Katee Sackhoff’s portrayal of Kara Thrace (aka Starbuck) on “Battlestar Galactica” – originally played by Dirk Benedict in the 1978 TV series – was hailed as one of television’s most complex characters on a show that’s still widely acclaimed as peak science fiction. But it sure didn’t start out that way.
Sackhoff appeared on a Saturday episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” and spoke candidly about the open derision she endured as the show launched in 2003. Rogan asked Sackhoff, who was in her early 20s when “Battlestar” debuted as a miniseries, whether there was backlash to her casting as a character originally played by a man.
“Yeah, there was,…
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