Author got misty on the set of Flash Forward—and will cameo

SF author Robert J. Sawyer, whose 1999 novel is the basis of the ABC sci-fi drama pilot Flash Forward, told SCI FI Wire that he grew emotional observing the film's production in early March in Los Angeles—and that he will have a cameo appearance in the initial episode.

"They filmed my favorite scene in the whole script," Sawyer said in an exclusive telephone interview. "And I actually got misty-eyed when they were filming it, because it didn't matter if the character names were the same as the character names in my novel. They were saying things that were the heart and soul of the novel that I had written a decade ago. What they're doing is Flash Forward, and I, to the core of my being, feel that they are doing my book."

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