April 17 2009
Up close with Joss Whedon.
Wizard Magazine speaks to Joss about Dollhouse, tv execs, Eliza and Buffy the comic book character. It's the perfect complement to your Saturday morning coffee.
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very nice read, thank you. Oh and this:
almost made me spilled said tea :D
nyrk | April 17, 23:11 CET
embers | April 18, 01:44 CET
I honestly think he has given away something here. Soon you'll be erasing them.
wiesengrund | April 18, 01:48 CET
nixygirl | April 18, 02:09 CET
Tobu | April 18, 04:56 CET
The new Wizard which came out last week had a Best Moments Of Buffy Season 8 list/artcle.
[ edited by Buffyfantic on 2009-04-18 14:16 ]
Buffyfantic | April 18, 05:14 CET
So, basically, between Buffy, Willow, and Fray, he's basically created the perfect character.
Hmmm, actually, if you substitute "gonna go all sorta ren-fair" for "gonna go all punk," Willow kinda has done the whole Phoenix route, 'specially if we get to count vamp Willow.
doubtful guest | April 18, 05:21 CET
Damn you Danny Spiegel for stealing my thunder!
edcsLover9 | April 18, 07:15 CET
Minxie | April 18, 08:07 CET
I was confused by the answer about Eliza in the role as "Echo", because it seems to imply he might have gone another way with it -- didn't this start out as her show? Like "Joss, I have this contract and this idea" and they fleshed it out and he offered to make it for her once they had this completed idea? Could he have actually not cast her at that point?
KingofCretins | April 18, 10:00 CET
@theonetruebix | April 18, 10:01 CET
witchlover | April 18, 11:03 CET
QuanticoMVP | April 18, 12:13 CET
SteveP | April 18, 12:39 CET
I mean, those were people who helped you make a lot of money for seven years, if nothing else. Also I'm not sure I'm loving all of the casting on Dollhouse but I think EVERYONE from Season 1 of Buffy was amazingly great. AND they were still great seven years later (writing staff, maybe not so much).
All of a sudden I think I'm starting to understand certain casting choices. I do not like the idea that he casts people based on whether or not he thinks he would still like them in seven years.
ailiel | April 18, 13:02 CET
Riker | April 18, 13:53 CET
SoddingNancyTribe | April 18, 14:34 CET
@theonetruebix | April 18, 14:36 CET
Madhatter | April 18, 15:20 CET
Like I know that they discovered that Rebecca Gayheart wasn't quite right for Inara about a day into shooting and they signifigantly changed the Angel cast partway into the first season for what could have reasonably been story reasons. With the Dollhouse team on the other hand, everyone seems to be pretty consistent and even if he talked about not wanting to have the series turn into too much of a nepotism lovefest, he did manage to bring back quite a number of folk he presumably enjoyed working with.
[ edited by orangewaxlion on 2009-04-19 00:45 ]
orangewaxlion | April 18, 15:44 CET
witchlover | April 18, 16:03 CET
Sunfire | April 18, 16:13 CET
Besides, what people think of as beef between stars in a fandom is usually just... a perfectly normal, cordial, professional relationship. Joss doesn't have to have an "I invite you over to watch my kids" type life-long bond to every actor he's worked with in order to have a perfectly comfortable relationship and a willingness to work with them again.
KingofCretins | April 18, 18:48 CET
Buffy the Slayer Layer | April 18, 19:05 CET
Vague comments are always open to interpretation.
Riker | April 18, 19:54 CET
Caroline | April 18, 21:26 CET
Madhatter | April 18, 23:28 CET
Satai (with Punsch) | April 18, 23:43 CET
And I also agree about "I was just so happy not to be in love with her, because I couldn't imagine how awful that would be. I don't think she understood it was a compliment." Heck, I couldn't imagine working directly with Amber or Mercedes for any length of time.
DaddyCatALSO | April 20, 16:34 CET