Earlier this year, the cast and crew of Stargate: SG-1 headed to the arctic to shoot scenes for Stargate: Continuum, the first of two straight-to-DVD movies based on the long-running Sci Fi Channel series.

But Michael Shanks, who plays archaeologist Dr. Daniel Jackson, couldn't tag along, because he was too busy helping counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) save the world on Fox's 24 (9 p.m. Mondays on WSVN-Ch. 7, WFLX-Ch. 29).

Shanks plays Washington lobbyist Mark Bishop, the love interest of Lisa Williams (Kari Matchett), assistant to Vice President Noah Daniels (Powers Boothe).

"I don't get anywhere near Jack Bauer," Shanks says, "so I don't get killed. Even if you're a good guy, it's dangerous to be on that side of the story."

One thing Shanks does reveal is that he has a love scene with Matchett, a fellow Canadian he met back in the early '90s in Stratford, Ontario. On a show accustomed to mayhem, romance apparently caused a bit of a stir.

"I'm not saying where or when," he says, "I'm just saying there was a little bit of sexy stuff, which is unusual for 24. A show like that doesn't really have time for it. What's funny about it, the crew, they were quite bashful at times about what we were filming.

"Somebody came over and articulated, `Sorry if people are kind of giggly around here. We're used to chain-sawing people's heads off and cutting fingers off and torture scenes, that's the day-to-day for us. But the sex thing has us all acting like teenagers.'"

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