Summer Glau Central

As a star of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and a veteran of Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity, Summer Glau is accustomed to being recognized in public by enthusiastic and devoted fanboys.

On March 9, art will imitate life (or real life will intersect with art) when Glau crosses network boundaries to guest star as herself on CBS’ Big Bang Theory.

In the episode, airing on March 9, the brilliantly geeky heroes of Big Bang Theory run into Summer Glau on a train and, as one might imagine, they’re pretty excited about the chance for celebrity interaction.

Meeting with reporters before the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles panel at San Francisco’s WonderCon, HitFix asked Glau about her foray into sitcom work and how Fictional Summer Glau differs from Real Life Summer Glau.

Pound for pound, Summer Glau is one of the toughest stars in the action film and television world. The fact she stands a mere 5-feet-6 and weighs about as much as a Boston terrier has not stopped the Texas native from being the muscle on TV shows like Firefly and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Who says you have to be a former bodybuilder to be a Terminator?

TV Guide has an interview with Summer. Check it out below. Be warned for some spoilers.

This Monday at 8 pm/ET, Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles presents a midseason finale which reveals one character’s shocking secret, sets the stage for other surprises, and ultimately leaves Sarah herself in perhaps one of the last situations you’d imagine to find her in. Summer Glau shares a peek at the episode, shedding light on Cameron’s “issues” with John’s girlfriend and teasing insight into one of the series’ biggest mysteries of all. (After this week, Sarah Connor returns Friday, Feb. 13, leading into the debut of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse.)

Summer is featured in Men’s Health November 2008. I have added 10 photos from the shoot. She looks amazingly gorgeous here! I will try to pick up the magazine as soon as possible. Check out some snippets followed by the article below.

Summer Glau is a tough (and gorgeous) android from the future who’s trying to save the world from oblivion in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Offscreen, though, she prefers to have someone protect her. But not just any man will do. The standard-setting man for this football-loving Texas gal: “My daddy. He’s so masculine—a manly man—and he’s a caring, sensitive guy. It’s a magical combination. I’m so lucky to have grown up with that.”

Glau can’t help but compare boyfriends with her father. “I like pretty conservative guys, good guys,” she says. “I always look for the qualities I find in my father.” Master the strong, sensitive combo with Glau’s advice below.