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A dark and ominous tone reminiscent of our dearly departed BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, an enticing mission (”survival”) and UGLY BETTY’s David Blue… finally a STARGATE [UNIVERSE] we can get behind! How about you?

Now far be it from theTVaddict.com to toot our own horn (Oh who are we kidding, did you see our inclusion in Rick Ellis’ 30 Essential Twitter Feeds for TV Fans?) But we just wanted to take a moment to congratulate one of the nicest guys in Hollywood: David Blue. Who as reported first by Michael Ausiello (seriously, not bitter at all), has been tapped to join the cast of Sci Fi Channel’s much buzzed about STARGATE UNIVERSE as Eli Wallace, a total slacker, who just so happens to be a genius when it comes to anything he puts his mind to.

The congratulatory self-pat on the back comes in when you realize that Blue won the role two months after taking part in an exclusive interview with theTVaddict.com and mere weeks after making it into our illustrious Top 10 TV “Davids” of 2008.” Coincidence? We think not.

But in all seriousness, welcome to Canada David… now go buy some warm clothes, it’s freezing here.

Ask, and you shall receive.

Yesterday, theTVaddict.com put technology to the test with our Great Twitter Experiment. Our goal? To see if we could land an interview with actor David Blue (UGLY BETTY’s Cliff) with a deceptively simply Twitter message designed to lure him into our web.

Well, mission accomplished!

Not only was David kind enough to drop us an E-mail (“Who knew, he joked, “that Twitter could work so well as a publicst!”), but he was more than happy to take a few moments out of his busy schedule to answer the following five questions. So enjoy, and don’t forget to check him out on tonight’s brand new episode of UGLY BETTY (8PM on ABC, CityTV in Canada)!

The TV Addict: According to IMDB, of your earliest acting credits was as a “Beefy Resident” on a TV Addict personal favorite, VERONICA MARS. How does one get in character to play a “Beefy Resident?”
David Blue: Yeah, gotta love the title of that role, huh? What’s funny, is at the time, I considered it a compliment because I was working out so much. Now that I’ve gained a bit of weight for Betty, looking back at the title “Beefy Resident” just adds to the fatty-factor. “Veronica Mars” was such a well-oiled machine.  Regardless of it being shot in San Diego, by the time I got to set they were ready to get me into wardrobe and rehearse the scene. I actually only had time to scarf down a quick meal before I was rushed to set to shoot. The whole process only took an hour-and-a-half, which is pretty much unheard of on-set anywhere else. Maybe I was able to get into the role so well because I was starving from not getting to eat much?! Ha! I WAS kind of bummed though, because I’ve always been a huge Kristen Bell fan, and since they were so well organized at the set, she was getting ready for her scenes while I was shooting mine. I ended up just missing her and never meeting her that day, and was quite disappointed. Luckily, I got to meet her quickly at a benefit we did this year together for the Alzheimer’s Association where we were both singing and dancing. Still, I’d love to sit down and chat with her one of these days for a full conversation!

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As the song says, ya gotta have friends… and if they happen to be of the celebrity variety, all the better. So you can imagine my excitement when I became best buds with actor David Blue (perhaps best known for his recurring role as Cliff St. Paul, beau of UGLY BETTY’s snippy nemesis, Marc).

Okay, fine, in the name of full disclosure, I should probably admit that while I’m ready to declare us BFF’s, in reality we’re more like Twitter buds.

For those who think that means we’re bird watchers, let me offer enlightenment: Twitter is a popular microblogging platform allowing you to tag along, in the cyber sense, with everyone from your neighbor to some of your favorite celebrities like Greg Grunberg, Brea Grant and Felicia Day!

Oh, and yours truly.

Now here’s where things get really interesting. Because David Blue is among those I can now cyberstalk… er, follow at a respectable distance as per the restraining order, I’m hoping that by posting a message on Twitter, I can get his attention and bring him this way to answer a few questions while, at the same time, introducing himself to y’all and, not coincidentally, charming you into catching his latest appearance on UGLY BETTY (Thursday night at 8 p.m., ABC or, for my fellow Canadian, CityTV).

So let the great Twitter experiment commence as I post the questions below and then wait, with baited breath for Mr. Blue to respond. Which by the way, if you’re reading this Mr. Blue, you can contact me at info@thetvaddict.com and we’ll arrange for you to answer the following questions…

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