Stargate’s Tapping is eager to join Atlantis cast

Amanda Tapping, Stargate SG-1′s Colonel Samantha Carter is eager to join Stargate Atlantis even after ten seasons playing the role.

She told SCI FI Wire: “It’s been great; it’s kind of an embarrassment of riches for me at the moment. The fact that my character moved over to Atlantis makes her a completely different character for me now. Carter being in charge, having her own command, changes her character so much that it’s not at all boring. It doesn’t feel like I’m playing the same Carter.”

In the upcoming fourth Atlantis season Carter will replace Dr Elizabeth Weir, whose fate is uncertain. Tapping said, “She’s in command now, as opposed to being in Sam’s comfort zone, which was being part of the hierarchy of the military and being in a subordinate position. She understands Sheppard’s military expertise, and even though she may have the same amount of military expertise, it’s not in this galaxy. She’s never fought the Wraith before, so she defers to him a lot. She defers to Dr. Rodney McKay, played by David Hewlett and his scientific expertise in the Pegasus galaxy. And then Teyla, Rachel Luttrell and Ronon, Jason Momoa, are complete unknowns to her, so she really has to make her way with them.”

Stargate Atlantis returns later this year.