Ian On The Red Dot

If you watch the TV shows done by Joss Whedon, you would notice that he seems to cast some actors regularly into his various works - it’s like he has managed to command a loyalty from them as well as displaying it to them. Now, why does this matter? I believe a big reason why Joss Whedon has a particular status in the world of fandom is not just because he writes well and produces/directs brilliant episodes but also because the actors he has chosen to work with have somehow proven to be accessible to fans.

This is an old story - despite the scifi series Firefly being canceled quite early in its run, it managed to build up quite a passionate group of fans. There was a convention for the fans which got canceled by the organizer and apparently people had arrived for the convention only to realize it was not happening. They then proceeded to organize their own fan convention. Here is where things got interesting - the actors of a canceled show learning of what the fans were doing actually came down on their own accord without any appearance fees and participated in the convention.

Read the comments and follow the links here:

Flanvention canceled.

Serenifly cast turns up to canceled convention.

Nathan said how sorry he was to hear about our con being …. maybe another definition of ‘con’.
He then shouted out, who is from Australia, one young lady came forward (she came from Australia for the convention but she also has family to visit in the area) anyway he gave her a gift from the box, I think it was a book that ties into his next project…
then he asked for others from Australia, those from Great Britain, and other far away places and he gave them stuff from his box….
Turns out Nathan had pulled out books and tapes and ‘Serenity’ money from his closet, dumped them in a box and gave them away!
I didn’t try to get anything I was just marveling at how amazing he was to even think of doing this! So amazingly cool.