Thankfully, he's as quick-witted and mischievous in real life as Seamus Harper - ace engineer, cool surfer dude and self-confessed genius - is in the show. Woolvett almost missed the boat when it came to joining the Andromeda's crew. "When the auditions were being held, I passed because I'd moved to LA just prior to them and didn't want to up sticks and move back to Canada so soon. However, you do need to eat, and having lived the usual actors' life where a year goes by without work, I took the opportunity to audition for the show the second time it came around."