Интервью с Дж. Ландау

[Marmaluka]

Джульетта делиться некоторыми подробностями о съемках с Марстерсом в "Баффи".

CoA: Did you audition for the role of Drusilla?
JL: No. I had a creative meeting with Joss Whedon, (Angel co-creator) David Greenwalt, (former President of Entertainment of Fox Broadcasting Company) Gail Berman, and (Buffy casting director) Marcia Shulman. The sсript pages I had read said, "Actress can be British or American." I thought, "Oh, no, she should really have a Cockney accent," especially since Spike and Dru were supposed to be (the undead version of) Sid and Nancy (referring to Sid Vicious of the Punk band The Sex Pistols and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen). I did a bit of Drusilla in the room. I remember that I wafted up to the ceiling with my eyes, much like I did in my first episode when I discussed daisies with the Anointed One. I recall thinking in that moment, "This part would be a blast!" I actually borrowed the wafty thing from a man I had witnessed on the street the night before!

CoA: What happened next?
JL: I got offered the part and asked me to meet with the three final choices for Spike. That's when I met James Marsters. He originally played it with a southern accent and they said, "Can you do an English accent?" He immediately switched and it went from there. It took off in that moment. We worked off each other so well instantly. He was auditioning with the scene in our intro episode (Buffy, episode School Hard) with the Anointed One. We sort of got transfixed and ignored the Anointed One, leaning towards each other as if to kiss. Our heads came together. Eventually we turned out to look at him. They ended up using that on the commercial. (Juliet's voice inflects as she mimics the male voiceover heard on the episode's promotional spot, particularly this scene), "Evil has a few new faces... Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

CoA: What was it like working with James Marsters?
JL: Wonderful. James and I would get together every time we got a sсript and we'd rehearse. He's really an actor's actor in the best sense of the word. It was a tennis match: I'm doing this, he's doing that; it was a fluid dance between us. We're supposed to have been together for 200 years, and you can't be shy with someone after 200-years. The characters had great chemistry; that was a huge ingredient. Their love story was so interesting because it'd had gone on for centuries, balancing out their evil natures. They had a tender side; it was a bit kinky, but it was fun. Drusilla was childlike and sensual, she was sweet but diabolical, she was delicate but powerful. It was kind of an actor's dream. It was almost obscenely fun to go to work - the fluidity and creativity was just awesome.

CoA: Did you ad-lib some of your lines?
JL: The writing was brilliant. All of the stuff was ed except Dru's cry and laugh. (Juliet demonstrated both). The physicality, rolling on the floor, dancing on the table, licking Spike's cheek etc., etc; that was the stuff they let me go to town on. That was what made it so fun as an actress. There was a lot of freedom. It was very collaborative.

CoA: When we last saw Drusilla in present continuity (Juliet subsequently reprised her role as Drusilla in flashbacks and when the First Evil assumed Dru's appearance in the final season of Buffy), she was seen leaving Spike at the end of the Buffy episode, "The Crush." What do you think happened to her?
JL: I think Drusilla traveled the world. I always hold out hope in my heart that Drusilla and Spike will one day reunite.

CoA: Even though he now has a soul?
JL: Yes. There's so many possibilities that we didn't get to. Все выбирают Спайка - Геллар и Ландау...
Люблю Ландау уже только за то, что так хорошо сыгралась с ДМ. *интересно посмотреть на эти пробы - что там за остальные Спайки были*

licking Spike's cheek - Спасибо Джульетта за такую офигительную импровизацию!


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