dmonton-born Nathan Fillion had no way of knowing to what extent appearing in the short-lived TV series Firefly would affect his career. A veteran of series such as Miss Match, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and One Life to Live, he'd never broken through to star status. And it didn't seem likely to happen with Firefly, either, especially when the show was cancelled after only a few episodes had aired. Until something amazing happened. The fans complained long and loud, and Joss Whedon, the creator of the show, decided to do the unheard of: he wrote a script for a big screen version of the failed show. Fillion was called upon to reprise his role in the film, called Serenity, and suddenly, he found himself catapulted to big screen leading man status. As the wise-cracking Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Fillion's tongue-in-cheek charm was in demand. He was immediately cast as Sheriff Bill Pardy, Chief of Police in |
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the sleepy little southern
town of Wheelsy in Slither. Sounds like it might be about snakes, right?
Wrong. At first glance, it's actually a horror film about slug-like aliens.
However, it soon becomes obvious that the outrageous happenings are funny. |