Crushes? What crushes?

[castalia]

*headdesk*

Am seriously fangirling Paul McGillion and David Hewlett, known to SGA fans as Doctors Carson Beckett and Rodney McKay. Really, the squee is getting embarrassing. I feel slightly better knowing these guys are only about 10 or 12 years older than I am, which may be a record for me (only guessing about McGillion's age, as am thus far unable to find an age listed).

Trying to hunt down other movie and tv appearances for these two is proving damn difficult, though. I've yet to see Hewlett in anything else, most of his movies being hard-to-find Canadian and/or Indie films.

McGillion's movies also seem mostly Canadian and the made-for-tv sort, but thanks to tv series made in Vancouver, have hit a small gold mine for guest appearances. Was quite happy to see IMDB list him for several of my fandoms - The Sentinel, The X-Files, and Smallville.

Dug out my Sentinel tapes and watched his ep, "Love Kills" (the one where Jim's old flame, Lila, shows up and wreaks havoc). His character is a tech geek named (get this) Boz Tate, who is unfortunately a criminal, albeit a cute and geeky one. He wears adorable glasses (I am now of the opinion that Carson should sport some specs sooner or later), is clean shaven and uses a very respectable American accent. He also wears black leather, which is more than enough reason to sit through this ep.

His X-Files episode is one of my favorites, "Small Potatoes", and now that I watch it again I'm all "oh yeah! That was him. I remember thinking he was cute." He's the husband of one of the mothers who have the babies with the tails (see this ep if you can, it's hysterical). He gets to say "sperm" twice *g* His hair's all slicked back, he's again clean shaven, uses the American accent, and gets to wear very nice suits. He's only in the first half of the ep, but gives a quite nice performance.

Haven't been able to locate his SV ep, "Insurgance", yet, mostly due to my lack of labeling the SV tapes. Oops.

He also has his own website, professionally done (but takes a while to load), here. Plenty of great pics (including one with him and Nic Lea, which made my eyes pop out and resulted in a not-so-small amount of drool), and there are even video clips. Looks like someone put together little pimping vids for his roles, almost like fanvids. Some cool stuff there (including some guh-worthy clips), so check it out. His bio says he was born in Paisley, Scotland, so it looks like Beckett's dreamy accent is real.

The Beckett/McKay pairing is already special, b/c it's one of few where I'm absolutely head over heels in love with both characters. With most pairings, I have a clear favorite, and occasionally I have issues with one of them to the point of irritation. I would be hard-pressed at this point to choose between Carson and Rodney, though. I already adore them both, which makes for a very happy slasher indeed.

Comments

[oh-mumble.livejournal.com]

Paisley? He's from Paisley?! ::giggles:: I was wondering, because his accent seems to wander a lot, and I was thinking Glasgow, but not Glasgow-proper. Also? That headshot in McGillion's photo gallery? ::dies:: I think I lost a few higher brain functions back there.

I'm seriously fangirling the both of them. Seriously, I have never, ever had an OTP for any show I've watched, and then I d/l'ed Atlantis for my brother and started watching out of curiosity, and oh lord. So much love. They're just so cute and geeky and adorkable. I need fic! And icons! Carson/Rodney OTP! ::twirls::

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling he hasn't lived in Scotland in a good while, since most of his work seems to be based in Canada. From the clips, it looks like only half of his roles have the Scottish accent, maybe less. I was guessing Glasgow mostly b/c he sounds a lot like Billy to my ears.

Ditto re the headshot. Guh.

I'm so glad you're liking the show and this pairing too! I need fellow fangirls to squee with ;)

[kerikeri.livejournal.com]

Heh. I feel dirty plugging, but since you did say you want fic and icons... I'll just point you in the direction of beckett_mckay, which has a decent amount of both, and hopefully more to come. :)

[stormymouse.livejournal.com]

::is dead::

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

*uses defibrilator on you*

[stormymouse.livejournal.com]

::opens eyes for a moment:: uhm, could you please have dr. beckett perform that procedure?! ::closes eyes and is dead again::

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

*debates*

Hmm, I could be selfish and keep him to myself, or just let Rodney keep him...no, that would be mean.

*sends Carson to revive you*

[icepixie]

Plenty of great pics (including one with him and Nic Lea, which made my eyes pop out and resulted in a not-so-small amount of drool)

*looks* *finds* GUH. *fans self*

I must find my tape of Small Potatoes now. And he was in eps of Sliders and Seven Days! *squees happily*

But according to IMDb, he's not in tonight's ep of Atlantis. :(

[kerikeri.livejournal.com]

IMDB said that last week, too. He's definitely in tonight's ep, I read the summary and he's mentioned.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they didn't list him as being in Hide and Seek until after it had aired, same for 38 Minutes.

Besides, we get Rodney owwies this week! I can't imagine him being injured at the beginning of an ep and not having Carson around to tell everyone he's going to be ok.

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

Mah Rodney gets hurt?! OMG NOOOO!!

*clings*

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Hee. Don't worry, GateWorld says the Wraith weapon he gets hit with only stuns. Now, I'm sure he'll milk the injury all he can...

Heh. Rodney is the new Daniel, omg!

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Heh. Okay, I haven't seen a single episode of SGA, but you've been so enthusiastic about Dr. Beckett since it started and he seems so neat that yesterday I dug out my SG-1 "Torment of Tantalus" DVD, in which he plays young Ernest, and checked him out. Dang! What a cutie! The glasses and period clothes probably give their usual advantage, of course, but even so. I usually avoid "Love Kills" when I do Sentinel marathons (Lila, feh!), but I think I'll definitely have to give it a watch soon, not to mention waiting impatiently for the inevitable SGA DVDs somewhere down the line... ;)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Joan! *tackles* Nice to see you here, stranger.

I'm really loving SGA so much right now. The shiny new fandom feeling is among the best in the world. If you want, I can wait until I have a full tape of eps and try to send you a copy.

Hope you're doing well *hugs*

[kerikeri.livejournal.com]

He wears adorable glasses (I am now of the opinion that Carson should sport some specs sooner or later), is clean shaven and uses a very respectable American accent. He also wears black leather, which is more than enough reason to sit through this ep.

Augh. Want to see now. I have such a thing for guys in glasses. And the leather doesn't hurt either. Hee.

I totally understand about the fangirling-- don't be embarrassed! You're definitely not alone. The boys are just irresistable, that's all. :)

Thanks for the site link. Pretty pretty pictures... (Oh, and as for his age, there's a quote from a review on the site that says he's 35, but it doesn't say when the review was written.)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Too bad the SFC hasn't shown The Sentinel lately. People should see him in that ep. And Beckett needs all the fangirls he can get, so maybe he'll get to be in every single ep, and maybe even the credits ;)

Ahh, I missed that one. Hmm, that makes a good case for Carson being older than Rodney *g*

*giggles at your icon*

[kerikeri.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that makes a good case for Carson being older than Rodney *g*

How old is Hewlett? I don't think IMDB says. I would've placed him at around 35 or so as well, though.

*giggles at your icon*

Heh, glad it's amusing. I made it last night. I'm working on another batch to post to the various communities. I think you've already used all the good dirty jokes, but I can try. ;)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

His IMDB profile says he was born in April, 1968, so that would make him 36. The Sci-Fi profile for Rodney says he's "probably between 35 and 40", so that meshes. They don't give an age for Carson, though.

Lol. Nah, there are still plenty of dirty jokes to be made with these two. As long as they keep making blow-job faces, I'll keep captioning ;)

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

PAISLEY! OMG!

HE IS SO ME!

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Are you from that area? How nifty! And you totally called this one :)

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

Ahh, Paisey... clearly we spawn the most bestest people :P

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously :)

[indehed.livejournal.com]

WTF?! he really one of US? Dude his accent forever changes.... I thought it was fake!

*fangirls him anyway and runs to website*

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I think the wandering accent is probably because it looks like he's been living in Canada for a while, and uses a Canadian or American accent for many of his roles.

No idea how long he spent in Scotland, but I'm fangirling him anyway as well ;)

Btw, your icon is totally cracking me up.

[indehed.livejournal.com]

lol, yeah I think he's been away too long. I only left for a year a little while ago and mine started to change. So we forgive him. And we love him.

And yeah, Dogtanian totally rules. I need to make more icons from it excpet evil cardinal ones...

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

That quickly? Wow.

Dogtanian? *snicker* I've never heard of it, but it sounds quite amusing.

[indehed.livejournal.com]

is a cartoon from the 80s. was very... funny. heh/