Edward James Olmos made his love for the series clear early and often. McDonnell cited how only Olmos would actively promote “Battlestar” on his own time, telling people to watch it whenever he got the chance, and Olmos brought the crowd to its feet at the end of the night — literally — as led a chant of the fan favorite line, “So say we all!”
And to think: When first offered the role, he turned it down.
“I think what got us all was the writing,” Olmos said, after noting how he said “no” to Admiral William Adama before reading the script. “It was brilliant from the first page.”
After accepting, Olmos guided the series toward one of his old films: “Blade Runner.”
“I had a strong understanding of the world, but I got it through ‘Blade Runner,'” Olmos said, adding that he wanted the producers to go after “that understanding” for “Battlestar.”
And for Olmos, his TV opus surpassed the aesthetic design of one of film’s most visually stunning works.
“Not even ‘Blade Runner’ was this well crafted,” he said. “Because the story was so deep.”
So what is the Sacramento connection?
Edward James Olmos also starred in Stand and Deliver as Jaime Escalante!
Stand and Deliver was the tru story written about Jaime Escalante, math teacher. Long after the movie came out, Mr. Escalanter moved to Sacramento where he taught at Hiram Johnson High School.
That's just One Degree of Separation!
And to think: When first offered the role, he turned it down.
“I think what got us all was the writing,” Olmos said, after noting how he said “no” to Admiral William Adama before reading the script. “It was brilliant from the first page.”
After accepting, Olmos guided the series toward one of his old films: “Blade Runner.”
“I had a strong understanding of the world, but I got it through ‘Blade Runner,'” Olmos said, adding that he wanted the producers to go after “that understanding” for “Battlestar.”
And for Olmos, his TV opus surpassed the aesthetic design of one of film’s most visually stunning works.
“Not even ‘Blade Runner’ was this well crafted,” he said. “Because the story was so deep.”
So what is the Sacramento connection?
Edward James Olmos also starred in Stand and Deliver as Jaime Escalante!
Stand and Deliver was the tru story written about Jaime Escalante, math teacher. Long after the movie came out, Mr. Escalanter moved to Sacramento where he taught at Hiram Johnson High School.
That's just One Degree of Separation!
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