Wil Wheaton Update

What’s our good friend and big supporter of Slice of SciFi, Wil Wheaton been up to these days? Well, as we reported before the event, at last month’s Comic Con in San Diego, Wil was one of the premium speakers at the Star Trek Managa panel. The event was a huge success, thanks in great part to Wil’s appearance on the dias.

In some other great news, Wil actually auditioned for a role in the upcoming Fox Network SF series “The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” He admitted on his blog that, “It’s the first audition I’ve had in I don’t even know how long, and it was early enough to directly conflict with the writer’s hours I’ve been keeping for much of this year.” But, he also indicated that all went well and “if what I did is what they’re looking for, I think I have a very good chance at booking the job. If history is any indication, of course, I’m going to come in second to someone’s cousin or I’ll be just a little too old or too young or not edgy enough for the part . . . but all of that really doesn’t matter. I felt good when I was done. I felt so good, in fact, that I broke acting etiquette and told the producers, ‘I just wanted to say, as a huge geek in real life, thank you for making this show. I’m really excited to see it!’ They all seemed genuinely happy to hear that, and I’m glad, because I meant it.”

Well, it’s been a while since he did the audition and according to Wil….”I haven’t heard anything back from my audition for The Sarah Connor Chronicles, so it’s safe to assume that they’ve given the role to someone else. While this is a streak I’d like to break, I don’t feel the crushing disappointment I would have felt a couple of years ago. My goal was to have fun, enjoy myself, and give the best audition I could give. By that measure, I did everything I wanted to do, and it was a complete success. Being cast would have been a nice bonus, but it looks like it will be awhile before I can put on the actor pants again. That’s not too bad, actually. I like the writer pants just fine.”

Well Wil, your fans are also eager to see you back on that screen again too, but we also love the stuff you write and can’t get enough of that too….so, just know we are all with you either way.

In our final bit of Wheaton news — Wil was recently at PAX 2007 (Penny Arcade Expo) in Seattle, Washington to deliver the keynote speech for their annual gaming convention. You can catch his full keynote address HERE…. it is very cool and you can tell everyone there is having a blast. [Parental note: Speech contains some graphic adult language]