Atlantis’s Luttrell’s pregnancy written into series

Pregnant Rachel Luttrell, Teyla in Stargate Atlantis has told SCI FI Wire that the show’s producers are writing her real-life pregnancy into the series. Rachel, speaking on the show’s set in Vancouver said: “They’re golden; it’s not only the fact that she’s going to have this darker side, but also the fact that she’s going to be faced with taking care of someone who may be the last of her kind. There are so many interesting colours that are now coming out.”

Luttrell added that she is shooting her roles out of sequence so there is no disruption to the action sequences she has to do. She said: “From the get-go, this has been the most physical season for me thus far. It’s almost like they were, ‘Oh, my God, let’s get it in all at once.’ I guess at this point forward they probably will cut back some.”

Atlantis is going to expand Teyla’s character beyond the pregnancy, Rachel added, “There have been little things that have been touched on throughout the past seasons: The fact that she has these powers that are innate to her, her physiology, etc. So we expand that a little bit in terms of her links to the Wraith.”