April 11
2006
How to succeed in business by being Seth Green.
Great interview with him, there's some fascinating answers as to why he left Buffy.
Simon
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| tags: buffy, seth green, robot chicken, family guy
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DearBoy | April 11, 15:02 CET
It's unfortunate that he didn't think he was being useful as a character on Buffy; Oz was always one of my favorites.
UnpluggedCrazy | April 11, 15:04 CET
On the morning show on radio station DC101, a lady called in saying she "hooked up" with Seth in his pre-Buffy days.
He ALLEGEDLY stole a bunch of CDs, a kitchen knife, and more from her. He acted goofy/charming about it and promised to replace them/pay for them, but never did. He was also reportedly adept at the sexual act he performed.
For those of you reading whose lives I have just enriched, YOU'RE WELCOME.
Chirp | April 11, 15:14 CET
chirp I had no idea I had someone that lived to close to me here at Whedonesque.
war_machine | April 11, 15:22 CET
Chirp | April 11, 15:28 CET
gossi | April 11, 15:52 CET
He actually seems something like Joss himself, to me. Intellectual, funny, and possessing a work ethic that won't let him stay still for more than half an hour.
Boy sure knows the business, too, doesn't he?
Willowy | April 11, 15:57 CET
I must also agree with his analysis of BtVS Season Three and his diminished role, oftimes, as merely a voice in the chorus. Still, he had great swan-songs in Wild At Heart and New Moon Rising. And I'm currently loving Robot Chicken (although I probably shouldn't have let my five year old boy watch some of the episodes. Bad bad daddy).
SoddingNancyTribe | April 11, 16:07 CET
Sania Delian | April 11, 16:10 CET
I thought that, too, until I saw him on Bill Maher's Real Time. I was truly disappointed. But perhaps that was just a bad day. And everyone's entitled to one.
palehorse | April 11, 19:17 CET
Too bad he didn't get that creative inspiration off Buffy though I understand at the same time. He's one of my favorites but the amount of 'oomph' episodes he got weren't a lot.
LmR | April 11, 19:25 CET
Willowy | April 11, 19:26 CET
SoddingNancyTribe | April 11, 19:41 CET
One misstep isn't going to un-fan me. He's still one to watch in my book.
Willowy | April 11, 19:43 CET
It's totally doubtable, but still. The host, Elliot Gould, used to date SMG apparently.
HE interviews FPJ twice a year, and it's always weird.
Chirp | April 11, 20:39 CET
Agreed.
palehorse | April 11, 21:03 CET
BTW - More Marylanders? I just had to chime in... I'm from the area too and I go to Hood College in Frederick! We must shindig sometime.
AnotherFireflyfan | April 11, 21:50 CET
billz | April 11, 22:15 CET
In the first four or five seasons, I wasn't an avid fan. The idea of a teenage werewolf was for some reason amusing and intriguing. Didn't understand why the stories revolved around these other characters. They weren't as fun on first glance. I don't recall being a big fan at all back then. I didn't connect with Buffy, and didn't know enough about the other characters. Oz though was cool. He said a lot by saying very little. I wasn't even a big fan of Seth Green really. I don't recall going out of my way to be involved in BtVS, and had a generally bad opinion of it those first five years. If Oz wasn't there, I'd tune out.
It wasn't until season six that something about the series clicked, and I went back with the help of a friend who had all the shows on videotape, and seeing all the shows relatively together, in order, that made me realize what was really going on plotwise. The overall character arcs are deep and intricate, and I am ashamed now of my dismissive approach to the series in its early years. As irony would have it, by the time I became obsessed with the series others felt it was on its decline. I had similar experiences with music groups like Oingo Boingo and Devo. When they were popular I scoffed at them. By the time the rest of the world had turned their backs, I was an avid listener and fan.
Seth Green has that rare and precious talent as an actor to be capable of doing so much with so little. He's excellent at lending focus. He's powerful at improving an ensemble by his mere presence. His comic timing is impeccable. The only other actor that comes to mind among Whedon's past ensembles with similar capacities that are of equal calibre is Alan Tudyk. When next you pull out your Buffy or Firefly dvds, watch these two men carefully. Especially in those scenes when they don't have lines. Watch how they use their silence to build tension, or release it. Watch where Tudyk's eyes go when its someone else's moment. Watch what Green does when conveys the equivalent of a soliloquy in a line that consists of five or less words. Watch how they make this look so easy. It's not.
Then look again at the scenes where they do take center stage. War Stories when Tudyk says Niska ain't gonna get days. Watch when Green tells Willow he's going through changes. Then watch when Buffy tells Green maybe this is a good time for his patented stoicism. These two men are giants among mortals in the acting world. There's a handful of other actors in the history of filmmaking that are this good or better at making everyone around them look great. Sidney Portier. Ernest Borgnine. Dan Acrkoyd. Clu Gulager. Maureen Stapleton. These are people who can be plugged into any ensemble and make others look good while maintaining a sliver of limelight for themselves. Okay. Sometimes Borgnine pours it on a little thick, but he had his moments. At least he's not Mickey Rooney.
Most actors try to shine like comets. Alan Tudyk and Seth Green can be the metaphorical equivalent of nightlights or daystars, and know instinctively what is needed in any given scene. Most actors operate like an on/off switch. David Duchovny comes to mind. He's either on or off in a scene. Depends on whether or not he's got a line. Sometimes even then he's off.
These guys, Green and Tudyk, they got dimmers built into them. Hollywood is all the brighter with these talents, and should use them more often.
ZachsMind | April 11, 22:42 CET
AnotherFireflyfan | April 12, 05:09 CET
Is WHEDONesque now being sponsored by the National Enquirer?
Surely you mean Elliot Segal, although Gellar did appear in the film 'Under The Brooklyn Bridge' with Elliott Gould. She was only about six-years-old at the time, but kids start dating so young these days!
alien lanes | April 12, 05:13 CET
That'd be sad on so many levels. I think dashboard is right though, I'm pretty sure it's Segal. Or at least that sounds familiar.
I'm in Lexington Park the southern part of maryland near the naval base.
war_machine | April 12, 08:08 CET
Lizz2727 | April 12, 09:46 CET
bobster | April 12, 14:29 CET
*looks for way to rip image of Elliott Gould poolside in Oceans 11 out of brain*
-- disturbing! ;-)
billz | April 12, 17:51 CET
Him and SMG? Erm, not so much. I remember SMG mentioning the Elliott Segal relationship in her radio interview with Howard S.
SoddingNancyTribe | April 12, 18:29 CET
Lioness | April 12, 18:56 CET
Here is the only Elliott Gould trivia I know: when he was very young, he was married to Barbra Streisand. I don't remember where I first heard that, but it's true!
(We're starting to turn him into Chuck Norris, aren't we?) ;-)
billz | April 12, 19:42 CET