Jason Behr - Chemists {Jason & Shiri} #10 - Chemistry a tidal wave couldn't extinguish. - Page 4

**Crystaline** · 09-01-2006, 12:11 PM

I miss them too. I'd give anything to see them work together again.

**Roswell 10/2/00** · 09-21-2006, 02:25 PM

Old atricle I found from 2000

Life has changed dramatically for five students at Roswell High. Jason Behr and Shiri Appleby abducted Richard Moore for a chat about aliens...

Alien visitors don’t have to always be evil. As we enter the year 2000, after a decade of series based around paranoia and alien conspiracies, that Close Encounters-like theme has re-emerged in Roswell, a stunning new drama set in the infamous New Mexico town.

The mystery of Roswell has baffled UFO experts for years. It is said that in 1947 a flying saucer crashed in the area and locals found debris that seemed indestructible. The WB’s new series presents an interesting spin on the idea. Based on Melinda Metz’s popular book Roswell High, the show assumes that the crash did actually happen – and that there were survivors.

That fact is revealed in the pilot episode’s opening scenes, in a smalltown diner. After a skirmish between two heavies, a gunshot rips through 16-year-old student waitress Liz (Shiri Appleby). She should have died. A tragedy is prevented by Max (Jason Behr), one of three aliens living in Roswell in the guise of normal humans. Max looks like us and sounds like us. Yet he has some incredible powers, and chooses to use these to save Liz’s life – running the risk of exposing himself and his friends to the authorities.

Broadcast on Wednesday nights following Dawson’s Creek, the show is one of the WB’s hottest new properties of the season and a massive publicity campaign has ensured that Appleby’s face has been seen across the nation. Appleby, who has in reality just turned 22, has been acting since she was four, but has never before starred in a project of the scale of Roswell. How is she coping with fame now? “It’s not something that I’m trying to prepare for,” she sighs. “You just wanna make sure that you are safe. It’s not something I’m really thinking about. It’s not my goal: I’m not hoping to be noticed on the street.”

“Liz is very interested in learning” says Appleby, when asked to describe her character, who must deal with her growing romantic feelings for the dark, enigmatic alien… “She is very innocent, somewhat naive, but with the ability to read what is right or wrong. She has a big crush on this guy but she knows they can’t be together because of the circumstances, but she still hopes. She’s experiencing a whole lot of new things in her life, so it’s exciting to see how she deals with that.”

For his part, Jason Behr has guest shots on Profiler and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as Buffy's vampire-fixated old friend Ford in Season Two's Lie To Me) behind him, plus a six-week recurring role on Dawson's Creek itself

Behr describes Max as, “kind of an outsider in the city of Roswell. Just the very fact of his existence limits his personal relationship with just about anybody. He has a very big secret: he is an alien and he is quietly searching for the truth of the Roswell crash in 1947. He’s just looking for some sort of absolute truth. Looking for his origin.”

In the diner, as the wound in her stomach closes up, the still-groggy Liz must come to terms with what she has just seen. She must also hide the strange, silver handprint embossed on her stomach...

“He can manipulate molecular structure,” Behr explains. “[When Max saved Liz’s life] he kind of regenerated the cells and formed the tissue around the bullet. There are an infinite amount of possibilities of what he can do with that power. They are giving us bits of information as they go along. I think like any teenagers we are discovering our potential as the days go by.”

“The story begins with two different groups of friends in Roswell who are brought together by an unexpected turn of events,” defines Behr. “ It’s the beginning of a new life for Max... You will see a story where two people from different worlds come together accidentally and how they and their own small group of friends deal with that.”

The two young actors share plenty of screen time together as the young wannabe couple and their incredible chemistry is evident on screen. “He is absolutely wonderful,” raves Appleby. “A very gracious gentleman. We have become very good friends and I really admire him. He really holds my hand through a lot of this stuff. He’s a very down-to-Earth and great guy.”

Unlike many shows in the same genre, Roswell is not an action extravaganza. There are minimal effects, as yet no spaceships, no laser guns… Despite the wild premise, at its core this is a series about people, and the fact tha tMax and others are aliens serves as a wonderful allegory for the alienation that everybody can feel within our own society.

“I was always an outsider as a small kid,” offers Behr. “I was four feet eleven in the eighth grade and all my friends were twice my size. I didn’t grow until high school anyway. But I think that we all feel like we don’t fit in from time to time.”

When asked to explain the appeal of shows like Buffy,and Roswell, Behr responds that, “It’s another way to tell a story and deal with relationships. Buffy is very metaphorical. The characters represent something else in high school experiences. With Roswell, we do have somewhat of a metaphorical aspect to it. I think that the WB just has a great knack for good storytelling: cutting edge, cool, hip, stylistic ways of telling stories and it reaches a very large younger audience.”

Thanks to its record-breaking ratings debut it seems almost definite that Roswell will grace the WB’s schedules for some time to come. Already there are signs of a massive fan movement building for the show. In a couple of years time, one might imagine that Roswell could be a phenomenon of The X-Files or Buffy proportions…

**Roswell 10/2/00** · 09-21-2006, 02:37 PM

this was taken from Roswell moviw .net

Thanks to all who sent in questions. We couldn't send them all, but we hope that this covers most of them. Shiri Appleby: Roswell Fan (RF):

Kirsty/prettylittleroswellianQ: How do you feel about Roswell fans following your work? For example going to the Toronto Film Festival to see you and your film, or buying DVD's from you previous films? Do you mind being reffered back to your time on Roswell?p.s. Thank you for all your time spent on promoting Roswell (Japan you star!) and giving us brilliant commentaries!

I really appreciate the fact that people are still interested in what I am working on now post Roswell. Hopefully they enjoy the material I am choosing to be apart of. I hold absolutely no resentment at all that people still refer back to Roswell. I still think it was a very special show and that time was really important to me as well. It's nice to know that I am not the only one with those feelings.

RF: Shamain Nisar Q: how would you say has roswell changed your life and how do you look back at the experience on the set?

Roswell had a huge impact on my life but now only providing me with tons of opportunities and experience but by giving me a place to really learn and grow. I look back now on it as a great learning experience.

RF: IluvMaxbutheluvsLiz Q: Hey Shiri, I'd first like to tell you that I loved you in Roswell !! And now my question: What is you're favorite behind the scenes story of "Roswell" that you had with Jason Behr? << All Dreamers would love to know !!>>

My favorie Jason Behr moment was the first time we met in Jason Katims office. He was wearing a necklace with a bear claw on it and I thought he had a really easy, natural way about him. We got along great and he really made my last audition an easy one.

RF: Eric Longoria Q: Well, first off I LOVE YOU SHIRI!!!, but besides that I recently saw you in the music video for Gavin DeGraws' "I Don't Want To Be," and you were also in Sense Fields "Save Yourself," (your where great in both) so what are your standards for choosing which music videos to be in?

As far as music video's go, I have done every one that I have been asked to do. Thankfully I really like the music and the artists that I have worked with.

RF: liorgr Q: Shiri, do you have an official site? trying go to: http://www.shiriappleby.com/ and it says "coming soon"... is it going to be your official site?

I realy hope so (-; I do not have an official website but I'll check that one out. Thanks!

RF: Marisa ManswellQ: What is your favorite Roswell episode?

I have two favorite episodes. The Pilot and The End of the World. Clearly I am a fan of the romantic episodes.

RF: Cindy VanSchoyck (roswellbrat)Q: Shiri, if you could change one thing about Liz Parker, what would change?

Thanks If I could change one thing about Liz I guess it would have to be that she would have started standing up for herself much earlier. But overall I really like the development the writers created for her.

RF:alexlvnsync Q: Hey Shiri. How different is it to be working away fromRoswell and its cast? Do you miss the show and the cast?

I really enjoy moving from one project to the next because you get to meet all different types of people, learn about them and with them and then carry that with you to the next. But it would be really nice to have some constant buddies to go through that with, basically to compare notes. So in that regard it would be great to have Majandra with me still.

RF: Ashley/AngelAsh21 Q: First on behalf of Roswell fans let me say, Thanks for everything Shiri! Secondly my question is concerning....I know you never guessed...the Roswell movie! I know I know, but you just can't have enough of a good thing now can you?! You said once that if Roswell still had a story to tell you would be around to tell it...is that still the case for you...or have you had a change of heart? Thanks again Shiri!

In terms of this movie, if they could come up with a compelling story and somehow manage to wrangle the original cast, I would be apart of it.

RF: Momo Q: Shiri, thanks for making yourself so available to Roswell fans everywhere and for your continuing support of the program (namely your recent DVD promo tour). Here's my question: Now that Max and Liz are officially married, what kind of future do you envision for the two of them -- college, children, intergalatic travel, a fulfillment of Madame Vivian's Tarot card reading, all the aforementioned or something entirely different?

I just hope that Liz and Max have settled into a calm lifestyle free of all the alien drama. And that they are still out there trying to do good in the world...

Thank You Shiri.

**Crystaline** · 09-21-2006, 04:29 PM

Thanks for the interviews!

**Roswell 10/2/00** · 09-21-2006, 04:33 PM

no problem I sent you several PMs as well.

**Crystaline** · 09-21-2006, 05:22 PM

Will get to them in a little while.

WildSphinx · 10-03-2006, 07:51 PM

Hey you crazy chemists...boy it has been a while...I've been neglecting the man...that's so bad of me...well now I'm back...ttyl

**Crystaline** · 10-04-2006, 01:33 AM

Hey sphinx!

It's good to have you back!

Soeshie20 · 10-10-2006, 10:39 AM

amazing pics

!!

WildSphinx · 10-14-2006, 05:46 PM

Hey Crystaline!!! It's so good to be back....

Soeshie20 · 10-25-2006, 11:38 AM

amazing

. I want them in movie

**Crystaline** · 10-25-2006, 12:52 PM

Me too. I miss that chemistry.

Soeshie20 · 10-27-2006, 08:19 AM

Yeah me to so much they way they look touch talked about each ohter

**Crystaline** · 10-28-2006, 01:29 AM

I've never seen chemistry that amazing since them. Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly from 'Lost' come pretty damn close though.

Soeshie20 · 10-30-2006, 09:01 AM

I don't watch Lost so have on idea It could be

. |Shiri favorites episodes is pilot and end of the world intresting