Did Bionic Woman Tank Katee’s CSI Chances?
According to TV Guide and to several sites, Katee Sackhoff was virtually a lock for a steady role on the mega-hit show CSI … until the producers changed their mind at the last minute. What happened? The official word was that Katee was just not right for the role, but one has to wonder if Bionic Woman tanked her chances.
Katee won rave reviews for her portrayal of Sarah Corvus, Jaime’s bionic nemesis on Bionic Woman. But many people felt she overpowered her costars and stole the scenes simply by using her natural charisma.
It is possible that her potential CSI costars worried she would overpower them on the procedural drama, especially since she has a proven ability to make even the most technical dialogue worth watching on Battlestar Galactica?
There is a vast difference between Galactica and BW, of course, especially since the cast of BSG includes Academy Award nominees Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell. Nothing against Will Yun Lee or Michelle Ryan, but EJO and MM are simply in a class of their own. And nothing against William Peterson and Marg Helgenberger, but Katee’s charisma beats the pants off Jorja Fox any day.
We have no doubt that someone will soon realize the brilliance that is Katee, and cast her in something worthy of her talents. In the meantime Katee-Sackhoff.org is reporting that she will be back on Jimmy Kimmel at the end of May. If you are in the area and would like to try to get tickets, click here.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:34 am
[...] everything is not golden yet. As Katee Sackhoff learned with Bionic Woman, even a great pedigree and a great time slot can’t guarantee success. [...]
August 12th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
[...] Bionic Woman was fairly lame. It started out pretty good, and despite the show’s growing suckiness, I kept watching, and kind of missed it when it went away. I was hoping that Bionic Woman was going to find its voice and get some kickass writing going, add some more fight scenes — a lot more — but alas, it never got better. In fact, it was getting downright silly by the time that eighth and last episode aired. Still, I really wanted it to work out. But then, maybe it was just because I wanted another hour a week during which to watch Starbuck, er, I mean Katee Sackhoff. But her character was a part-timer, and I’d rather wait for her to get better material with more screen time. [...]