Though two decades have since passed, Torres said the bonds Firefly forged among the actors was real - so real, in fact, that the gang still stays in touch via a dedicated Firefly text chain. Whedon reportedly gathered the original cast to break news of the movie’s green-light status over dinner. “Successful television shows get reboots, get movie of the weeks, but certainly not a feature film.” “It was this feeling of complete and utter disbelief because that never happens,” said Torres, who played Zoë Washburne, the titular ship’s second in command under Nathan Fillion’s iconic captain Malcolm Reynolds. RELATED: ‘Resident Alien’ star Alan Tudyk’s best genre roles, from ‘Serenity’ to ‘Star Wars’ Speaking recently with Entertainment Weekly, star Gina Torres confessed she was flabbergasted that the studio somehow grasped the appeal of making a science fiction movie that itself was based on a canceled TV series. Just like the fans themselves, the cast of Serenity and its Joss Whedon-created TV predecessor knew they were onto something special, a vibe that Universal further validated by waving the movie through for production. After all, unless you were lucky enough to catch the short-lived show when it actually aired, informed word of mouth served as the main pointer toward its postmortem 2003 release on DVD…until, of course, Serenity set out in 2005, to give the series a far more satisfying big-screen sendoff. Universal Pictures’ fan-favorite space western came as a huge boon to the legions of Firefly TV faithful who, as time would prove, turned out to have a keen eye for quality all along. As last sci-fi hurrahs go, it’s hard to top Serenity.
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