Chuck panel at NY Comic Con!!!

Yvonne Strahovski, Josh Schwartz, and Chris Fedak were on hand for the Chuck panel at this years NY Comic Con. They got one of the smaller rooms (compared to the massive one designated for Dollhouse and Fringe) but they pretty much filled up the 1000 seater which I think is a good sign for Chuck. They showed a montage of the last half of Season 2 with lots of SPOILERS Sarah/MI-6 Guy scenes that had them making out and engaging in other steamy activities (and yes, Sarah did look into it). Josh, Chris and Yvonne watched the montage from the door, before they were let in, and Yvonne especially looked pretty satisfied with her semi-nude fight scenes. :D


The best of the audience Q & A came from all of Yvonne’s fans, and when I say “best” I mean “amusing in their creepiness.” One dude wanted to know if this was Yvonne’s first time in New York (it wasn’t) and what she’ll be doing around the city (the audience’s creeped out laughter saved her from answering). Then there was the guy who officially nominated her as Grand Marshal for some Polish parade (she seemed pretty flattered by that on actually, if a bit confused). And lastly there was the webmaster of Strahotski.com who gave her a teddy bear wearing a “Strahotski” t-shirt. (When asked later on who some of her creepiest fans had been Yvonne held up the doll and said “this guy.” So she finally confirmed that the guy who coined “Strahotshi” actually creeps her out too! It may sound like she came off mean but it was actually hilarious and she managed to be completely charming and everyone in the room basically agreed with her lol. Good times.

Here are some of the things addressed at the panel:

- Yvonne hasn’t complained about any of the little outfits she’s had to don for fight scenes but she once drew the line at fighting in a towel. One of the upcoming fight scenes is her favorite; it happens in a car.

- We’re going to see some behind the scenes at the Fulcrum headquarters.

- We could see Chuck’s first kill coming up soon.

- Josh was totally for Yvonne changing her surname because it’s original spelling is so hard to pronounce. Yvonne recalled him wanting her to change it to Smith but Josh said he’d suggested “Striker.”

- Josh confirmed that the next episode would be preempted thanks to Obama (and like us he’s pretty bummed that NBC built up so much momentum for the show for it to have to go off the air for a week). And he said that the same thing might have to happen next weekend even Yvonne looked surprised that Obama was speaking two Mondays in a row. Josh joked that Obama’s first order as presidency was to destroy Chuck (Obama as Fulcrum, anyone?)

- Yvonne’s funnest thing to shoot has been the shower scene with Nicole Richie, and her least fun thing was the rooftop fight scene with Michael Clark Duncan (it was too hot).

- The issue of whether or not the government is paying Chuck for his duties will get addressed.

- Yvonne was surprised when she found out she’d have to do her Aussie accent for the show and was uncomfortable doing it since she’s so used to being American in front of the cameras. She says her aussie accent isn’t very strong anymore because she’s “Becoming and an American.” She looked a bit bummed to be admitting it but the audience cheered anyway.

- A little kid asked if Casey got a robotic toe since his was blown off in the Xmas ep, to which Fedak replied, “ It’s actually a toe and a missile.”

- The issue of Chuck moving out or Sarah moving “seems like the popular way to go,” according to Josh.

- They’d still love to do an episode that takes place in Comic Con just because it’d be funny to try and find the bad guy when everyone looks like Darth Vader.

- We may geta look at the Beverly Hills BuyMore to see how the better half lives.

It would’ve been great if Zacharly Levi was there too but Josh, Yvonne, and Chris are hilarious enough without him. Good times all around.