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Once We Were Spacemen

Introducing Once We Were Spacemen

Once We Were Spacemen

Nathan Fillion & Alan Tudyk

Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Performing Arts

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk were once spacemen. Since their time on Firefly, their friendship has been marked by comic-con panels and the occasional cameo. Now they're hosting a podcast where they connect with fellow creatives, exploring who they were and what they're up to now. It's highly entertaining… and if you're not interested, at least tell your mom about it. She definitely has a thing for Nathan.

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0:00.0

Once we were Spaceman.

0:02.0

...Mameen

0:04.0

Hi, I'm Nathan Fillion.

0:09.0

I'm probably a pretty big deal to your mom.

0:12.0

And I'm Alan Tudik, a Juilliard trained actor with a long resume of robot roles.

0:17.0

A quarter of a century ago, we were cast in a little show called Firefly, and that's how we

0:22.0

became friends. It's also how we started going to sci-fi conventions, jabbering on to audiences about

0:27.0

not just the show, but our friendship. And what we discovered during those cons is that we are

0:32.4

very entertaining. At least we think so. Well, sci-fi fans do. And people who go to cons to. And if you're like,

0:40.1

I never make it to Comic-Con. Now you can hear Nathan and I shoot the breeze on our new podcast

0:45.3

once we were Spaceman. Spacemen, Spaceman, Spaceman, spacemen, space men. We're going to lock down

0:50.8

memory lane with longtime friends, fellow actors. We'll take a peek into the creative minds that bring you your favorite stories. When they put us on Friday nights at eight, they gave us our time slot. And I remember being like, to kiss to death, guys. See ya. Because of all that Star Wars shit, we did. We got to spend a lot of time with George. George Lucas. Yeah, George Lucas. I was slopping burritos and serving you

1:12.5

black beans. Not good Mexican food. Pretty solidly bad. Great margaritas, mediocre burritos, and

1:20.6

super bitter Juilliard waiters. Wow. We'll talk about who they once were.

1:29.3

I was doing like these crazy stunt shows, wearing rubber hot pants and a silver corset as I kept the world safe from evil.

1:39.3

I was one of like five Jewish kids at the school.

1:42.8

I was the only one in the school named Seth,

1:46.4

and I was one of the few people that wanted to like sing a dance

1:50.0

and put on a show.

1:52.3

And who they are now.

1:54.8

How do you stay relevant?

1:56.1

What is the key?

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