2015 Toronto ComiCon Saturday Recap : Orphan Black dominates
Clone takeover! This past weekend the Toronto ComiCon took over the Metro Convention Centre for a three day fun filled event. Fans of the sci-fi, comic and fantasy world had the chance to dress up, meet up with other fans in various workshops and community panels.
Fans were treated to photo ops, meet and greets with talent, Google Ingress Game panel, Cosplay workshops and intimate Q& A panels with some of biggest stars in the top TV shows varying from Orphan Black to Bitten to Defiance and a whole lot more.
Some of the key highlight panels were Orphan Black. With the new season slowly approaching, fans were eager to ask their burning questions. The panel featured InnerSpace host’s Ajay Fry, Morgan Hoffman, and Teddy Wilson and the stars of Orphan Black, which included Ari Millen (Mark), Kevin Hanchard (Art) Kristian Bruun (Donnie) Josh Vokey (Scott) and John Fawcett (Co-Creator).
During the panel, fans were treated to a special sneak preview of Season three which airs April 18 on Space. Fans were eager to find out Millen’s reaction when he found he was going to be playing the male clone. He tells fans that he did not find out he was going to be the male clone until a week before the filming of the season finale. Millen is still trying to catch his breath and wrap around the fact he landed a major role for Season three. Fawcett also jumps in by telling viewers that they thought of bringing male clones to the series for a while but wasn’t sure who would fulfill that role. Millen’s character Mark was suppose to die in the previous season, but they loved Millen as an actor and decided to keep him around. The scene that really brought the writer’s attention was the scene where Mark brings Juice/Milk over to Gracie back in an earlier episode of Season two. The writer’s realized the male clone was right before their eyes, and they also only discovered this a few episodes before the fans did. There was also a conversation brought up of a possible Beth, one of Tatiana Maslany’s clones, flashback episode. The panel wraps up with Fawcett telling fans that there will be a lot of spoilers in the new season and there will be major spoilers with Hanchard’s character, Art.
Another key highlight panel was Shannen Doherty, who is best known from Beverly Hills 90210, and Charmed. Charming as ever, Doherty was all smiles and gave hugs to fans who braved up to ask their burning questions. She explained her mistakes with past relationships and mentioned her favourite episode of Charmed was the death of her character Prue, because she directed it and enjoyed all the fun times she had doing it. Doherty tells fans that her heart and passion is in writing and directing. Doherty also mentions that if she wasn’t acting, she would love to be a photo-journalist because pictures tell amazing stories. She would have also loved to be an environment attorney to try and save what is left of this beautiful planet.
Other highlights include amazing costumes made by fans such as Baymax (Big Hero 6), Spiderman, and a lot of other Marvel characters.
We can’t wait for Fan Expo! The new date is September 3-6, 2015. For more information, visit fanexpocanada.com
