporting role in Mr. Rhodes, the story of a failed writer having to teach, and another supporting role in Rhythm and Blues, where a soulful sounding white guy is hired to work at an R&B station. He had a huge starring role on Barney Miller back in the 70’s/80’s.
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