From Sci-Fi Wire: Dated July 30th, 2001 - Sci-File #223

Fehr AWOL From TV Press Tour

The boys of Roswell caused a stir at last week's
Television
Critics Association fall preview, not by what they
said,
but by saying nothing; Jason Behr and Brendan Fehr
didn't show up, leaving Shiri Appleby, Katherine Heigl,
Majandra Delfino and producer Jason Katims to chat up the
show, which returns to the airwaves--and joins the UPN
roster--on Oct. 16. Though Behr and Fehr seemingly had
good reason not to attend--Behr was shooting a movie and
had studio approval to skip the affair; Fehr was
filming a
Canadian public service spot, but apparently didn't have
studio OK to miss the press event--lawyers for 20th
Century
Fox, which produces Roswell, were reportedly not pleased.

According to E! Online, Fehr--and possibly the entire
cast; the
recipient's name was crossed out--received a dire
letter from
Fox lawyers that threatened legal action. "Make no
mistake,
such a cavalier disregard of your documented commitments
to the series will not be tolerated," the document
read. "We
are hopeful, however, that [Fox] has either been
misinformed
as to your intentions or, if you actually did not
intend to
appear at the TCAPT, that you will reconsider your
ill-advised
decision and agree to honor your contractual
obligations."

Fehr's manager, Jim Sheasgreen, did not sound
particularly
apologetic. "I think it's already been expressed that not
everyone was particularly excited about going back
for a third
season," he told E! Online. That said, however,
Sheasgreen
did state that Fehr will be at Paramount and on the
Roswell
set when the cast reconvenes on July 23.