Q: A brave woman from the Our Stargate group (I believe her name was Dana) asked “how many episodes we’ll have to endure before Daniel shaves” :)
A: Michael was so cute as he replied to this question. He said, putting a slightly hurt tone to his voice, “Why? You don’t like it?” To which Dana diplomatically replied, “Not on Daniel.” Michael answered, “I got news for you – I only play him on TV, honey.” He said he got a letter from a fan saying that the beard was ok as long as it didn’t look like “that dead gerbil” he had in Sumuru. He likes the beard, and said that Daniel will be sporting it for at least the first four episodes of season 9.

Q: How does Michael feel about Daniel getting more involved in the action on the show?
A: Michael said it wasn’t so much about making Daniel more action oriented; rather it was more about making Daniel “not hide behind so many rocks.” He talked about the episode Lockdown, in which “Teal’c shoots him, Jack shoots him, Carter shoots him…”, and Avatar, in which “Teal’c shoots him, Teal’c shoots him, Teal’c shoots him… Teal’c shoots him…” He also talked about Endgame, when Daniel finally gets to throw a punch at a guy, “then gets his ass kicked.” Meanwhile, Carter, who’s tied to a chair with her hands behind her back, manages to get off a few good kicks :)

Q: Has Michael received any injuries on the set?
A: Several audience members started giggling at this question, which prompted Michael to ask why they were laughing. He started acting silly and said, “Well, I bruised my noodle…” :)  He talked about Endgame again, in which both NID guys had stunt doubles but he didn’t. When he asked Peter DeLuise about this, Peter replied, “You’re a big strong man. I thought you’d be offended. Christopher Judge said you’d be offended.” Michael declared, “CHRISTOPHER JUDGE said I’d be offended??” He drew a circle around his chest with his finger and said, “Human shield.” He also mentioned Moebius Part II, in which everyone on the set had a stunt double but him, even though he gets shot with a staff blast and several rounds of automatic weapons fire.

Q: How are they planning to introduce Ben Browder’s character?
A: Michael asked the woman’s name, to which she replied “Jennifer.” Michael said, with a flourish, “Jennifer, this is Ben Browder’s character.” Yuk yuk :)  He explained that Browder’s character, “Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell… Arantxa Sánchez Vicario…”, was a pilot in the episode Lost City. The story will be that Mitchell was involved in the space battle alongside SG1 and “saved our bacon”, and gets offered any position in the SGC that he wants. Logically, he chooses to be a part of SG1.