![]() I think that’s love in general, though: you love the heck outta someone but they can drive you crazy. Regarding us, the relationship with Aron hasn’t changed, I still love him yet at the same time find him most frustrating. And yes, we are scheduled to pose for photos in makeup with anyone who wants to take a picture with Nog – or Rom – or Nog and Rom together. We’ve been to Seattle, Nashville, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and Cherry Hill, NJ, as well as Fedcon in Duesseldorf and even Australia. Aron and I have been sort of “touring” around as our Nog and Rom characters, in full makeup and original costumes, with the makeup by John Paladin and costumes on loan from Francis Scofield. GRODENCHIK: Oh, yeah, right, makeup again – thanks for reminding me. How deja vu is it for you to put a Rom head on again and to interact with Aron as you did going back 25 years? You and Aron Eisenberg will be posing for photos in costume. He will be at DST and hopefully we can raise a glass together. I’ve been contacted on Facebook by a guy who I met at a convention in Northern Ireland like 17 years ago. Seems like a jam-packed schedule, a lot for Aron and I to do there, but I’m sure there’ll be enough time to meet people. I’m pretty curious about it and very much looking forward to it. This’ll be my first time at a Destination event. It was an incredible event, a great group of people, and ever since I’ve had a fondness for cons in the U.K. GRODENCHIK: My very first convention ever was in Leicester, England, back in 1993. How eager are you to talk on stage, greet fans, sign autographs, etc.? You'll be in London for Destination Star Trek 3. And this past August, James Darren sang with us, which was pretty cool! We actually close the show, which is quite an honor. ![]() We’ve performed it many times in a number of cities, and we’ve been the last act at the annual Las Vegas convention the past two years, and are already contracted for next year. I also do spend time trying to come up with new songs for Creation’s “Rat Pack” show, featuring Armin Shimerman, Jeff Combs, Casey Biggs, Vaughn Armstrong and myself. And most importantly, of course, I’m working on raising a child. Part of me always wanted to teach, so, now I have my chance. I taught English at the local Berlitz school last spring, and I’m hoping to do that again. It’s a little tough here in the countryside, where the accent’s thick as Scottish brogue. That they even know of me over here is kind of mind-blowing, and quite flattering. And it’s very nice of them to think of me. But I understand, that’s the nature of show biz, no matter where you are. The catch is the producers keep saying “We’re trying to get the money.” One of these projects has been in the works for years now, so I’m not exactly holding my breath. GRODENCHIK: As to working as an actor again, well, I do have offers to play roles over here in Austria: two films, one web series. It might happen down the road, but for the time being, we’re good here. Whether we’ll move to some big city with a theater/film/TV scene is a question for the future. It’s a rather idyllic place to raise kids, and the baby’s doing great, so in that sense we know we made the right decision. But I think our main question was, “What’s best for the baby?” And over here we’ve had tremendous support from my wife’s family. It was a tough decision, because my wife was getting more and more work as a stage manager in Los Angeles and, of course, my agents are there, and we have so many connections and ties to L.A. We decided to have and raise our baby over here my wife was born and raised here, her family’s here. ![]() There are farms on three sides of us, so we’re really in the countryside. ![]() ![]() GRODENCHIK: My wife and baby daughter and I live in Upper Austria, about 35 miles south of Linz, the provincial capital. Where are you living these days, and what compelled you to make the move? ![]()
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