Ok, so first we have the whole Air Force Sergeant bit, and then I open up my Sci Fi Weekly Newsletter e-mail from Sci Fi Channel and I see this on the right-hand column:
As Jam! Showbiz news notes:
What’s that sound you hear? Geeks shattering the sound barrier on their way to the 7-Eleven across from their parents’ basement?
Of course, it isn’t as if Tricia Helfer is bashful. Prior to getting into acting (and anyone who has watched BSG can confirm that she is a very good actress) she was a Victoria’s Secret model. Even a simple Google search on her name (let alone a Google Images search) provides some, um, less than innocent photos.
Of course, it all begs the question: why pose nude at this stage of her career? While I wouldn’t recommend to anyone that they use nudity as the means of launching their career, one can certainly understand that it is a way to bring attention to oneself (again, see the aforementioned Michelle Manhart story–indeed, Sean Hackbarth has video of her explaining that that is essentially was her motivation). One would think that Helfer would prefer to be taken seriously more for her acting talent at this stage of the game, rather than for other aspects of her career.
Update: Along those lines I saw this in a piece on BSG’s potential 4th season (see above): Tuned In: Season four still awaits OK for ‘Battlestar Galactica’
Helfer, who’s not recognizable as Six when not wearing a platinum blond wig, appears nude in the current issue of Playboy. She’d been approached to appear in the magazine when “Galactica” began, but after 10 years as a model, she wanted to establish herself as an actress. Now those concerns are gone.“I’m certainly not opposed to showing a certain amount of skin,” she said. “I feel confident, and I’m one of those people who believe we all have the same parts. I don’t like it when it’s done in a gratuitous or nasty way, but I think some of my favorite shots are black and white nudes. … I think [my] pictures are classy and fun. I’m proud of it.”
Tricia Helfer Nude Playboy Pictorial
Everyone’s favorite Cylon, Tricia Helfer, is baring it all for Playboy.
Number Six, clothes zero.
Tricia Helfer, darling of Donalda and sex-oozing Cylon of TV’s hit Battlestar Galactica, is baring all in the latest Playboy.
What’s th…
Trackback by Gone Hollywood — January 15, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
Every BSG fan can now have a little taste of what it’s like to be on a cylon baseship.
Comment by Sean Hackbarth — January 16, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
I don’t like it when it’s done in a gratuitous or nasty way
Is there anything about posing for Playboy that is not “gratuitious”?
Comment by Jan — January 16, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
A legit question.
Comment by Steven L. Taylor — January 16, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
I don’t like it when the airbrushing is “gratuitous” and, more importantly, obvious.
Comment by Sean Hackbarth — January 17, 2007 @ 1:44 pm