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From: LC Fenster <lucienlc@i...>
Date: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:07 pm
Subject: [Bloody_Awful] More on our visit (spoilers)
We had another busy day today (though not nearly so much fun as
yesterday). We actually saw the Angelmobile tooling around town THREE
times today! And Theresa was interviewed about the Saving Angel campaign
by Barry Nolan for Nitebeat, a Comcast production by live satellite feed to
the East Coast. (They did her makeup and everything!) So everyone keep an
eye out for that (just in case it is rebroadcast).
Anyway, on to some spoilage.
As you all know, Alane, Theresa and I were at Paramount yesterday, watching
Angel being filmed. Most of what we saw was in the casting sides that have
already been released, but here's a few more details.
Spike's apartment was used for filming in a scene last week. We have no
idea of the scene, but presumably, it was in ep 20.
On Sunday, at Creation Con, Alane asked Julie Benz if we might see her
again before the end of the series. She said she could not answer that
question, and directed the audience to the TV Guide interview last
week (the Star Jones interview issue) in which mention was made of Darla
and Dru returning. We're guessing flashback, since it would be hard to
imagine Darla around in the present situation (since when last seen, she
dusted herself).
Ep 21 is called Power Play. Written by David Fury, directed by James Contner.
The scene between Spike and Illyria is Spike commiserating with Illyria
over how the mighty have fallen. Once she was so powerful, and now even
the lowly W&H employees ignore her presence. Spike is sympathetic -- he
mentions his ghost period. There's a suggestion that Illyria's powers have
somehow been depleted, but no explanation given. Illyria is upset because
Wesley is ignoring her, ever since she started assuming more Fred-like
attributes. That feeds into the bit we already saw in the casting sides
about Spike telling Illyria that her ability to resemble Fred is a very
devastating power.
More than half the day was spent trying to film the scene where Hamilton
arrives with Senator Brucker. The main reason for this is because the
actors had enormous difficulty with the pronunciation of a demon name (the
"Boretz" demon), and this kept throwing the actors off. James had
memorized it a certain way, and they wanted him to pronounce it
differently. David kept pronouncing it differently every time he spoke,
and he seemed to be so focused on getting it right that he would then
forget his next line. The Boretz demon, btw, is an homage to Joss Whedon's
assistant, whose name is Mike Boretz.
I can't remember what was in the casting sides, but as Angel is escorting
the Senator into his office, Wes comes over to tell him about some demon
killings. Evidently a Boretz demon. Spike joins them as well, making
uncomplimentary remarks about Boretz demons. Angel tells Wesley he can't
be bothered -- he's busy with the Senator. Both Spike and Wesley are left
scratching their heads over Angel's behavior. Spike offers to go take care
of the Boretz, and invites Illyria (who is again brooding over Wes' failure
to acknowledge her) to join him.
Angel also overrules his *no human blood* policy at Hamilton's urging, to
order Harmony to get some human blood for the Senator's vampire aide,
Ernesto. And Gunn is outraged by Angel's decision to help the Senator
against her opponent by arranging a brainwashing. Gunn storms out of the
meeting. I think the latter is in the casting sides we already saw.
The political commercial for the Senator's opponent, btw, was very well
done. They shot it with videotape to make it look more realistic. And it
looked very realistic indeed -- down to the golden retriever gamboling
around the perfect family, with the flag waving patriotically in the
fadeout over the scene.
Very interesting thing we noted was the wardrobe reversions and changes.
Spike. James, of course, was resplendent as always in his *new*
but-identical-to-the-old-one duster and black tee shirt (and yes, as Dezz
noted, it was way cool to see James as Spike). His hair was still slicked
back (the makeup person adjusted it at one point when a few hairs dared try
to arrange an escape attempt, whipping them back into their designated
places). But there were changes with respect to the others.
First, Fred (Amy). Illyria's face is no longer blue -- just her
forehead. We thought Amy looked pretty amazing as Illyria. She is small,
and has the physique of a dancer. Her costume was fascinatingly
complicated-looking, and we asked what it was made of, guessing leather or
pleather -- and it turned out to be spandex, with patches of leather. The
costume was also designed with lots of removable parts, so she could keep
cool if it was hot by opening a part here or there. While we were there,
she unzipped the top piece and walked around in the mesh tank top
underneath quite a bit when she wasn't filming. (The cast and crew were
all complaining about the weather, because record heat was being recorded
in the LA area that day, even though the sound stage was nicely air
conditioned.) We were told that the costume came in handy the other day
though, when they were apparently filming on location at night somewhere,
and it was very very cold.
Angel -- David was no longer suited -- he was wearing a typical Angel
mid-length leather jacket. And he was no longer wearing a button-down
dress shirt, but rather a more casual pullover that was not tucked
in. Btw, although David does nothing for Alane or myself on the tv screen,
where he comes off to us as a tad bulky, in person he came across as quite
yummy-looking. (But Theresa felt he came across pretty much the same in
person as on screen -- and not in a good way.) Alane notes that he has
more neck when you see him in person, but when you watch him on the monitor
two seconds later, the neck somehow disappears. Amazingly enough, she's right!
Wesley. Alexis was also somewhat casually dressed (though none of us are
recalling precisely what he was wearing). We think he was wearing a blue
and white button-down casual shirt and jeans, but we're not sure. What we
do remember, though, is that he had stubble again! The three of us agreed
that he looked pretty much the same in person as on screen. Alexis seemed
to spend a great deal of time getting into character and studying his
lines, pantomiming the delivery, right up to the moment he was ready to go
on. He also took advantage of the opportunity to keep his lines at hand
when he was holding a file or document as he approached Angel.
Gunn. JAR had perhaps the most dramatic costume reversion. Gone was the
tailored suit. Gunn was dressed in a strange, Japanese (?) boxing-themed
tee shirt, with a green hooded sweat shirt over it. In other words, back
to his old style of dressing. And -- he was bald. Again.
What all the changes in the characters' looks and clothing mean, we have no
clue. But it was interesting to observe.
Adam Baldwin is TALL. He seemed to be even taller than DB. He was dressed
in a typical lawyerly business suit.
Mercedes, poor thing, was dressed in a hideous tiered and ruffled/pleated
print skirt with a pink sleeveless knit top. She didn't seem impressed
with the wardrobe choice, and we don't think she'll be taking the wardrobe
skirt home with her as a memento. :-)
If anyone has any other questions on the actors, or the sets, please go
ahead and ask, and we'll answer if we can. Alane and I were both surprised
by the fact that the bottom tier of the staircase (which resembles marble
on the screen) was in fact concrete painted to give a marbly
appearance. And we noticed a lot of flourescent lighting, which is not
favorable to anyone, which may in part account for the not-so-great way
some of the actors look on screen at times.
Laurie
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From: AlaneSue@a...
Date: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:23 pm
Subject: More on set visit - our chat with James
A little bit more on our talk with James. Again, we want to emphasize how sweet
it was for him to come over and speak with us for a few minutes. He was
extremely busy and didn't have to do that at all.
James pretty much initiated the conversation. He wanted to know how we ended up
on the Angel set, and when we told him it was through a charity auction, he
wanted to know which one and seemed genuinely interested.
He said that he would be looking for new employment opportunities in the months
ahead. He compared work on an hour-long dramatic series to a marathon and that
they were nearing the end of that long run and it was exhausting (We later
learned from someone else that he had been fighting a cold for the past couple
of weeks). He pointed out that the work schedule for a sitcom was not nearly as
demanding. When I asked him if he would consider a sitcom, he said "Hell, yes!"
Much of what he said seems to be the same thing that I've been reading in the
posts on the unpublished interview. He said he wants to eventually become a
producer. Among the projects are a Macbeth film, of course, two television
series that he has ideas for and a movie that a friend wrote.
He repeatedly emphasized that he had loved doing Spike. But we also had the
sense that it would be a relief to move on. He said he was looking forward to
being able to play a human who could express a wider range of emotions. He
wanted to play something closer to himself. "I want to giggle."
Alane
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