Gallery: The Most Intriguing Actors, Writers, and Directors at Comic-Con This Year
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED01Evangeline-Lilly-2
__Evangeline Lilly, actress__ On the end of *The Hobbit*: "I think the biggest melancholy side of it all wrapping up for most of us is that we had to leave New Zealand. We all would've love to stay there tucked in the cradle of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh being loved and cared for forevermore."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED02Nolan-Gould
__Nolan Gould, actor__ On leisure time: "I'm just here on vacation—I'm kind of a nerd. I'm not doing any panels this year, so I'm going to other panels. I'm going to a NASA panel today, and then I'm going to *Orphan Black* tomorrow, which is my favorite show. I wanted to go to *Game of Thrones*, but I'm only on Season 1, so I don't want to get spoiled."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED03Matt-Walsh
__Matt Walsh, actor__ On his online research for *Into the Storm*: “I listened to a lot of podcasts. There are a lot of weather nerd podcasts for guys who dissect storms... and there's a ton of Youtube footage from people who stumbled onto a tornado, or group who follow \[tornados\]. I watched a ton of that.”
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED04Stephen-Moyer
__Stephen Moyer, actor__ On acclimating to Comic-Con life: "I love it. It's been one of those things you get more and more used to the more you come. It's kind of like New York; San Diego is like the Lower East Side for 48 hours. It's nuts."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED05Gale-Ann-Hurd
__Gale Anne Hurd, executive producer of *The Walking Dead*__ On the pathos of *The Walking Dead*: “They face life or death every moment of very day, but at the same time there are people living in a \[real-life\] war zone right now who are also facing that. The show reminds people: live in the moment.”
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED06Ronald-D-Moore
__Ronald D. Moore, executive producer of *Outlander*__ Comparing *Outlander* and *Battlestar Galactica*: "When I approached *Battlestar Galactica*, I knew from the beginning I was going to reinvent it. But this project was very different. \[*Outlander*\] is great; it doesn't need reinvention, it needs adaptation, which is a very different task."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED07Dolph-Lundgren
__Dolph Lundgren, actor/blast from the past__ On whether or not new *Expendables* get hazed: "I think there is an internal hazing. Some of the younger kids show up and I think that initial week or two it’s a bit of pressure to try to maybe live up to something, feeling you’re the new kid in town. The new kid on the team."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED08Aisha-Tyler
__Aisha Tyler, multihyphenate__ On having eight zillion gigs: "I'm very clear that I'm a clinical workaholic. It's like someone who becomes a drunk—"no, I just like to drink"—but it's no, I just like to work. I have an issue with being idle. It's discomfiting."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED09Rooker-Fillion
__Nathan Fillion, actor (right, taking a selfie with actor Michael Rooker)__ On being Con royalty: "If I'd had the time and foresight to bring a disguise, I'd roam the floor. If I'm not in disguise, then speed is my disguise."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED10Nicole-Perlman
__Nicole Perlman, screenwriter__ On the pantheon of female writers in genre fiction: "I was on a panel yesterday with Amy Berg and Gale Anne Hurd and Jane Espenson, and I couldn't believe I was surrounded by all these incredible women—but I also felt like, 'this is a long table, and there's all these empty seats. There should be more women sitting here with us!'"
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED11Kevin-Smith
__Kevin Smith, writer/director/podcaster__ On how Comic-Con has changed over the years: "It used to be just a sea of dudes. It's balanced out really well, gender-wise. Being a fan these days is just way more inviting."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED12Dan-Harmon
__Dan Harmon, writer/TV series creator__ On Comic-Con's effect on time perception: "I've been here for two days now and it feels like it's been an hour. But it also feels like it's been a month."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED13Jane-Espenson
__Jane Espenson, writer__ On putting the "net" in "network": "I think CW is being really smart not just putting content online, but using online to develop content."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED14J-August-Richards
__J. August Richards, actor__ On what kind of Jedi he would be: "I'd be a badass Jedi with an old nasty purple lightsaber just slicing fools. Just cuttin' fools up. But I'll also be really zen. I just want to be a really wise Jedi with an old robe on top of my face."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED15Ben-Kingsley
__Sir Ben Kingsley, actor/producer__ On the merits of voiceover work: "It's very liberating to be in this kind of movie because it's just your voice. Your body, and your body language, is the province of someone else's craftsmanship. You can make great leaps with your voice and your imagination that you could never do in a regular feature film."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED16Blake-Kyle
__Blake Anderson, actor; Kyle Newacheck, actor/director__ Blake, on possible guest stars for *Workaholics*' forthcoming fifth season: "We definitely want to work with Woody Harrelson. *True Detective*, sure, but you really want to show what you're made of? *Workaholics*."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED17Wesley-Snipes
__Wesley Snipes, actor__ On Sylvester Stallone: "Sly is always gonna reinvent himself and come up with something new, time and time again. Once again he’s repeating that magic."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED18George-Miller
__George Miller, writer/director__ On common themes in his work: "If you look at the *Babe* films, they're not too different from the *Mad Max* films. From a pig's point of view, it's a pretty apocalyptic world. You're going to get eaten."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED19Isaac Hempstead-Wright
__Isaac Hempstead-Wright, actor__ On what to expect from *The Boxtrolls*: "I've seen the whole movie. It's fun! It's mad and it's kooky and it's brilliant. It's really good fun!"
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED20Steven-Quale
__Steven Quale, director of *Into the Storm*__ On the fascination with tornados: “What is most terrifying and fascinating for people is that tornadoes are very random and unpredictable. One house can be completely destroyed and another survives... There's such a scary beauty to it aside from the horrific respect you feel for the power of the tornado.”
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED21Diana-Gabaldon
__Diana Gabaldon, novelist and creator of *Outlander*__ On posting early excerpts of *Outlander* online: "I posted the first bit \[of *Outlander* online\] to win an argument with a man about what it's like to feel pregnant. I won it, by the way. \[People\] said, this is great, what is this? Put up some more of it."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED22Haley-Joel-Osment
__Haley Joel Osment, actor__ On the most surprising thing about Comic-Con: "I’m struck by how everyone seems to be finding love here. Just from being at the hotel last night—it sounded like everyone’s having a really hot time.”
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED23Jordan-Gavaris
__Jordan Gavaris, actor__ On Season 2's fan-favorite "holy Tilda Swinton" line: "I wish so badly I could tell you that was ad-libbed. That came out of the brilliant mind of Karen Walton. She was the one who wrote the episode. That was a writer's line. I wish I could lay claim to that because it's so great."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED24Alexandre-Aja
__Alexandre Aja, director__ On his love of horror: "Growing up, I had recurring nightmares. I might have seen a few horror movies way too early. But at one point I realized I liked telling horror stories to my friends in school and scaring them very much."
Ben Rasmussen/WIRED25RJ-Mitte
__RJ Mitte, actor__ On finding out the WIRED Café had an open bar: "Oh, well, goodbye then."
