Broadway
In September 1997, Lucy Lawless appeared as bad girl Betty Rizzo in the Broadway revival of Grease. Lawless wanted to play the lead, Sandy, however, she felt that producers typecast her as a “bad girl” after her success with Xena. She felt that Sandy’s character was similar to her own sheltered childhood – Lawless grew up in New Zealand with protective older brothers.
Broadway
The Chakram
Rob Tapert was asked just why and how he chose Xena’s weapon, “I had a book of ancient weapons and I saw this weird discus called the Chakram and I said let’s give her this because it can return and we’ll never have another character use it. John Schulian [series writer] said he hated it and said we should cut around it. I told him ‘that weapon is the coolest thing I’d ever seen’ – it’s her signature piece.” Tapert knew what he was talking about!
The Chakram
