MORENA
BACCARIN
(Anna)
MAY 21, 2011 - NEW YORK CITY - BIG APPLE WIZARD WORLD COMIC CON - MORE PICS LATER AS I DOWNLOAD THEM.
 MORENA BACCARIN cuddles up with ilana's 5-1/2 yo daughter, BABY KJ! "She hugs like a koala bear!" exclaimed Morena! |
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NEW - 12/09/2011 - MORENA BACCARIN is confirmed for
NEW - 05/23/11 - Visited with MORENA BACCARIN at the Big Apple Wizard World Comic Con held in NYC on May 21-22, 2011! MORE PICTURES & VIDEOS uploaded later...keep checking back!
Morena is a petite, exotic-looking woman who grew up in NYC. Her skin is flawless and her smile is captivating. It's no wonder she was able to deceive the humans!
Morena arrived at the convention on Saturday, May 21, 2011 around 1:30pm. She had just finished filming a movie in Montreal the previous day so, even though she was exhausted, she was very well in-tune with the fans' needs. Morena took one look at Baby KJ and said, "Cute and little people get a picture with me. Would you like me to pick you up?" Baby KJ smiled and nodded! [note: all 3 of my children, KJ, Tyler & Anna have seen every episode of "V."]
Most of the fans were from "V" and "Firefly." It was glorious to stand next to her. After the signing, she was whisked upstairs to the Gold Ballroom for her Q&A session. Baby KJ and I had a front & center row seat!
Then Morena acknowledged PROJECT ALICE - the SAVE "V" Campaign which is officially recognized by Warner Brothers!
VIDEO - MORENA GIVES A SHOUT OUT TO PROJECT ALICE!
VIDEO - MORENA DISCUSSES PROJECT ALICE ON STAGE AT WIZARD WORLD NYC 2011!
Some HIGHLIGHTS we learned from MORENA at Wizard World Comic Con 2011:
- Wearing a hat because she’s letting her hair grow out and her hair is in that awkward stage
- Favorite TV show is “The Good Wife.” (ilana’s hatchlings Tyler &Anna are in Season 3 Episode 1!)
- Morena has a small dog named Rudy. She thought he was a mutt but turned out to be royalty. Like the size of a Maltese.
- Grew up in NYC around the corner from Murray’s bagels.
- Watched the original “V” as a little girl. Says one of the differences now is we have better special effects.
- Favorite color is blue.
- Loves to cook. Can make pizza.
- Cannot sing. Refused to sing Happy Birthday if it was someone’s birthday in the audience.
- Just finished a movie in Montreal. Had the most delicious bagel and smoked meat there.
- Doesn’t know if she’s been released from her “V” contract.
- Can speak elementary level Portuguese. Family is from Brazil.
- Gave a shout out to Project Alice! See videos!
- Picked up baby KJ for a hug and said baby KJ hugs like a koala bear.
- Wasn’t able to steal anything from the “V” set because Anna didn’t have anything; everything was green screen.
- During the green screen scene where Anna kills Diana, Morena thought she was speaking to a very large room of people, so played the lines very grand. When she saw the finished product, she was surprised that it looked like the people were standing at her feet and there weren’t as many people as she imagined.
- Couldn’t choose which is more of a favorite series, “V” or “Firefly.” (actually, she didn’t want to disappoint anyone.)
- Loves to do yoga.
- Currently reading “The Hunger Games.” Finished reading very large book called “Freedom.” (which Jane Badler also read.)
- Has a fiancé.
- How was it working with kids? It was easier working with the younger kids. That little baby was so cute. But when I was holding her and had to eat the rat, I was thinking how I wouldn’t want to be her [real life] mother right now! With the older "Amy," 4 or 5 years old, they don't quite understand about marks so it was hard to make them understand to stand on the mark when they wanted to go somewhere else.
NEW - 04/28/10 - MORENA BACCARIN has been nominated for a "Brink of Fame: Actor" NewNowNext Award from
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NEW - 04/20/10 - MORENA BACCARIN walking about on 04/19/10. (Thanks magicially & Newsgab!)
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NEW - 11/09 - Fan Sue Maynard has the pleasure of attending a convention with guests MORENA BACCARIN and ALAN TUDYK! Here are the highlights and the pics!
Sue writes:
Here are
some points of what I can remember:
- Morena and Alan both looked GREAT. Both seemed to be relaxed and
enjoying themselves in front of the audience, and both seemed eager to
talk about V, though Morena moreso, as she obviously features
prominently in the show, and Alan has been doing other things (ie
Dollhouse), recently, as well. Both fielded questions about the show,
though, in addition to the usual Firefly/Serenity questions, as that was
what the convention was focusing on
- Morena asked if we, the audience, were enjoying V, and the room burst
into enthusiastic applause
- someone asked Morena if the things she does to appear more lizard-like
(ie the rapid eye flutter/blinking thing) were planned from the
beginning, or if it was just something that came about. She said that
she was given some sort of suggestions, but that she was pretty much
given free reign to try some subtle things, and they'd see how it went
... decide what to keep as time went on and they got a chance to see how
it all played with the audience. She's extremely beautiful in
person...way more than on TV, even...and the biggest sweetheart ever,
yet she is a talented actress who can smile in a way that makes her seem
purely evil, much like the scene where Anna was rehearsing waht she
would say to the woman who's husband had been killed. She can be so
subtle, and yet portray very powerful emotions onscreen. I love
watching her!
- Morena said that someone had asked her how she felt about the fact
that the fate of the show rests quite a lot on her shoulders. That had
made her nervous, to be sure! No pressure, right? lol
- Alan joked that it had to be some kind of record to be killed twice in
three episodes of the same show! lol
- Both actors were excited to see the V poster I brought for them to
sign...I'd gotten my hands on one of the Canadian CTV posters from the
city bus shelters, depicting a mothership heading toward the Toronto
skyline, and it certainly stood out amongst the other items being
signed...even the other actors at the convention had to have a closer
look!
- Morena remembered me from the other times we've met, even though it
had been a good 2 years since I'd seen her last, and she loved that, not
only was I wearing the V shirt I got from you for our pic together, but
I reminded her that I'd also worn it the first weekend I met her. She
stopped the photo line saying, "Hang on...this is important!" lol
I'd given her a copy of a picture we'd had taken that weekend, as a
thank you for coming, sort of thing. I was wearing the V shirt in that
picture...3 years ago. She kept the picture, and even had it on her
fridge for awhile, so she was heading home that night to go dig it out
again! She signed my poster, "For Sue - You knew first! Morena
Baccarin"
Alan signed with a slight twist on the V's new motto: "We come in peace
- always. Alan Tudyk" The table was kind of crowded with people
wanting to see the poster while he was signing it, too, so we were both
a little distracted, and unfortunately I didn't get to talk to him as
much as I would have liked.
It was a great weekend, though, and I was so impressed, again, with how
funny and easy-going and down-to-earth they both are, even though I have
met both of them multiple times thus far.
I've included pics from my seat near the back of the room, and a couple
of the official photos I had taken...one with just Morena and I, and the
other was a group shot with all of the guests that were there on the
Sunday: Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite and Mark Sheppard.
So much fun. If I think of more, I will let you know! But in the
meantime, if ever you get the chance to meet either of them, take it!
lol They are so nice and hilarious and sweet...you'll love them!
Until soon,
Sue
PS I should explain, too, that Nathan Fillion (Firefly/Serenity's lead
actor) was scheduled to appear at the convention, as well, but he got
called away at the last minute to do re-shoots for his current show,
Castle. Alan brought Nathan's (in)famous bean dip and, hilariously,
shared the stage with it during his Q&A. He then auctioned it off for
charity, which is what is going on in some of the pics from toward the
end of his stage time, in case you were wondering!
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