Amy Acker Illyria

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STILLSHINY

Friday, May 7, 2004 8:27 PM

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Originally posted by FFFan1:
Her ability to switch back and forth between the two is what really impresses me...

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Mal... Bad... From the Latin.

Having done much acting & having taught drama that impresses me. Yeah she is hot in that oh so frightening kind of way. I want to be Illyria's pet! The ability to play two characters is amazing, but even more so is getting lost in the intrigue of Amy playing Illyria, trying to play Fred. and doing such a good Job to make Wes very angry.

Have to add props to Alex too. I've been watching 1st season stuff, wow talk about a change from a bumbling Closeu to a haunted, unpredictable, very dark very human, man.

"May the sun at your back always be from another dimension" - Me

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

BIKISDAD

Friday, May 7, 2004 10:34 PM

I couldn't agree more about Amy's acting ability. The last time I can remember an actor playing a dual role really well was when Dustin Hoffman did "Tootsie". Personally, (and I will probably get lots of flak for this) I think that Amy blows his performance away. Whenever she switched between Fred and Illyria my mouth just dropped open, I was so completely amazed.

I was so impressed that I even sent her a fan letter today. I'm 46 years old and I've NEVER sent anybody a fan letter before. Couldn't stop myself this time.

ASCETICOBSESSION

Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:38 PM

"But Vampire Willow, now...so hard to choose."

So true.

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"There're some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense."

"No, actually that would be one of the five."

"I like you. You're funny and you're nicely shaped, and frankly it's ludicrous to have these interlocking bodies and not... interlock. Please remove your clothing now."

EMBERS

Monday, May 17, 2004 12:13 AM

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Originally posted by asceticobsession:
"But Vampire Willow, now...so hard to choose."

luckily we don't have to choose! Joss really knows how to find these wonderful gifted actors.

Amy's work this season has been incredible,
Alyson was always wonderful on BtVS...

Remember Wesley last year when they did that dumb 'turn 17 yrs old again spell'? When angsty rough Wes turned into geeky head-boy Wesley again before our eyes! LOL

Joss asks a lot of his actors, luckily they rarely let him down!

ANGELDOVE

Monday, May 17, 2004 7:37 AM

This quote from an article on Amy's portrayal of both Fred and Illyria, hit my thoughts dead on. I knew immediately she was a rising star after ATS ends during the moment she switched back and forth from Fred to Illyria, we knew which part she was playing even without the costume change.

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Amy Acker as Fred/Illyria on "Angel": I've always enjoyed Acker's cute, giggly Fred. But as Simon Cowell would say, if I'm going to be perfectly honest, I never really gave her much thought. Her performance as Illyria has been chilling. I never once thought she had this in her. She changed her voice, her movements, the whole way she carries herself. Her entire body was transformed. If I didn't know better, I honestly would have thought a different actress was playing the role. Seriously, they didn't even have to dye her hair blue. The full breadth of Acker's ability was demonstrated last week when she flip-flopped back and forth between Illyria and Illyria pretending to be Fred (it reminded me of the nuanced performance David Boreanaz gave when he was Angel pretending to be Angelus.) Of series creator's Joss Whedon's many talents, one may be his ability to recognize that this kind of greatness exist within his stars.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

DORN

Friday, June 4, 2004 3:31 AM

Seconding that! I've never been impressed enough to put pen to paper before, but Amy's work as Illyria, and especially as Illyria playing Fred and then back to Illyria (voice) speaking to Wesley. The expressions, the head movements, the voice changes, the who way she carries herself. I've never seen anything even remotely like it.

Dorn@Hetzel.Org

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