Judge not silent about ‘Stargate SG-1’

AP: Were you a sci-fi fan before you were cast?

Judge: I think I was pretty much the average sci-fi fan. I cut my teeth, as everyone did, on ‘Star Trek.’ Then ‘Star Wars,’ and so on. I think we’re all lucky to have seen ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Matrix’ in one life time.

AP: Critics have noted “Stargate” has gotten an infusion of humor. Do you enjoy that?

Judge: The 200th episode is really a love and thank-you letter to the fans. I think they will be wildly entertained. The 100th episode was more of a kind of an inside joke for us, a wink and a nod. But this is really for the fans and really accessible and they’ll understand what every joke is. It’s probably the most fun I’ve had in shooting an episode in the entire 10 years.

AP: Teal’c is one muscular guy. How do you stay in shape?

Judge: My 3½ months off I generally gain 60 to 70 pounds. Usually every Jan. 1 is when I start back. It’s a lot of workouts a day. I start with three, by the end of January I’m up to four workouts a day and by two weeks before the show I’m up to five a day. The maintenance is the worst part of it because of early call times (on the set). So I get up at 4 in the morning every day and do an hour of cardio and some weights.

AP: Have you and your fiancee set a wedding date?

Judge: We don’t have a date set but we did just buy a house, so I think the remodeling of the house is going to take precedence over the wedding. She knows I need a workout room, a theater and that’s about it. And she has the say on everything else.

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