Ryan Robbins

Ryan Robbins:(On the Stargate Atlantis directors) Well, Martin Wood is really energetic, he a very outgoing personality, he's really fun. Will Waring is also an incredible nice guy. Will's also got, I think he looks at it from a completely different perspective I imagine because he's also a camera operator and DP, so he, I think comes at it from a slightly different angle than Martin does. When you get on a show like that and people are staying true to the vision of the show, the difference between directors is, you know, it's pretty slight. Both those guys are really hilarious, both are really, really fun to work for. But, I think probably the only difference is maybe just seeing that maybe Will spends just a little more time behind the monitors checking shots and framing and stuff and Martin will come right out there to chat with the actors. You know Martin is responsible for Ladon even hanging around, to tell you the truth. Here's a little scoop for you: In the... I believe it was "The Storm", originally they had thought about killing Ladon and then Martin and I talked and then you know we got along very well and he said I'm going to kill somebody else. That's when he kept me around and made me the leader of the people, so there's a good actors story.

Ryan Robbins:(On his character of Lanon Radim on Stargate Atlantis) My opinion is that I think Ladon would love to be considered any ally and would like to be an ally but at the same time he will always do what is best for his people first. So, if at any point his people are threatened or compromised by any sort of friendship with Atlantis then the friendship with Atlantis would definitely be in jeopardy if it in any way conflicted with the betterment of the Genii. That's my opinion about Ladon. I he sees Atlantis as a great opportunity, you know technologically and also as a protective ally. I think the Genii tend to be a proud race of people who want to be in as self-sufficient as possible ironically by any means necessary. I'll be as self-sufficient as possible right after I steal all of your stuff.

Ryan Robbins: (On his familiarity with Stargate Atlantis) A little familiar with it, you know, from SG1, knowing a little about SG1 and again, Stargate Atlantis knowing some of the folks on that show. Paul McGillion is a good friend of mine. I really had to brush up on the back story of the Genii because when I first came on the show I was a Genii scientist, then the next thing I know, I'm the leader of my people and so I really had to do a little bit of home work there and again another show where the writers have a back story for everything. They have a little meeting, sit down and talk to the writers and ok so what do you know, what haven't you shown yet. What do you know about these people that I wouldn't know as an audience and that's really helpful to figure, then again, they really let me sort of create my own story for Ladon, especially when Ladon becomes the leader, he's very conflicted, he a very, very different kind of leader, again, there's another guy who appears to be a bad guy who really just wants the best for his people.