#cliffsimon

[adrias-musings]

I just found out that #CliffSimon passed away a few days ago. I am heartbroken. He was my favorite Goa'uld System Lord on #stargatesg1 because of the sass, charm, and cleverness he injected into the character. I enjoyed seeing his interviews when it came to Stargate because he was always so gracious to his fans. Full article: https://www.gateworld.net/news/2021/03/stargate-actor-cliff-simon-passed-away-age-58/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTxYQSg1cG/?igshid=c020cva6jml2

[minlaullian]

EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA Especial Villanos #Stargate #StargateSG1 #PeterWilliams #CliffSimon #JaquelineSamuda #SuanneBraun #TimeForStargate #WeWantStargate https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5fQbSJkli/?igshid=s05przjlzrhi

[wwtweets]

Actor Cliff Simon Of 'Stargate SG-1' Dead After Kiteboarding Accident Cliff Simon, who played the bad guy Ba’a......Read the rest by clicking the link below! https://worldwidetweets.com/actor-cliff-simon-of-stargate-sg-1-dead-after-kiteboarding-accident/?feed_id=25874&_unique_id=604ba10ebecb1

[jacks-cabin]

A tribute to #cliffsimon #Neveragain #Ba'al #Last system Lord #I will miss him

[kuraraelric]

#Gateway - #Stargate #convention #25thanniversary of Stargate. #stargatesg1 #stargateatlantis #chicago #scifi #CliffSimon #Baal (at The Westin O'Hare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzD0THkDyd8/?igshid=sqoq0xfe73oy

[kissofgallifrey]

Gary Jones And Cliff Simon in the Sunday morning @stargatecommand panel. (Taken with my #Nikon Coolpix L840) #stargatecalmah2018 #calmah #convention #stargate #conlife #nofilters #garyjones #cliffsimon #stargatecommand #sg1 (at King Power Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqiGSIaAxAA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ksktnzrx2s45

[allyourbaselol]

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[data2364]

#CliffSimon @cliffmsimon as Ba'al  2006 in #StargateSG1 "Insiders"

https://twitter.com/Data2364/status/1102687551540944902

[monkeywandsgutter]

Now signed by #ChristopherJudge, #MichaelShanks, #BenBrowder, #CliffSimon and #RichardDeanAnderson... Kinda regretting not getting the DVD earlier so #AmandaTapping could sign it but hopefully I'll meet her again one day... Would love to meet #ClaudiaBlack one day too. #Stargate #SG1 #Continuum

[godwithwethands]

Wait what's that about Anna-Louise Plowman being the reason for Cliff Simon taking the role on SG1?

Hahaha well I'm kinda exaggerating what Cliff said during that interview.

I transcripted it for you. (I did my best with it, the quality's not the best at all and English is not my first language so sorry if there are any mistakes/things I misunderstood!)

(also have some gifs because he's so cute during that itv)

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About 05.15 Summit:

Cliff: Who I've met before was the character of Yu.

Interviewer: Vince!

Cliff: Vince. He's a great guy, and um... I watched how he'd been playing Yu, for quite a while. And I thought, that is not how Ba'al can be. He cannot be like that. And... When he first walked into the room and he was talking to Daniel about "this one's done that, this one's done that" and then he got to Ba'al, "and this one's done that".

And then when we all sat down and um.. forgot the character's name now... Ummmumumumumm... The Girl.

Interviewer: Osiris.

Cliff: Osiris! Osiris walked in and then I thought, straight away, I have to start to play the sexual... thing of it, straight away! It just hit me! Because none of the others were doing it!

And I thought, you know what? I-- This is what I have to do! And I just felt it, I just felt it was the character, it was pretty weird! And I played it and I started smiling, started doing my thing... And it came across, completely! I saw it come across!

[...]

Because you know what, you play it as if it's real! A girl walks in. She has legs up to her neck. She's hot. You play it as... that! That's what it is ! And it comes across, y'know.

Interviewer: Was there a bit of... audition competition in the air? You were essentially aiming to please the audience the most to ensure your return. All these different System Lords. Did that come across when you were shooting this?

Cliff: Uh, yeah, in a way, it did. It was actually like being at an audition, a normal audition, where you walk in and people are curious to each other and they're like "hi, how’re you doing?" but... Once you're in, nobody sort of talks to anyone else. 

Y'know what I mean, that kinda thing. It did come across a bit, yep. 'Cause I think they all knew they were looking for new System Lords, all the actors that were in there. So they were all trying their best and doing what they can.

[...]

I think [the producers] saw I had a sense of humor. And why shoudn't an alien have a sense of humor? I think that was the main thing. I think I've put across some sexuality, and I've put across a sense of humor. And that made it in, that made the character interesting. All of a sudden, [the producer] was like "...We can go far, we can do a lot of stories with this guy, we can play on that."

And because of Richard Dean Anderson having that sense of humor, then they put us together in Abyss and it was like...

And it-- it just worked, so well. And from there it just, y'know. Carried on.

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So basically what I get from this is: Cliff Simon made Ba’al the Horny One™ because he thought Anne-Louise Plowman was super hot and the producers loved it so much they kept Ba’al. What else is there to say HAHAHA

I recommend you watch the whole interview if you haven’t, it’s old (I think it was shot just after Cliff shot The Quest with the rest of the team?) but gold!!! ♥

I hope this clears some things up jjkhgf 

[kissofgallifrey]

Cliff Simon and @jsstiven at the Sunday morning @stargatecommand panel. @fcd_events (Taken with my #Nikon Coolpix L840) #stargatecalmah2018 #calmah #convention #stargate #conlife #nofilters #stargatecommand #cliffsimon (at King Power Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqfE-J5Dxd7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11b0766wlgniw

[allyourbaselol]

Hi again, #allyourbasers!

Today we are going to know a little bit about the actor behind the narrator’s voice, Cliff Simon.

He’s a South African actor, best known for his portrayal of Ba’al in Stargate SG-1. Cliff’s combination of charming lousy guy charisma and wicked sense of humor made him a viewer favorite antagonist, keeping his character recurring for six seasons.

[kissofgallifrey]

Cliff Simon and Corin Nemec at the SG1 panel yesterday. (Taken with my #Nikon Coolpix L840) #stargatecalmah2018 #calmah #convention #stargate #conlife #nofilters #cliffsimon #corinnemec #sg1 (at King Power Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqUbWDTA82s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=enx4ki51jg57