Summer Glau

Firefly veteran Summer Glau joins the Terminator TV project, but who is she playing ?

February 8, 2007 - Yesterday we spoke to Summer Glau for an interview for IGN TV that will be appearing on our site early next week. The actress, currently appearing on The Unit and best known for her role as River Tam in Joss Whedon’s Firefly and its film sequel Serenity apologized for being, "a little bit blurry," noting that she was in the midst of shooting a pilot and had been up until five or six in the morning shooting that morning. "But it was fun! We were doing fun stuff," she added, saying, "I’m really excited about it. I think it’s going to be awesome. I’m having a wonderful time."

When we pressed for details on what the pilot was, Glau replied, "Well, I’m not supposed to say yet. It’s supposed to be a surprise. But it’s killing me, because they’ve announced some of the other characters, but I’m not supposed to say. My character is a surprise." However, she did tell us the pilot was for FOX.

Immediately we couldn’t help think that she was likely referring to The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The Terminator spinoff was set to shoot about now, and the mentions Glau made of working on a FOX pilot with action elements fit the bill.

Well as it turns out, we’ve discovered that last week Variety did indeed note, in the midst of a pilot update piece, that Glau is part of the cast of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, so what project she is working on can be laid to rest. However, this begs the question of what character she is playing, and why the need for secrecy, when they’ve announced other actors and the characters they play, such as Thomas Dekker as John Connor and Lena Headey in the title role as Sarah.

Given Glau’s very impressive background doing fight scenes, and the fact that she played something of a programmed killer in Serenity, our minds have started to wander... and we can’t help think, what would a Sarah Connor story be, without a Terminator in the midst? This is just our speculation mind you, and Glau could be playing any number of characters the Connor family encounters. Assuming The Sarah Connor Chronicles is picked up, we will hopefully find out the secret of Glau’s role in the coming months.