My interview with Amanda Tapping is finally online (and, for the next week at least, available via WE newspaper boxes across the Lower Mainland).
I interviewed Amanda earlier this month in the lobby lounge of the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. I’d expected the interview to last about an hour but we ended up chatting for more than two. We touched on everything under the sun: her career; her co-stars; her family; her fears; her femininity; her aspirations; her fans. Along the way, we laughed and cried and split a plate of Angus sliders.
I had a helluva time deciding what to include in the article. Would that I could post all 16,000 words!
I can’t rave enough about Amanda. She’s the real deal. She’s everything positive you might have heard about her: disarming, charming, funny, beautiful, kind, brilliant, and gracious.
The article is entitled Tapping into grace (‘grace’ being Amanda’s favourite word; truthfully, she is the epitome of grace). I also wrote a second article (Character building with actress Amanda Tapping) wherein Amanda reflects on the characters that propelled her to icon status.
For more about Amanda’s charity, Sanctuary for Kids, click here.
Why can’t you post all 16,000 words here on your site?
I wish I could! But my agreement with the newspaper prevents me from doing so. On the plus side, I’ll probably be using some of the unpublished material for a couple of articles in the very near future, so watch the WEVancouver site (and this space, too)!
Lovely article. I’m so jealous you got to talk to her for 2 hours! Just one thing. The fans call her Grand Empress, not Queen of sci-fi
Hi Valentina! Amanda and I talked about all of the titles that fans have given her over the years (Queen; Icon; Grand Empress; etc); it’s pretty clear that she deserves each and every one of them, and then some!
Your interview of Amanda Tapping is great news!
I’ve been having Amanda Tapping withdrawal since Sanctuary ended its run.
Looking forward to that interview’s posting.
Thanks much.
Have a nice day!
Allo, Sabrina.
Just read the articles.
They were great!
You made my day, thanks!
Have a good one, too.
That’s very kind of you to say; thanks so much for (1) reading my articles, and (2) the positive feedback!