I talked to Trekmovie.com about my trip to Phoenix Comicon this weekend. It’s a pretty comprehensive interview, and they split it into two parts. Part one is up today:
TrekMovie.com: Well you and Brent [Spiner] and Marina [Sirtis] have a joint appearance the Phoenix Comic Con, any thoughts about what you will do for that?
Wil Wheaton: For the first time since the show ended, I am really looking forward to sharing the stage with all of my friends because I don’t feel like the black sheep anymore. I feel like I have accomplished things and I have lived a life I can be proud of since then. It is not like ‘hey look at you guys who did all this Star Trek stuff, and, oh right, and you.’ It is ‘hey cool, you did this cool thing and I did this cool thing and we are all adults and have kids.’ I feel differently about myself. I have better self esteem about the entire thing, than I ever did before. I wont have that ‘one of these things is not like the other’ that I had before so I am actually really looking forward — even more than sharing the stage with Brent and Marina — looking forward to what they have to say and finding out what they are up to. And hopefully making them laugh.
TrekMovie.com: Speaking of Trek reunions, I understand last year that you along with the entire TNG cast did voice work for an upcoming episode of Family Guy. What was that like and did you do your work solo or with any of your TNG co-stars?
Wil Wheaton: I didn’t work with anyone except [Family Guy exec producer] Seth MacFarlane, which was still awesome. I got to see the entire script and it is really funny. I am sort of poking fun at myself, the way the role is written. But working on the Star Trek episode of Family Guy, started a relationship with Seth and since then he has asked me to Cavalcade and another episode of Family Guy.
TrekMovie.com: I have noticed you are doing a lot of voice work now, like with the new Batman, so are you planning on become the next Mark Hamill, a famous genre guy who becomes the big voice guy…
Wil Wheaton: …who goes to make the one of the most memorable voices in the history of animation, playing one of everyone’s favorite characters [The Joker on Batman The Animated Series]. Gosh I would love to be able to do that.
I’m always nervous when I talk to Trekmovie, because even though the people who write for it and conduct the interviews are really nice, whenever I make the mistake of reading the comments there, I always feel like I’m playing for the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium. Maybe they need to read this post?
Anyway, I’d feel like I’d let down the whole team if I didn’t link to it, and there’s some stuff in there that’s interesting to me and I think evena a little entertaining, so now you know.
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Dude, you could SO be the next Mark Hamill!
Comments over there look fine today. Although maybe a little heavy on the “poor Wil” side. :}
Knew Mark Hamill was Joker on Batman. Never paid all that much attention, nor realized that the character was that big. Coolness.
Also…new blog look. A Wil thing or a typepad thing?
oh! Hey! Since you and Brent are there, you can double team Marina into getting Twitter. 😀
…Also, after reading the interview, I FINALLY get the reference to a couple of bowling teams that the Bantam Prep Bowlers came up with. I never could figure out where the team names “Ben 10” and “Johnny Ben 10” came from. Kids. Yeesh. LOL
I hope you guys have a lot of fun. I am excited that Family Guy is going a Star Trek episode! I can’t wait to see it.
Super stoked you are doing more voice work Wil. I think it’s an overlooked and under-appreciated art. Also mega uber excited for the Trek Family Guy episode. How many more years til that finally airs?
What an interesting read. I could totally see feeling that way after being involved in something as big as ST at such a young age. I’m excited for you to come together with everyone and feel like you’re more on the same level. I imagine you’ll have a blast now that you feel more relaxed and accomplished and you’ll feel free to go even farther.
SOO excited about Family Guy!
You don’t need to be the next anything. You’re WIL FUCKING WHEATON.
And that’s why you’re awesome. 🙂
The next Mark Hamill, eh? Wouldn’t it be great if they asked you to do voices for Metalocalypse? That would be . . . brutal!
You know what? I like Wesley Crusher. Maybe it’s because I was a geeky little girl who thought she knew more than the adults around her too, but there you have it. I don’t get why people don’t like him.
Also- I don’t have that much time to watch tv right now but a family member had Numbers on and… we were all impressed with your acting ability. My husband who likes DS9 better and makes fun of my TNG love thought you were awesome.
In conclusion- I’m glad your self esteem is better now because you deserve it.
The majority of the commenters on TMdC seem to skew toward being non-TNG fans in general.
Is there a new TNG movie in the works?
I agree with Laura, I am very happy your self esteem is better now because I read Just A Geek not too long ago and it was lookin like you had some tough times. And I loved Wesley Crusher! Even though TNG was all over and done with before I was even born and “not popular” anymore, its still my favorite show. I still wish I was born in the 70’s 🙁 I actually started watching Star Trek;TNG because I got upsessed with Wil and his acting from Stand By Me (you saw that comin didnt ya?) that I had to start watching it. I had heard of Star Trek before and I used to think that it was for really weird people but its not. I gained a whole new respect for all of the Star Trek’s and all the Trekkies in the world. I became one myself! But TNG is still my favorite! 🙂 And when is the Family Guy episode supposed to air? Its gonna be hilarious because my brother loves family guy and he knows I love Wil Wheaton and he’s gonna crack up whenever he watches it. I musn’t lie, im sure I will crack up to but, all in all, I dont care what anyone or anything 🙂 says, Wil Wheaton is the f*ing bomb (like tick,tick 🙂 and so are all of his characters!