Episode Trivia
Casting Connor
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Vincent Kartheiser spoke to the BBC about being cast as Connor:
“When I first got the sides [casting description] for the audition, it was for a role called Street Kid. They did not want to let out anything about the character, but what my agents would tell me is that, “this isn’t the character you’re playing, it is just an auditioning piece and the actual character will be very different from this.
“So I went in and I auditioned for it. It was a very basic scene, and I auditioned for Tim [Minear] and, I believe, Joss and David Greenwalt. They said, “Well, we really liked you a lot, and we’d like you to meet the cast next week.
“I went and met the cast, [who] all seemed very friendly, and then they brought me in for a screen test. They bring in all the cameras and the lights and the set and everything to see how you fit. It’s mainly for the studio, for them to give it the once over.
“So I did that with David, and then, right before they told me I made it, they called me up and said, “We want you to know what kind of character this is.” They let me know that I was going to be playing Angel’s son, a demon killer from Quor’toth. I was excited because I’d never even imagined to play anything like that before.”
Keith Szarabajka
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Keith Szarabajka played vampire hunter Holtz in season three of Angel. Born on December 2, 1952, in Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago, and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He studied acting at the Organic Theater in Chicago between 1972-1978.
His has appeared in Charmed, 24, The Inside and Law & Order, and is probably best known for his role as Mickey Kostmayer in the 1980s show The Equalizer. He has also contributed his distinctive voice to several audio books, including Fear Nothing and Seize the Night by Dean Koontz.
Keith’s surname, pronounced “Sharah-bike-ah”, is Polish, meaning “dark fairytale”.
Late-comers
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Vincent Kartheisers’ introduction as Connor in 3.20 A New World continues the Angel trend of welcoming main characters late in the season. We saw J. August Richards as Gunn first in the 20th episode of season one - 1.20 War Zone, and Amy Acker as Fred in episode 19 of the second season - 2.19 Belonging.
Revealing Connor
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Vincent Kartheiser (Connor) told the BBC the following on-set story in an interview:
“I think, [in] my second episode, there was this scene where this heroin-addicted girl was being beaten up by her drug dealer. I find her under a bridge and I go and jump on top of the car, grab the drug dealer and pick him up and slam him on the car.
At the time they had me wearing these leather patchwork pants that were sewn together with what you would think would be something you would find in a hell dimension, so shiftily put together. I was practising the jump onto the car, and there was this beautiful young lady sitting inside the car. I lifted my leg and just heard rrrriip, and looked down.
From about the base of my butt all the way around to about the nape of my tummy there was a big old gaping hole. It was one of the days - I don’t know what happened to me that morning - but I hadn’t worn underpants. So I looked down and everything was quite exposed. In a moment like that you don’t quite realise who’s been exposed, you just know that you must put that thing away and get away from set, and so I did.
No one actually saw it. I mean I went through all that trouble, [but] someone might as well have gotten a glimpse, you know.”
Stephen
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In 3.20 A New World, we find out that Holtz has renamed Connor, calling him Stephen.