From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
                       The Official Xena and Hercules Convention May 2001   
                                       Part 2   
      
       Then Sharon (Delaney) asked Lucy to sing something in the style of   
   Stevie Nicks, so Lucy sang her Burrito song from SNL, which was a lot of   
   fun.   
      
   Next Sharon asked them what their favorite costumes were. Lucy said it was   
   the stringed bikini from Lyre, Lyre. She was too tall to fit into Renee’s   
   costume, but Renee’s double was taller so she could wear that one. Renee   
   commented that it had shocked Ted and Lucy said that yes, they had shocked   
   Ted many times.   
      
   She said he didn’t quite know how to react when his best friend’s pregnant   
   wife was coming on to him, and laughed. Renee said that the costume she   
   liked was the one from If The Shoe Fits when she was playing the ugly   
   barmaid with the blacked out teeth. She said that was a lot of fun to do.   
   Then Lucy commented that she loved all the costumes.   
      
   Renee said though that whenever they brought out the crucifixion rags they   
   knew they were in trouble, and it always seemed like those were coming back.   
      
   Lucy commented that Renee had abs of steel and that the baby must be having   
   a hard time finding space in there. Renee confirmed that she was 5 months   
   pregnant. Then she commented that every time they changed the costume, she   
   could move more. Every stage of the costume reflected a change in Gabrielle.   
      
   Lucy commented that her boobs didn’t get smaller though. Renee laughed and   
   said it was natural because of the pregnancy.   
      
   Sharon asked them about practical jokes on set. Lucy said that Renee was   
   always trying to pull lame jokes on her, like putting crumbs in her chair,   
   greasing the door knob or putting cling wrap in the toilet. Renee said yeah,   
   and you always managed to ruin them. They never worked. She said that she   
   thought it was Rob who grabbed the doorknob, and Lucy just brushed the   
   crumbs off before sitting down.   
      
   Lucy said that she had taken the fishnet costume from The God You Know and   
   worn it out bowling. She said, “I looked cool in the bowling shoes bowling   
   my heart out.” Then Renee commented that the rope dance was the hardest she   
   had done with all the twisting and stuff. She’d never been that sore before.   
      
   Sharon asked her if she was really dancing on shields and she said yes with   
   a bunch of strong men holding her up.   
      
   Next Sharon asked Renee what her middle name was. Renee said it was Renee,   
   which sort of stymied Sharon for a minute. Then Lucy mischievously said that   
   her name was Evelyn. Renee sort of shot her a glance for letting the cat out   
   of the bag, and then explained that her full name was Evelyn Renee O’Connor   
   and she was named after her grandmother. However, in order to keep it from   
   getting confusing, everyone always referred to her as Renee.   
      
   Sharon asked if either of them had taken anything home from the set on the   
   final day, like their costumes. Renee said she took her bathrobe and the   
   moon boots because they were so comfortable. She loved wandering around her   
   house in the moon boots. Lucy said that she had taken her costume home and   
   the original Chakram, because she liked that one better.   
      
   Then Sharon asked what were Xena and Gabrielle’s pet peeves about each   
   other. Renee said that for Gabrielle it was that Xena never brushed her   
   teeth. Lucy said that Xena was upset about Gabrielle using her Chakram to   
   cut eel.   
      
   Sharon asked Renee whether the pregnancy had affected any of the final   
   shooting. Renee said that they had adjusted the costume at her request so   
   that it came up a little higher in the middle, but they hadn’t made any   
   other changes. She said she had been worried that she would have to do   
   reshoots of scenes and that they wouldn’t match up.   
      
   When Sharon asked them if they would keep up their physical fitness, both of   
   them said that they were planning on staying fit.   
      
   Sharon asked them about whether they were going to change their hair styles   
   now that the show was over. Renee said she wasn’t really worried about her   
   hair and that she liked it short. Lucy said that she’d probably let it   
   return to her natural color because she didn’t really want to mess with   
   dying it every 6 weeks. She didn’t feel the need to dissociate herself from   
   the character and had gotten used to the look after all these years. She   
   said she’d had it cut a bit recently because it was getting a little ragged.   
      
   Sharon asked them what they would miss most about not being on the show.   
   Lucy said it would be not having someone to cook for her all the time. She   
   hates having to feed herself. Renee said she would miss having someone   
   managing her schedule for the day and telling her where she needed to be.   
   Then she sort of ribbed Lucy about how she’d probably be shopping at Martha   
   Stewart’s website now that she had time to be more domestic. Lucy laughed   
   and admitted that she’d actually bought Martha’s kit for crystallizing   
   flowers but had never used it.   
      
   Then she said that she should have kept her mouth shut since the kit was   
   going to be Renee’s shower present. She went on to say that Renee was a   
   great present buyer. When she first was on the show she was always buying   
   presents for everyone’s birthday and things, and all the folks were quite   
   confused by that. In New Zealand apparently, everyone is horrible about   
   presents. They’re not big on giving gifts. And then she and Renee joked a   
   bit about some of the presents that Lucy had gotten for Christmas, including   
   the hole-punch that her father had given her one year.   
      
   Lucy said that one time she had pulled out a wound and slapped it on Renee’s   
   back, which led them into talking about the guy that Lucy always sent her   
   prosthetic wounds to. Renee commented that they couldn’t recreate Xena, that   
   it was too surreal. Lucy said that they loved being able to make people   
   laugh and cry.   
      
   Sharon asked them about the scene from The Abyss, saying that it had   
   affected her profoundly. Lucy said that they had sort of adlibbed most of   
   the cave scene and that when she had seen the dailies she had teared up.   
   Renee said that all she remembered was being really cold and wet during the   
   whole thing.   
      
   Then Lucy and Renee wished all of the fans that had a birthday that day   
   Happy Birthday.   
      
   Lucy said that she wanted to thank the fans for being such a force for good   
   with all the money they raised for charity. She said that it was heartening   
   to everyone involved with the show, how much the fans were always looking   
      
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