Firefly Cast Members Discuss Possibility of Second Season at New York Comic Con


It's been 13 years since the cancellation of Firefly, and despite its one-season run, Joss Whedon's science fiction series is still being remembered thanks to its cult of fans, and New York Comic-Con was the proof.

Over three thousand adults and one infant "Browncoat" — a fond nickname for "Firefly" fanatics — packed a ballroom at New York's Javits Center on Saturday to remember a show that many say ended too soon.

Alum Nathan Fillion (Captain Mal Reynolds), Alan Tudyk (Hoban Washburne), Gina Torres (Zoë Washburne) and Jewel Staite (Kaylee Frye) talked about the cult classic and held a Q&A session with the fans.

Fox cancelled the show after 11 episodes largely because of low ratings, though the show's irregular schedule and the way it was released out of chronology were also blamed to cause the disappointing results.

But when asked what they took away from the short-lived show, Staite said, "I learned that if the network tells you that no one is watching the show, sometimes they are wrong."

The former cast members agreed that they would sign on to star in a second season if it was offered.

"Full-time, please," Fillion said.

"Otherwise they would cast new people," Staite said.

"And nobody wants that," Torres added to thunderous applause

As for their favorite memories from the series, Fillion said, "It's been a long time since ‘Firefly.' My memory is fading. We have been going to conventions since 2003."

When a fan asked whether the actors took any mementos from the "destroyed" set of the 2005 film Serenity, Staite called Fillion out.

"The set was not destroyed, it was dismantled," thesp laughed. "I saw a man taking things of the wall and that was Nathan. He had no shame just ripping things off the wall. I should have done it too, but I've been in the business since I was 5 and the first thing I learned was you don't do that."

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