Editing Stargate SG-1 (section)

=== Casting and cast changes ===
After Anderson accepted the part, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner reviewed several thousand taped auditions and invited approximately 25 promising actors to screen tests in Los Angeles.<ref name=dvdproducingstargate>{{cite video |people=[[Brad Wright|Wright, Brad]] and [[Jonathan Glassner|Glassner, Jonathan]] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Producing Stargate | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge are said to have gravitated towards each other during the casting process before they knew that they would ultimately be cast.<ref name=dvdprofiledaniel>{{cite video |people=[[Michael Shanks|Shanks, Michael]] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Profile On Daniel Jackson | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> The producers found Judge the easiest to cast due to his muscular presence.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> Shanks was cast because he did "the perfect imitation of James Spader", according to Wright.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> The producers knew Don S. Davis from his work as a stand-in and stunt-double for [[Dana Elcar]] in ''MacGyver'' and approached him to read for the role of George Hammond.<ref name=dvdprofilehammond>{{cite video |people=[[Don S. Davis|Davis, Don. S]] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Profile On General Hammond | medium = DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name=gw_intimate1>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-1/|title=Intimate Portrait – GateWorld talks with Don S. Davis (Part 1)|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=September 2006|access-date=December 29, 2008|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101323/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-1/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Showtime's announcement that it would not renew ''Stargate SG-1'' after Season 5 coincided with Michael Shanks's decision to leave the show over concerns of being underutilized.<ref name=storm_61>Storm 2005, pp. 61–63.</ref> The [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] picked up the show<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-05/20/14.00.sfc |title=Wright: Stargate SG-1 Fits SCI FI |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, ([[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]) |date=May 30, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020606114305/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-05%2F20%2F14.00.sfc |archive-date=June 6, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and substituted a new character, played by [[Corin Nemec]]. Casting agents had met Nemec in the courtyard of MGM's [[Santa Monica]] offices by chance and had offered him the role of Jonas Quinn.<ref name=tvzones46_22>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Corin Nemec – Jonas Quinn |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 46 |pages=22–26|date=July 2002}}</ref> Addressing rumors that it had forced Shanks's departure, Sci Fi said in February 2002 that the network had "absolutely never requested that any cast changes be made... and although we regret the loss of Michael Shanks, we think that Corin Nemec will be a great new presence in the cast."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-02/11/10.00.sfc |title=SCI FI Clarifies SG-1 Casting |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, ([[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]) |date=February 11, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020413072034/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-02%2F11%2F10.00.sfc |archive-date=April 13, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nemec's early appearances, beginning with the penultimate episode of Season 5 "[[Meridian (Stargate SG-1)|Meridian]]", failed to win over some of the show's fans.<ref name=storm_61/> Nemec was willing to continue playing the character after Season 6 or in a feature film or a spin-off series.<ref name=tvzones46_22 /> However, the producers reached an agreement with Shanks to return full-time in Season 7, leaving Nemec with a recurring role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-11/15/13.00.sfc |title=Stargate Cast Returning |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, ([[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]) |date=November 15, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325043143/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-11%2F15%2F13.00.sfc |archive-date=March 25, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Don S. Davis left ''Stargate SG-1'' after Season 7 for health reasons,<ref>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-2/|title=Intimate Portrait – GateWorld talks with Don S. Davis (Part 2)|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=September 2006|access-date=December 29, 2008|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101020834/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> but appeared in a recurring capacity until his death on June 29, 2008.

Due to prior engagements, [[Claudia Black]] of ''[[Farscape]]'' fame could not accept the offers to guest-star on ''Stargate SG-1'' until the Season 8 episode "[[Prometheus Unbound (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus Unbound]]".<ref name=sg_mag_april07>{{Cite journal |title=Vala Unveiled |journal=Official Stargate Magazine |pages=20–21 |date=April 2006}}</ref> The producers liked the on-screen chemistry between Black's Vala Mal Doran and Shanks's Daniel so much that they re-introduced her in a six-episode story Arc to cover for the maternity leave of Amanda Tapping at the beginning of Season 9.<ref name="Rudolph 41">{{Cite journal |last=Rudolph |first=Illeane |title=Black Is Back |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=February 27 – March 5, 2006 |pages=41 |date=February 27, 2006}}</ref> At the same time, Richard Dean Anderson left the show to spend more time with his daughter (his schedule had been reduced incrementally since Season 6).<ref>Gibson 2003, p. 66, p. 117.</ref> The role of the leading man was filled with [[Ben Browder]] (also of ''Farscape'' fame), who had met with the ''Stargate'' producers as soon as the introduction of new main characters for Season 9 was discussed.<ref name=tvzones64_12>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Ben Browder – Work in progress |journal=[[TV Zone]] |issue=Special 64 |pages=12–16 |date=July 2005}}</ref> The producers had met him during sci-fi conventions and had previously discussed casting him in other ''Stargate'' roles.<ref name=making_901>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph Mallozzi|url=https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/avalon-part-1/in-the-making/|title=In the Making – Avalon Part 1|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=July 2005|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162639/https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/avalon-part-1/in-the-making/|url-status=live}}</ref> The producers approached [[Emmy Award]]-winning actor [[Beau Bridges]] directly to play the role of Hank Landry.<ref name=tvzones64_50>{{Cite journal|last=Eramo|first=Steven|title=Beau Bridges – Helping Bridge the Gap|journal=[[TV Zone]]|issue=Special 64|pages=50–52|date=July 2005}}</ref> Claudia Black's guest appearances were so popular with the cast, crew and audience<ref name="Rudolph 41"/><ref name=gw_i_claudia>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/07/i-claudia/|title=I, Claudia – An Interview With Claudia Black|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=July 5, 2006|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205003316/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/07/i-claudia/|url-status=live}}</ref> that the actress returned for the last two Season 9 episodes (with her pregnancy worked into the plot) and she joined the cast full-time in Season 10.