Nana Visitor Says 'Battlestar Galactica' World Rough

"It was real acting, like I hadn't done for a while, and [it had] real writing," Visitor told fans attending the recent Vulkon convention in Orlando, Fla. "I loved it. I was very impressed all the way around. I though it was a great show."

Visitor played Emily Kowalski, a cancer patient that was undergoing similar treatments for her condition as Laura Roslin, played by Mary McDonnell in the fourth season episode "Faith." Although Visitor has appeared in shows filmed in Vancouver, B.C., in the past, she doesn't always make a lot of trips up.

"I was on the set for maybe four or five days, or something like that, and it was a real rough set," she said. "You felt the world of 'Battlestar Galactica' being very rough, and every set was dark, and it was tough. It was a whole different atmosphere."

Especially compared to the last time Moore and Visitor worked together on "Deep Space Nine."

"Our show had three huge soundstages that you walked in one door and you were in the world, and there were real doors," Visitor said. "It was like Disney World as opposed to Disneyland. There was no scale. It was what it looked like."

Visitor has been keeping busy, including an interesting role in the upcoming "Friday the 13th" film as Jason's mother, Pamela Vorhees. She hinted to fans at the convention that her character meets a very gruesome end. At the same time, Visitor said it's hard to not imagine that much of her future work could end up online, especially as the Screen Actors Guild continue to try and negotiate with studios over a new contract.

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