That was fun. And I realized as I listened to it that I had never heard Juliet Landau's normal voice before. It was softer, somehow, than I expected.

palehorse | March 30, 18:32 CET

"Buffy the Vampire Killer" ??

snakebyte | March 30, 20:01 CET

EDIT: Oh, nevermind.

[ edited by Vince on 2007-03-30 17:10 ]

GreatMuppetyOdin | March 30, 20:10 CET

I had a somewhat lengthy chat with Juliet in the bathroom after the panel, and I can't remember a word she said because all I kept thinking was, "I knew she wasn't British, but I had no idea she had such a pretty speaking voice!" LOL!

OzLady | March 30, 20:16 CET

I agree with the comments about Juliet's voice. That's also the first time I've heard it. Now I have to dig up some video, because I'm having a hard time putting that voice with the face I know.

Somehow, after hearing her regular voice, I get the feeling she had a lot of fun playing Drusilla.

witchlover | March 30, 22:14 CET

Heh, cool, nice stories, funny banter. And yep, it's fast becoming passé, but Juliet Landau has a lovely voice (she slipped back into Drusilla pretty well too though I have to say for me hers was probably the least convincing accent - OK, apart from DB's 'Oirish' ;) - BUT cockney is pretty tough, even for English actors and she made a great attempt so there's no shame there).

Also, I don't care what the actual actor who played the part says (or Joss), Larry didn't die. His back was broken, he went on to be a great ambassador and spokesman for gay/paraplegic rights. That's my story and it's gettin' stuck to, just watch ;).

Saje | March 31, 03:20 CET

Saje, thank you for saving Larry. I've really missed him.
Since we're talking about voices, I've always wanted to ask how JM's Spike accent sounded to British ears. Even I (California born & bred) could hear that DB's Irish was awful, but usually I can't tell. And I've heard enough dreadful American accents on the BBC to know how cringeworthy a bad accent can be.
(Although I heard Jamie Bamber on the radio recently and almost ran a red light. I had no idea Lee Adama wasn't American. And Hugh Laurie's from Cleveland, right?)

jcs | March 31, 03:46 CET

*giggle giggle snort*

:)

deepgirl187 | March 31, 04:42 CET

Saje, you're preaching to the choir in my case.

Reddygirl | March 31, 05:34 CET

Well, I always did want to teach, the world to sing, in perfect harmoneeeeee Reddygirl ;).

jcs, JM's was a pretty good attempt but a bit patchy, occasionally stumbling on fairly simple/common words (like 'Mum' for instance) so I'd think most Brits would pick him out as non-English quite quickly (though I haven't asked them all. Yet ;).

Spike though is open to a great fan-wank in that a) William was originally quite posh and so wouldn't have sounded much like 'Punk' Spike anyway and b) he's travelled the world for over a hundred years in which time his accent's bound to get a bit strange. Given the context then it's actually pretty decent, sort of more realistic than a perfect English accent would be. For the same reason DB's occasional Irish inflections worked really well in present day Angel (if that was a deliberate acting choice it was a great one) but the Liam flashbacks were an exercise in painful embarrassment (and i'm not even Irish ;).

(and agreed, when I first saw BSG I didn't immediately realise Bamber was the same - very English - guy that played Archie in 'Hornblower'. To my ear a flawless Yank accent)

Saje | March 31, 12:02 CET

Thanks, Simon, I enjoyed that article. And I can think of several more questions right off the top of my head. Which brave soul chooses to go first?

Madhatter | March 31, 12:05 CET

Thank you so much for that, Simon. As someone who's never attended a con & most likely will never have the opportunity .... living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has a few disadvantages, unless you have a lot of money :) ... this kind of thing is such a treat.
The most fun thing for me is that these actors still seem to have such fond memories of the experience. Johnathon Woodward's Firefly story was a real hoot..
On accents, I'm another yank who was shocked to hear Jamie Bamber's real accent for the first time, I had no idea he wasn't American. Bur then I was shocked to hear James Marster's real voice for the first time as well, as I thought he was really English. And Bianca Lawson's accent on the show was so much fun, I kept wondering what planet she was supposed to be from.

Shey | March 31, 15:18 CET