You know, I have repeatedly heard how SMG has done her own stunts, and yet I cannot remember a single scene that she did something REALLY physical...So why do they insist that she does her own "stunts"? Nice article BTW.

Simpleba | March 28, 06:04 CET

They didn't say she did all her own stunts but she did do a lot of stuff. Joss Whedon even comments on it in one of the commentaries about how good she was at it and had a great high kick. James Marsters also said in an interview that the job was very physical for SMG to be doing because she's a girl. James also does a lot of his own stunts but he still has a stunt double for the more difficult or dangerous stuff. A lot of actors like to do a lot of the stunt work but if the producer thinks some stuff is to dangerous they usually don't allow them to do it. I remember Lucy Lawless getting hurt pretty bad when she got thrown from a horse doing Xena and they had to stop production for awhile until she healed.

I thought it was a nice interview. I liked the comments about her time on Buffy and how great the show was. I like that she seems to be enjoying life and I look forward to seeing some of her future movies. I also liked what she had to say about marriage because I feel that way too with my own marriage - that it's a partnership and my husband is my best friend.

[ edited by blwessels on 2004-03-28 04:52 ]

Firefly Flanatic | March 28, 06:31 CET

I also liked what she had to say about marriage because I feel that way too with my own marriage - that it's a partnership and my husband is my best friend.

Ditto that here too. We feel very lucky in that respect.

I saw her on Ellen DeGeneres earlier in the week. She seemed happy. Kinda culture-shocked because she'd just gotten back from Japan, which was obviously a very major experience for her. I was quite impressed with the Japanese language skills she's picked up. She even says "sake" right (sah-kay with equal emphasis on the syllables instead of SOCK-ie like we usually say).

melsta | March 28, 06:53 CET

I saw that interview too and also thought she looked really happy. She seems to be enjoying life quite a bit. I had read some thread on this site recently about her really picking up the language pretty quick. I think most actors probably are great at picking up and remembering things because of the pages of dialogue they have to memorize quickly.

Firefly Flanatic | March 28, 06:57 CET

yeah i say her on that show. she seemed very pleasant and happy. i am definately looking forward to seeing her future movies, especially "the grudge" (and yes, even scooby doo 2).

norman | March 28, 08:01 CET

I liked this article. I think she comes off as very grateful for the great opportunities she's been given. She even said Buffy was the greatest show on TV, which I adamantly agree with. Go, Sarah!

[ edited by electricspacegirl on 2004-03-28 09:52 ]

electricspacegirl | March 28, 10:41 CET

Can someone explain why the article said "eight years" for BtVS? It was only seven seasons, after all.

Good article, though.

chickenbird | March 28, 12:45 CET

I missed the part where it said 'eight years,' but it's probably just a mistake. Even taking into account that they had filmed the full first season before it ever aired, 8 years before the end of Buffy would have been sometime in 1995. They might have begun to develop the show at that point but I doubt SMG was already involved. But then again, what do I know?

forcorreo | March 28, 15:02 CET

Well, SMG was already in the infamous "unaired pilot", which they had to cast and shoot before the first season was even green-lighted. 1995 also fits with her assertion that she was 18 when she joined the series -- she was born in april 1977.

Incidentally, I thought she came across very well in this interview: not at all the "it was time for me to move on to bigger stuff" attitude that I had half expected from the "buried Buffy and never looked back" headline they put on the article.

[ edited by bovik on 2004-03-28 14:57 ]

bovik | March 28, 16:45 CET

She comes off splendidly, I think. Good for SMG for having the smarts to realize and acknowledge the brilliance that was BtVS.

phlebotinin | March 28, 20:48 CET

I thought she came off very well in this interview too, thanks for posting it.

Simon | March 28, 21:59 CET

I thought it was funny that it was a SMG interview in a SMG (Scottish Media Group) newspaper

garda39 | March 28, 22:59 CET

Very good article. I think it had a great balance between dwelling on her past achievements as well as promoting what's going on in her life now.

tvmoobunny | March 29, 01:39 CET

SMG and Nicky Brendon really do know how to say things diplomatically, and please their fans. They need to teach MT the ropes on being grateful.

Cole Searr | March 29, 04:27 CET