Former Six Million Dollar Man star Lee Majors told SCI FI Wire that his upcoming guest appearance on UPN's similarly themed Jake 2.0 was like a bionic jog down memory lane. Jake star Christopher Gorham "was full of questions, and the whole cast was very excited that I was there, which I found very flattering," Majors said in an interview. "And of course a lot of the crew brought out all their old stuff, and I think I was signing lunch boxes and coloring books and record albums and all kinds of things-some things I never knew existed. But anyway, we had a ball."
In the Dec. 17 episode, "Double Agent," Majors plays retired NSA agent Dick Fox, who's pulled out of retirement to help Gorham's Jake hunt down an ex-KGB operative planning a deadly attack on the United States. Major said he spent about 10 days last month shooting his role in Vancouver, B.C., much of it at night and in lousy weather. But Majors said that he was pleased to be on a show in which the hero acquires superhuman powers through technology, much like his Col. Steve Austin in the 1970s series Six Million Dollar Man. "Actually the original talk was about maybe playing [Jake's] father," Majors said. "And then they came up with a wonderful idea of his becoming an agent that had been retired, being called back in for a job. And so that's the way it kind of comes about. ... You don't know at the end whether he was in this program ... where they tried to create these Six Million Dollar Men-type effective agents." As for another shot at Jake 2.0? "They said they would love to have me back, and I guess if the show does well, they'll have me back, hopefully," Majors said. "I hope a lot of people watch it. It was fun. Chris Gorham is a super kid, and the rest of the cast, they all fit together." Jake 2.0 airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
