Paul McGillion Has A Theory About Why Carson Beckett Was Written Off Stargate: Atlantis
A spin-off of the longtime military science fiction series “Stargate SG-1” was always going to be compared to his parent show, but “Stargate Atlantis” was doing quite well. Discover a new team of adorable explorers (the first Atlantis or AR-1 recognition team for short), the series put its own turn on the “Stargate” universe and was undoubtedly as pleasant as its predecessor. Unfortunately, “Stargate Atlantis” was suddenly canceled after season 5 for financial reasons, and the planned Film in a row “Stargate Atlantis” which could have changed everything“Stargate: extinction”, has never become.
Even when he was still going strong, “Stargate Atlantis” was not completely exempt from disappointment. The first season of the show saw Dr Carson Beckett (Paul McGillion) reaching a favorite status of fans. The popularity was not sufficient to protect the character, and in season 3 of “Stargate Atlantis”, episode 17 (“Sunday”), Beckett died when his patient’s tumor exploded. The sudden and frankly absurd nature of the disappearance of the popular character remains One of the most controversial deaths in the history of science fiction televisionAnd the show finally fell backwards by deploying a cloned version of the character at the end of season 4.
Rumors of death have been circulating for some time, and there was even a movement of fans to save Beckett. McGillion confirmed in an after-season 3 interview with Gateworld In 2007, he was also well aware of death in advance. He also shared his suspicion that the explosive release of Beckett was an attempt to keep “Stargate: Atlantis” interesting after the cancellation of the parent program:
“I think” SG-1 “was canceled and they wanted to make things happen, so to speak. Losing a beloved character could do it. I think it is, and the answer, for me, was certainly very flattering.”
McGillion considered his time with Stargate Atlantis a great opportunity
In addition to treating his personal theory of the reason why Beckett was written by “Stargate: Atlantis”, McGillion wanted to note who he does not blame specifically for the situation. As he said in the interview, the actor did not only know his release in advance, but he was in fact quite close to the writer Martin Gero, who wrote his release. As such, McGillion wanted to note that Gero is impeccable:
“I think many people blame the writers for things like that, and I think it is just a information ship, so to speak. It is not his fault if the character was written.
Although McGillion said he had failed to play the character, the scene of Dr. Beckett had not marked the end for him. This imminent passage playing the Beckett clone in the seasons 4 and 5, despite, it had many more scenes to follow, since the show filmed out of the sequence. However, even if McGillion had not had this and a great support of the fans to absorb a little, he would probably have considered his time in the series as a net positive. As he said Gateworld:
“I spent three years in the series. From what started to be a recurring character that we did not even know, perhaps three or four episodes, all of a sudden, I was in 17 of the first 20 and they made me a regular. I have only good things to say about these guys. They gave me a great opportunity.”