Women of Fall TV: Maggie Q

UGO.com has dedicated a photo gallery of Nikita's Maggie Q. Wooohoo! Lyndsy was in one of the pictures with Maggie.

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Women of Fall TV: Maggie Q
By Kevin Fitzpatrick

Maggie Q in The Women of Video Game Movies: Resident Evil to Super Mario

Our dear Nikita star has been listed as one of the women who has appeared in video game movies. Maggie is part of the video movie game The King of Fighters. The list includes Kristin Kreuk, Mila Kunis, Ashanti, Ali Larter, Leelee Sobieski, Jamie Pressly, Michelle Rodriguez, Mila Jovovich and Angelina Jolie. Do check out the gallery here.

Meanwhile, you can watch the trailer of The King of Fighters below:



The King of Fighters Blu-ray:


You can buy the Blu-ray here.

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The Women of Video Game Movies: Resident Evil to Super Mario
By Man Handsome

Living TV's Nikita show page

Nikita has premiered in the UK. It is being aired by Living TV. Check out the show page they created for Nikita. The site also has interviews of Maggie and Lyndsy.

Excerpts from the (short) interview:

On Maggie:

He didn’t duck. Do you like how I don’t directly say it was his fault? But I am like, if you don’t want to get hit, you gotta duck!

(She's a real kick-ass!)

On Lyndsy:

Alex is just really complex, and so is Nikita. These women are complex, like in real life, you are not always just one thing, and the writing really holds up to that.

If you are curious about Nikita's ratings in the UK, you can check out this TV Ratings UK page. Pretty decent numbers for Nikita. YAY!

Funny Joke from...Maggie Q

This joke was posted in Esquire way back 2007. September 10, 2007 to be exact. Here goes:

Two men are adrift in a lifeboat for days. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, one of the men stumbles across an old lamp. When he touches it, a genie comes forth. This particular genie, however, states that she can deliver only one wish, not the standard three. Without giving much thought, one man blurts out, "Make the entire ocean into beer!" The genie claps her hands and the entire sea turns into brew. The other man looks disgustedly at the one who made the wish. After a long, tension-filled moment, he says, "Nice going! Now we're going to have to pee in the boat.

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Funny Joke from...Maggie Q
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Maggie is one of fall TV's hot new stars

NYDailyNews.com lists Maggie Q as one of fall TV's hot new stars.

Its not so surprising though. She's been in most lists for Fall TV 2010 :) The list is a mix of men and women. Do check it out.

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Maggie Q on female action stars that she admires

In an interview with Collider, Maggie Q revealed that she admires Angelina Jolie and Michelle Yeoh. Collier, though, misspelled Michelle Yeoh's name. Hehe :)

I think Angelina Jolie in Salt is a perfect example because it’s a recent example. I remember seeing promotions for Salt and getting really excited and hoping that it did really well. It’s just good for females right now, in the industry, to be able to headline and carry something that traditionally men carry. What I like that’s happening right now in the action genre, which didn’t happen before, is that they’re using incredibly credible actors now in these big action roles. You see Angelina Jolie in a movie like Salt, and she’s very believable, but not because she’s super tough or has more muscles than the next girl. She’s an incredible actress, and that toughness comes from a place that’s very internal, which is the reason why she’s so good at what she does. That’s a great example of a really quality actress in a role where she’s doing both, and you have to be. I look at people like Angelina and Michelle Yo, early on, when I was living in Asia, and people like that, and I admired them because it was the combination of things that they brought to the screen that really worked. Now that I’m in that position, I know how hard it is, and my admiration has just been heightened.

More of the interview over here.

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Maggie Q Interview NIKITA
by Christina Radish

That pool party scene with Nikita wearing a red bikini

Maggie Q mentioned at the San Diego Comic Con panel that she was told but she was going to wear a classic one-piece bathing suit. But when the bathing suit was handed to her, it turned out to be a two-piece bathing suit with a string. Maggie talked more about that scene in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

It was absolutely terrifying. Also, it was supposed to be a small scene. It’s like a private party of seven or eight people. I get to set and there’s like 100 hot extras with like massive t**s and they’re gorgeous. And I was like, “Really you guys?!” Now I’m walking around set looking like a 12-year old boy next to all these hot girls with huge boobs. I was so horrified. I was dying.

What makes me like this show more is Maggie's dedication to the show. She's doing it with so much passion.

People ask me whether I’m nervous, but I weirdly don’t feel nervous, and not because I don’t think I’ll fail. I’ve certainly failed in my life at different times and I’m sure I’ll fail again. It’s because I feel like the energy I put into pressure or feeling nervous, I could just put into something really great. That’s really my goal. My mind is all about work. I see those posters and I got, “S**t I better live up to that hype!” Not by taking more clothes off but by making something that people won’t forget. That’s what it is for me.

The interview can be read over here.

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'Nikita' star Maggie Q talks her new hit series, kicking butt, and being a Jackie Chan protege
by Tim Stack

Craig Silverstein Interview

Craig Silverstein is the executive producer of our beloved show Nikita. Snippets from The Collider interview:

On doing another version of Nikita:

I had to take it upon myself to find a way that it could be done fresh, where you didn’t know how this story was going to end. That’s when I came upon the idea of following Nikita after she had left the agency, which is a chapter that’s never been told.

About the Nikita character:

I think it’s a mini-mythology now, like Batman or James Bond. Obviously, it’s not to that level, but people know it. It’s been done enough now that it’s got its own myth attached to it, and the powerful thing about it is that there’s a very fairytale aspect to the whole story. It’s a dark fairytale.

Casting Maggie Q:

It had to be someone who was beautiful, who could fight, who you could believe holding a gun and who you believed was smart, in order to plan everything that she was doing. You’d think those things would be easy to find in an actor, and they’re not. We had actors come in and these girls would be gorgeous and smart, but you’d put a gun in their hands and it didn’t work. The second we heard Maggie’s name, Danny Cannon, our director, and I looked at each other and were like, “Yes!” It was really early on in the process.

Casting Lyndsy Fonseca:

She was intense when she came in to audition. We were like, “Woah!” I don’t think you’ll be thinking of her as the girl next door for much longer.

Nikita vs Alex? Uh oh.

And then, Alex and Nikita’s relationship is also going to start to fray. There will be conflict all around.

Interested to read the full article? Read here.

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Executive Producer Craig Silverstein Interview NIKITA
by Christina Radish

Maggie is deaf in one ear?

As read on Ask Men's profile of Maggie Q, she is deaf on one ear! OMG. Is this for real?

"I got smashed in the face with a piece of two-by-four, which left one side of my face completely black for two weeks. I'm also deaf in one ear where my eardrum was blown out in an explosive stunt."

Season 1 Epiosde 9 One Way

Episode Title: One Way

Episode Description:

Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West) temporarily team-up to kill a terrorist who murdered Michael's family many years ago. When Percy (Xander Berkeley) learns this information, he sends Division agents to kill Nikita, who ultimately compromises the mission, leading to Michael's capture by the terrorist group. Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) is caught going through medical files inside Division so she creates a lie that involves Jaden (Tiffany Hines) and almost blows her cover. Melinda Clarke, Aaron Stanford and Ashton Holmes also star. Ken Fink directed the episode written by Albert Kim.

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"One Way"--Xander Berkley as Percy and Melinda Clarke as Amanda on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

"One Way"--Tiffany Hines as Jaden on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

"One Way"--LtoR: Lyndsy Fonseca as Alex and Tiffany Hines as Jaden on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

"One Way"--LtoR: Tiffany Hines as Jaden and Lyndsy Fonseca as Alex on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

"One Way"--LtoR: Melinda Clarke as Amanda and Lydnsy Fonseca as Alex on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

"One Way"--LtoR: Tiffany Hines as Jade and Lyndsy Fonseca as Alex on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

"One Way"--LtoR: Lyndsy Fonseca as Alex, Tiffany Hines as Jade and Xander Berkley as Percy on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

"One Way"--Tiffany Hines as Jade on NIKITA on The CW. Photo:Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW

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Nikita babe Maggie Q dated former Roma midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata

Ooh, interesting tidbit. According to Soccer Lens, Maggie used to date an athlete and goes by the name Hidetoshi Nakata.

Our sources tell us that Q has dated the former Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata.

Will research more on this guy in the next few days. In case you want more pics of Maggie, read the Soccer Lens article. Well, more of see the article since it has more space for the pics that for the text of the article.

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Nikita babe Maggie Q dated former Roma midfielder Nakata
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Maggie Q vs LL Cool J + Chris O'Donnell

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Who do you think will win if Maggie Q fights LL Cool J & Chris O'Donnell at the same time? Devon Sawa thinks that it Maggie Q. He tweeted earlier that:

Yes. That was me on NCIS LA. For the record: Maggie Q would take LL and O'donnell in a Punjabi Cage Death Match... At the same time #nikita

Of course, no doubt it will be Maggie Q :)

Maggie Q is one of the kickass ladies of Fall 2010 TV

Maggie Q is included in the list of Entertainment Weekly's "12 Kick-ass Ladies of Fall TV"


Check out the complete list here.

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12 Kick-ass Ladies of Fall TV
By Sandra Gonzalez, Emily Exton

Are 'Nikita' ads too sexy?

Do you think this ad is too sexy?


According to Variety, L.A. shopping center the Grove turned down that ad.

L.A. shopping center the Grove, for example, turned down the ad featuring Maggie Q seated and wearing a leather outfit. Locales in Chicago and New York also passed on the image.

In other parts of Los Angeles, the ad of "Nikita" in the chair was approved -- except on billboards located near schools and churches.

But this ad was approved.

In those cases, outlets including the Grove were fine with a replacement ad featuring the actress in a long red dress and brandishing a machine gun.

Make that conditionally approved.

In Culver City, the machine gun ad wasn't welcome, particularly on billboards facing the 405 Freeway.

Hooray for the shopping centers that approved. And thanks to "peer pressure."

In Santa Monica, the newly reopened Santa Monica Place Mall initially turned down the "Nikita" ads -- but relented after discovering that shopping centers in other locales had given the greenlight.

But this is what the CW Marketing Head had to say:

"Of course, we've been down this road a few times with some of our campaigns. We know it's always smart to come prepared to have different options ready to offer our different constituents," said CW marketing topper Rick Haskins.

Good job, sir!

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CW's 'Nikita' ads too sexy?
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Destined Role for Maggie Q

Others are overnight sensations. Others wait for years to have that big break. But when that big break comes, it will be worth it. Lucky for Maggie that she has been doing action for more than a decade already. Pioneer female action star? :)

"As lucky as I've been in other people's films, it's good to have my own thing," she says. "It's hard being a woman known for action films. Now you have Angelina (Jolie) in 'Salt,' but when I started, it wasn't the cool thing to do as an actress."

Maggie may have struggled for years with her action roles but it has lead to something big.

"There's no room to get your bearings when you do Asian films, which are emotionally and physically draining. I was groomed to be in this role right now," Q says of making movies in as little as two weeks to a month. "It's a workload I can handle and a genre I'm familiar with. The road I've traveled has brought me here."

You deserve it, Maggie!

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'Nikita' role feels like destiny for Maggie Q
By Susan Young

Stuck in Asia, Dreaming of Hollywood

I found this old article in the archives of The New York Times. Its about Asian stars dreaming to making it big in Hollywood. At that time, our 'Nikita' star Maggie Q was virtually unknown in the US but a big star in Asia. Much so that the caption of the photo said:

Maggie Q, a star in Asia but still relatively unknown in the United States, in “Live Free or Die Hard.

But we all know that a little patience goes a long, long way. So here we are now, fast forward to present and Maggie Q is the star of a US TV series.

Having lived in 2 continents, Maggie has had different experiences and exposures to working conditions. And that I think will make you a better person.

In Hong Kong a cracked shin earned her an hourlong respite. “On ‘Live Free’ I got a little cut and they were like: ‘Oh my God! Medic!’ ” she said. “It was so wonderful. I was, like, in tears.”

I loved the fact that she kept her HK manager.

At one of Taiwan’s bustling night markets, she met a woman who suggested that she go to Hong Kong: “She gave me a number and said, ‘Call this woman. She’ll help you.’ ”

That woman was Meeyian Yong, who, nearly 10 years later, is still Ms. Q’s manager. She lent her money and found her a place to stay until she started getting work.

But Hollywood is Hollywood. It is the measure of success of TV & movie actors.

But as big as Asian-American talent can become in Asia, true success is still often measured in American terms. “My manager’s biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman,” Ms. Q said. “Letterman comes on at, like, 2 a.m. in Hong Kong, and she watches him every night. She says, ‘Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you’ll be on Letterman?’ What can I say? I just tell her I can’t promise, but I’ll try my best.”

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Stuck in Asia, Dreaming of Hollywood
By Robert Ito

Early calltime for our Nikita stars?

Lyndsy tweeted this:

5:30am. At work. #nikita. Too early!!!

WHAT?!? Wondering if its a 5:30 am calltime or they haven't finished taping yet at that hour.

But I think Lyndsy is having fun because she posted this after:

Pedro kidnapped! #MaggieQ

She kidnapped Maggie Q's cat? If she did, that's funny :) I wonder if they will have to do some action scenes before Pedro will be rescued from his kidnapper :)

EOnline interviews Maggie Q and Lyndsy Fonseca at SDCC

Kristin Dos Santos interviews Maggie Q and Lyndsy Fonseca at the San Diego Comic-Con 2010.

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Lyndsy Fonseca

TV.com's Beth Lisick catches up with the cast of Nikita

Another video from the San Diego Comic-Con 2010.

Nikita: The Femme Fatale Lives Again

Hollywood 411 gives you a sneak peek at The CW's Nikita, the latest incarnation of the iconic femme fatale. Star Maggie Q, a Jackie Chan protege, talks about the series and recalls how she knocked out an actor who got too close.