The quartet, who call themselves Sliders because they slide through portals into different dimensions, don’t have the coordinates to their version of Earth (“Earth Prime”), so they have to keep sliding until they find home. ![]() Rembrandt Brown, played by Tony winner Cleavant Derricks, is a singer looking to rejuvenate his flagging career when he’s inadvertently caught in a portal Mallory overamplifies. Rounding out the gang, Sabrina Lloyd portrays Wade Wells, Quinn’s longtime friend and will-they-or-won’t-they love interest. Of note, show creators Bob Weiss and Tracy Torme (the son of legendary crooner Mel Torme) considered Hector Elizondo, David Ogden Stiers, Ricardo Montalban, and James Coburn for the role before offering it to Rhys-Davies. A handsome boy-next-door that’s naturally likable and slightly goofy is an O’Connell staple and made him a perfect choice for Mallory, a hyper intelligent graduate student who creates a device that can open portals to alternate Earths.Ĭo-starring with O’Connell is veteran actor John Rhys-Davies ( The Lord of the Rings trilogy) as professor Maximillian Arturo, Mallory’s perpetually grouchy, yet endearing mentor. While O’Connell would go on to have other memorable roles, the character of Quinn Mallory would be an archetype he’d play for the rest of his career. Back in 1995 the future Bravo superfan and new co-host of The Talk was primarily known as the husky kid from Stand By Me, and for the cult TV series My Secret Identity. The first season of Sliders stars a then 20-year-old Jerry O’Connell, aka Mr. The San Francisco-set series lasted five seasons (the final two of which aired on Sci Fi) and is currently available for streaming on Peacock. However, few have done it better than Sliders, which debuted in 1995 on FOX. Long before Loki fans watched Tom Hiddleston traipse through multiple dimensions while meeting horn-helmeted alligators, there were a plethora of other TV series that used the concept of multiverses. “They’re both really tasty, but the cheese does one thing and the apple does another,” he said, not specifying which band was which food in that analogy.Although it may seem like it, the idea of a multiverse wasn’t created by Marvel. “But as a band, if you were outside a pub and you heard that music coming out of a pub some night, you’d think, ‘Well, that’s a mediocre pub band!'” Daltrey added, “No disrespect.”ĭaltrey did credit the Stones with writing “some great songs, but they are in that blues format.” As for measuring up the Beatles and the Stones, Daltrey said it’s like comparing apples and cheese. ![]() ![]() “You can not take away the fact that Mick Jagger is still the number one rock ‘n’ roll showman up front,” Daltrey said. In a new interview with the Coda Collection ( via NME), Daltrey echoed that assessment when asked whether he heard McCartney’s Stones remarks. I think our net was cast a bit wider than theirs.” In October, Paul McCartney first took a dig at the Stones when, after being asked to compare the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, he said, “ They’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are. Roger Daltrey is the latest rock legend to drag the Rolling Stones, with the Who singer likening the group to “a mediocre pub band.”
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