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CS: Yes it is.
GW: In some form there will be a resolution to that? That's good.
CS: You'll see that. There are a couple of clones involved. We're going right back in time, right to when the Stargate was first discovered, before SG-1 even got their hands on [the] Stargate. That's the whole story, is that Baal travels back in time. Because he knows what's going on the future he goes back in time to change history.
GW: To change the Stargate from even being unburied?
CS: From even being known. Completely. But it backfires.
GW: That's interesting. Could this movie potentially be the end of Baal?
CS: I can't really say. It could be, but not the end of me. There's a twist right at the end of the movie, the last scene of the movie, that's going to be like "Wow, OK, let's see Continuum 2."
GW: That's what Brad said. The last scene says it all.
CS: Yeah, and I think obviously it's specially written like that. So there is a whole other story. Even some of the dialogue, people will be able to see, "Wow, OK, now we want to see what happens." This was kind of like the beginning of a new story. It could be.
GW: Which is what basically Continuum was setting out to be.
CS: Right, exactly. The writers are brilliant, and they leave it open. It could develop into a Continuum series. It could be anything.
GW: Have you seen the completed film yet?
CS: No, I haven't.
GW: Have you seen anything yet since shooting?
""I think [Continuum] looked great and I really think it should be on the big screen. It really deserves to be on the big screen.""
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CS: I haven't seen anything. I actually called publicity the other day to make sure that as soon as it's out on DVD I need a copy. I've seen a little bit from the ADR, the looping that I've been doing, for the movie. A couple of the scenes. I must say I was very impressed. It looked amazing.
As far as television shows go it's a pretty big budget and they put a lot of effort into it. I was pretty impressed. I think it looked great and I really think it should be on the big screen. It really deserves to be on the big screen.
Even the sets we had were huge. We're on a ship that's rocking. The Alaskan scenes that they shot with the sub are these big scenes. The cinematography on it was amazing, so it really won't do it justice seeing it on a television set, but we'll see what happens.
GW: So you think Continuum was really above and beyond compared to even Stargate's big two-parter episodes?
CS: Oh yeah. Yeah. No, it's way beyond that.
GW: This must be the fifth or sixth interview I've had with you, and in all that time we've never discussed your decision to move with your wife to the United States. I remember you telling this story at a Chicago con a couple of years ago. I was wondering if you would share it with us here now.
CS: Sure. I've always wanted to move to the United States. I've always thought it was an amazing country. I've always thought you could really go far in America. There's no ceiling on what you can do. If you put your heart into it and you work hard you can really do anything that you desire.
I found in South Africa it started getting a little small for me. The acting industry, which is a good industry, it's a little small. Once you reach a certain level there's no one else to go and it can be very frustrating. The one reason was to further my career as an actor. But the first reason was I wanted to change the quality of my life.
South Africa just became too much for me. I had some very violent encounters also involving my wife. I turned around to her one day and just said "Look, what are we waiting for? Are we going to wait until I get murdered, or you get murdered?" Because it was actually getting to that stage. It was pretty crazy.
So we made the decision. I said "Look, we're going hang around and hang around. We're actually going to make the decision and just leave." I had it very good in South Africa. I was very famous. I couldn't go anywhere. People would know me wherever I went. I would get into clubs. I would get free drinks. I was a contracted player on a show, so I was on a monthly salary. Everything was great. I earned a lot of properties.
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After the things that happened to us I realized none of that mattered. Money doesn't matter. It's your quality of life. I want to be able to go for a walk around the neighborhood at ten o'clock at night, if I want to. I want to walk my dog.
So that was a decision. I came out here, brought my dogs. I have now exactly what I wanted as far as that quality of life. Quality of life has got nothing to do with money. It's how you live your daily life. And I found that. Which was amazing.
GW: Now did you decide to move because you were so well known there or because of the violence?
CS: It was mainly because of the violence, firstly. That was the first thing. The second thing was my career. I wanted to work harder. I wanted to get somewhere or at least give it a bash. If I'd stayed in South Africa eventually one day I would've turned around and gone "Ah, I should've gone to America."
I wanted to become an American citizen. I became a citizen in 2005 and it was the most amazing day for me and my wife.
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