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Tapping: 'Sanctuary' Is Scary, Sexy, Stressful

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By ALAN STANLEY BLAIR
Source: SciFi Wire
Jul-22-2008

Playing the same character for more 10 years will certainly take a toll, which is just one of the reasons why former "Stargate SG-1" star Amanda Tapping is relishing the opportunity to play someone new in the upcoming series, "Sanctuary."

The series, which is based on the popular green-screen Web series developed by the SciFi Channel, is set to make its full-series debut in the fall and revolves around a bizarre world where all the creatures that go bump in the night are real and in need of a sanctuary. Tapping plays one such being herself; a 157-year old that hunts the abnormals that threaten the world's human society.

"It's very scary," Tapping told SciFi Wire. "No, it's actually been really great. It's been a good thing for me. And as much as she's very dissimilar from Sam Carter, there's a lot of similarities. I think for some reason I've been blessed in my career to play very strong, very smart women. I don't do bimbo well, which maybe is a fault of mine, but I don't. So there you have it. So Magnus was the perfect over-the-top, sexy, unapologetic, proud and loud woman that I never got to play in Sam Carter."

Tapping will also serve as an executive producer on the show, and while it does have its benefits, has proven to be a whole new level of stress that the actress didn't expect ... particularly when it comes to funding.

"It's like a whole new stratosphere of stress," Tapping said. "I have been involved from the very beginning in getting the money for the show, which I'm really proud of. That's a whole new business aspect for me, that it seems I'm pretty damn good at, which I was, you know, you never know. But being involved from the very conceptual start, talking with them, putting the cast together, putting the crew together, involved in the nitty gritty, it's stressful. I would have to say the worst part of being an executive producer is I'm concerned about the budget. Honestly."

"Sanctuary" is currently filming its 13-episode season and is expected to debut at some point in the fall.

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