Why doesn't SMG ever speak in the commentaries and special features?
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Sarah doesn't go to work and socialize. James Marsters outright said that Sarah once told him "I've already got friends and I don't need new ones." Other than that, James won't ever say anything bad about her, I think they actually did get along pretty well even if she was unwilling to talk to him off-camera at the beginning. Alyson and Emma have also said that Sarah liked to distance herself and wouldn't go out of her way to have conversations with anyone.
Though from what I remember of interviews and other stuff way back in the beginning, Sarah and Alyson were really close friends, like BFF and everything. They had a huge falling out in the third season, but I don't know why. Alyson has some very passive agressive things to say about her.
The only things I've heard re: Sarah and Joss are that they are both Type A personalities and they are both, to coin a Joss phrase, "control enthusiasts." Sarah believed that she deserved to have a producer credit and that she should be allowed to approve scripts. Joss...disagreed. Ever since the first Buffy movie with the Donald Sutherland debacle, Joss is extremely anti-actor-doing-anything-but-acting. There was an interview with Freddie, who said that Sarah wasn't respected, everyone was mean to her because they didn't listen to her, etc.; which was probably a comment about her not being allowed to have more control. Joss's response was not that positive--but he didn't say anything about Sarah, just that Freddie was never on the set so he wouldn't know what was really going on. And again, between the lines, he made it sound like Freddie is a stupid chump (or maybe that's me reading into things because I think he's a stupid chump).
About Sarah not doing any of the extras--Alyson didn't either until the last sets when the show was already over.
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Originally posted by amyel:
The only things I've heard re: Sarah and Joss are that they are both Type A personalities and they are both, to coin a Joss phrase, "control enthusiasts."
Difference being that Joss is the producer, writer, director, etc and SMG is just the actor. IMO, SMG has no right to try to impose her will on someone else's creation when her job is to professionally play make-believe.
Has anyone heard (or from Joss himself) that Joss is a control freak. Or is this more along the lines of, "This is mine job, I'll do it. You go do yours!" type thing?
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Originally posted by amyel:
Sarah believed that she deserved to have a producer credit and that she should be allowed to approve scripts.
By what logic?
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Originally posted by amyel:
Joss...disagreed.
Gonna have to side with Joss on this one. Also, see first comment above.
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Originally posted by amyel:
Ever since the first Buffy movie with the Donald Sutherland debacle, Joss is extremely anti-actor-doing-anything-but-acting.
Could you link me, or a brief discription. Never heard this before.
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Originally posted by amyel:
There was an interview with Freddie, who said that Sarah wasn't respected, everyone was mean to her because they didn't listen to her, etc.; which was probably a comment about her not being allowed to have more control. Joss's response was not that positive--but he didn't say anything about Sarah, just that Freddie was never on the set so he wouldn't know what was really going on.
So, then the typical, "I'm going to be the good boyfriend and side with my girlfriend without knowing anything about it aside from her nightly bitching and I'm gonna take that at face value b/c I'm a moron." Yes?
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And again, between the lines, he made it sound like Freddie is a stupid chump (or maybe that's me reading into things because I think he's a stupid chump).
I as well think he's not exactly playing with a full deck either e.g. I saw Wing Commander.
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Originally posted by Groosalugg:
Apparently, they even briefly toyed with filming episode 22 (the finale) first, followed by 21 to accomodate Sarah's schedule, but the script for 22 just wasn't ready in time to make that happen. So, no Buffy at the end of AtS...
I don't think so... Christian Kane was filming a movie while he was also filming the end of AtS. He wasn't going to be available for most of 5.22 so his scenes (at least the one with him and Angel, not sure about his final scene) was filmed at the same time as 5.17. I think it's mentioned in the commentary for Not Fade Away.
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The Joss/Donald Sutherland thing I don't have a specific link for, but if you ever see an interview where Buffy the movie is mentioned, Joss does not hold anything back. When the Buffy movie was being filmed a long long time ago, Joss was in his mid/late 20s and was "only" the writer. Donald Sutherland had a big part in the movie, and he decided that he did not want to learn his lines and that it would all be better if he just said whatever he felt like. Joss, being the writer... disagreed. Donald went over his head to the studio, and the studio sided with Donald since he was a well-known actor and Joss was a young inexperienced writer. The movie sucked. Donald did whatever the hell he wanted and the director went with all his changes and there was barely anything left that resembled Joss's original vision. Joss left the set, but his name was still on the script so he got the credit for being the writer of a flop movie.
Even now, Joss will toss around phrases such as "evil prick" when describing Donald Sutherland. And it's also no surprise that he almost never (with a few exceptions) allows actors to improvise and makes them stick to the script strictly without even changing a pause or a comma.
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Originally posted by amyel:
Ever since the first Buffy movie with the Donald Sutherland debacle, Joss is extremely anti-actor-doing-anything-but-acting.
Could you link me, or a brief discription. Never heard this before.
This touches on the issue - albeit without much detail.
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/425/425492p7.html
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Hey, hey, hey! Freddie's not a chump! How dare you say that?! 
He's a chucklehead. Let's try to be accurate about this stuff, huh? 
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I don't have a problem with an actor trying to distance him/herself from a role. Most who want to have a long career should play as many different character types as possible (even AHNOLD played a few comedy roles--not well, but he did)
That being said, you shouldn't completely turn your back on the role that GAVE you that career. SMG wanted to do movies, yet she did more when the show was on than she's done since the show went off the air. Frankly, aside from The Grudge I can't think of anything she's done unless she's been in a play somewhere.
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I've heard Joss say on many occassions that not everyone on the set was buddy-buddy and that people in the cast tended to clash, but he said at the end of the day they were all professionals, hit their marks, and finished by the end of the day.
I heard about remarks Alyson made about the ending of the series, that she was upset that she had to learn she was losing her job from Entertainment Weekly instead of from Sarah herself. I heard that Sarah clashed so badly with her stunt double that they fired her and her choreagrapher husband in 4th season and replaced them after years of working together. The two of them wrote a book or were inteviewed saying Sarah was a spoiled brat.
But then, I heard Seth Green say that a lot of people misinterpret her aggressiveness and assertive attitude as being "bitchy" and "bratty". "She's just a woman who knows what she wants and goes for it."
It just seemed to me that the rest of the cast had a family mentality...they all went out to parties together, did shakespeare readings at Joss's house, and spoke well of each other. Sarah seemed more private and get-it-done.
I think at the end of the day you should appreciate where you've come from. SMG cannot deny that she'd be nowhere without Buffy. I mean, even George Clooney quickly returned to ER to honor the fact that that show made him who he was. Why couldn't she?
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@daveshayne & Amyel:
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Originally posted by TheBurnoutKid:
But then, I heard Seth Green say that a lot of people misinterpret her aggressiveness and assertive attitude as being "bitchy" and "bratty". "She's just a woman who knows what she wants and goes for it."
But, it's how you go for what you want. As in, if you don't get your way, are you an adult about it and accept that it's just not going to happen (or be diplomatic), or do you stomp your feet and start complaining about it in interviews, etc. B/c from what I've read regarding SMG and her interviews, she has taken the latter. Which isn't exactly professional.
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Sarah seemed more private and get-it-done.
I don't think that anyone would complain if she just kept to herself and such. But, when you start stuff (unfun stuff), that's when it becomes a problem.
Unfortunately, it really seems as if this is the case.
Perhaps bitching about her past co-workers and boss(es) is part of the reason why she doesn't get much work anymore.
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Frankly, aside from The Grudge I can't think of anything she's done unless she's been in a play somewhere.
I've seen her in the credits from time to time in Robot Chicken. But, that's about it.
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