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JM goodness.
Inbetween watching the baby and doing housework, I've been reading this excellent con-report, detailing the James Q&A.
(Oh and pretty pictures here - I think Spike's bling in S6 was actually James's - and a funny true story - with pictures - here.)
I'm going to do a little bit of cut&paste, because some of the stuff was too great not to keep a record of...
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stormwreath this is for you! Cavemen or astronuats?
The fan followed her question up with the old, "Who'd win in a fight, astronauts or cavemen?" question. "Cavemen, definitely! Astronauts, they'd pick the short guy to fit into the capsule! They don't pick Dennis Rodman to be in the astronaut program cos that's just not right, and so they'd pick the shortest of us guys for that. Have you seen the History Channel, man? They were talking about the Neanderthal man, and they were intelligent. You could hit them with a big stone, and they just wouldn't break! You could break their rib, and they'd keep fighting you. So cavemen, yeah! In chess, definitely astronauts."
So... who's responsible for Spuffy? This one still has me chuckling!
Next up was the question about Spike and Buffy, and whether it would have worked out for them. James pondered and went… "Yeah… yeah… I think blowing it like he did sent him off to find his soul, and I think that ultimately they would have worked it out, but maybe it's just too hard to come back from that, you know? See, I planted the seed on Joss, because I take credit for pairing Buffy and Spike. Because I came on to the series, and my question was, "How are they going to make Spike to stop trying to kill Buffy? Because I'd been trying to do that, and I can't kill her because it's her show, and if I fail to kill her repeatedly, I'm pathetic! So you gotta figure out how to make this guy stop, and they came up with the chip, which means I'm forced to stop because I get an electric shock if I try to kill anybody. It was funny a couple of times… but I think it's always more interesting to see a character decide to change rather than be forced to change, and so I thought it'd be funny if Spike fell in love with Buffy and she never reciprocated at all and she tortured him over it all the time, and he tried to be good, in a funny way, and he would fail. Every time. I thought, 'That, you could run with for years! That'd be great!' So Joss doesn't really take ideas from actors, he just goes, "mm-hmm" and that's it, which is good when you have a vision, but I used to work with a lot of writers before in theatre, and when they couldn't really… "collaborate" with me, I would plant a seed, and then it could be their idea. So I just told him I had a little thing for Sarah…" (Cheers, laughter and applause) "And I said, 'I'll wait for about a year, and I bet it'll come out.' And it did. Unfortunately, he told Sarah… She comes up to me on set, she's like, (adopting girly posture and accent), 'Don't even try to deny it! I know, Joss told me. You're in love with me.' So I'm new to the show, and I'm caught, because Sarah is hot, don't get me wrong, but I always saw her like my kid sister who drives me crazy, but I love her anyway, you know? And so I kind of lied, but I couldn't! I couldn't tell her, I couldn't expose that I'd lied to Joss about that when I planted the seed and I also didn't want to tell her, "Yeah, I like you" when I did not, because there's no way out of there. So I just sat there and stared at her. And I felt so bad! Years later, when I told Joss that I knew he'd told her that, he went (gasp, covering his mouth) 'I don't remember that! I don't remember that!' It was so like high school, I couldn't even tell you!"
Spike on Angel
The fan then asked, "Was it hard to keep playing the character that basically had reached its climax?" which was taken in the wrong direction by James with no words, just a facial expression and a mischievous smile at first, to much laughter from the audience. "No, it wasn't hard on me! No, I was interested in the character after he'd gotten a soul. How do you reconcile that? That seemed to be like a whole new character, a whole new to sport that, so I told Dave, "You know, we play our cards right, we could be doing this for 15 years. It'd be the "Gunsmoke" of the Millennium, man…" And I told him that at the end of a 15-hour day, and he said, (angrily) "Shut the hell up!"
I *heart* this next question! Or rather the answer... I think I might have to put it in my user info or something... (ETA: Spangel fans, you MUST read this!)
The next question wanted to find out the most ridiculous thing James had been asked to do in character in any show, and why. James got embarrassed for a moment…
"That is a tall order, that one… Intimate that I'd slept with Angel was kinda harsh…" (Cheers and hollering) "That's not what I thought those two - I knew that my character was infatuated with Angel, but to take it to that level, I just… I don't know. In "Angel," I was supposed to wear a dress! I'm getting fit for that, I'm walking through the set and I'm told, 'There's no time for that." But it's just a dress! What actor hasn't worn a dress? (Laughs) I had to lick Sarah Michelle Gellar, which I don't know why, but I just couldn't do it. I just couldn't… I still couldn't do it in my mind! It took me-she was like, "What, you can rape me but you can't lick me?!" I'm like, "That doesn't help, Sarah. That doesn't help."
Infatuated???? I can't begin to say how many ways I love that description! Maybe in a week's time I'll calm down! *giggles and runs off*
(Oh and pretty pictures here - I think Spike's bling in S6 was actually James's - and a funny true story - with pictures - here.)
I'm going to do a little bit of cut&paste, because some of the stuff was too great not to keep a record of...
stormwreath this is for you! Cavemen or astronuats? The fan followed her question up with the old, "Who'd win in a fight, astronauts or cavemen?" question. "Cavemen, definitely! Astronauts, they'd pick the short guy to fit into the capsule! They don't pick Dennis Rodman to be in the astronaut program cos that's just not right, and so they'd pick the shortest of us guys for that. Have you seen the History Channel, man? They were talking about the Neanderthal man, and they were intelligent. You could hit them with a big stone, and they just wouldn't break! You could break their rib, and they'd keep fighting you. So cavemen, yeah! In chess, definitely astronauts."
So... who's responsible for Spuffy? This one still has me chuckling!
Next up was the question about Spike and Buffy, and whether it would have worked out for them. James pondered and went… "Yeah… yeah… I think blowing it like he did sent him off to find his soul, and I think that ultimately they would have worked it out, but maybe it's just too hard to come back from that, you know? See, I planted the seed on Joss, because I take credit for pairing Buffy and Spike. Because I came on to the series, and my question was, "How are they going to make Spike to stop trying to kill Buffy? Because I'd been trying to do that, and I can't kill her because it's her show, and if I fail to kill her repeatedly, I'm pathetic! So you gotta figure out how to make this guy stop, and they came up with the chip, which means I'm forced to stop because I get an electric shock if I try to kill anybody. It was funny a couple of times… but I think it's always more interesting to see a character decide to change rather than be forced to change, and so I thought it'd be funny if Spike fell in love with Buffy and she never reciprocated at all and she tortured him over it all the time, and he tried to be good, in a funny way, and he would fail. Every time. I thought, 'That, you could run with for years! That'd be great!' So Joss doesn't really take ideas from actors, he just goes, "mm-hmm" and that's it, which is good when you have a vision, but I used to work with a lot of writers before in theatre, and when they couldn't really… "collaborate" with me, I would plant a seed, and then it could be their idea. So I just told him I had a little thing for Sarah…" (Cheers, laughter and applause) "And I said, 'I'll wait for about a year, and I bet it'll come out.' And it did. Unfortunately, he told Sarah… She comes up to me on set, she's like, (adopting girly posture and accent), 'Don't even try to deny it! I know, Joss told me. You're in love with me.' So I'm new to the show, and I'm caught, because Sarah is hot, don't get me wrong, but I always saw her like my kid sister who drives me crazy, but I love her anyway, you know? And so I kind of lied, but I couldn't! I couldn't tell her, I couldn't expose that I'd lied to Joss about that when I planted the seed and I also didn't want to tell her, "Yeah, I like you" when I did not, because there's no way out of there. So I just sat there and stared at her. And I felt so bad! Years later, when I told Joss that I knew he'd told her that, he went (gasp, covering his mouth) 'I don't remember that! I don't remember that!' It was so like high school, I couldn't even tell you!"
Spike on Angel
The fan then asked, "Was it hard to keep playing the character that basically had reached its climax?" which was taken in the wrong direction by James with no words, just a facial expression and a mischievous smile at first, to much laughter from the audience. "No, it wasn't hard on me! No, I was interested in the character after he'd gotten a soul. How do you reconcile that? That seemed to be like a whole new character, a whole new to sport that, so I told Dave, "You know, we play our cards right, we could be doing this for 15 years. It'd be the "Gunsmoke" of the Millennium, man…" And I told him that at the end of a 15-hour day, and he said, (angrily) "Shut the hell up!"
I *heart* this next question! Or rather the answer... I think I might have to put it in my user info or something... (ETA: Spangel fans, you MUST read this!)
The next question wanted to find out the most ridiculous thing James had been asked to do in character in any show, and why. James got embarrassed for a moment…
"That is a tall order, that one… Intimate that I'd slept with Angel was kinda harsh…" (Cheers and hollering) "That's not what I thought those two - I knew that my character was infatuated with Angel, but to take it to that level, I just… I don't know. In "Angel," I was supposed to wear a dress! I'm getting fit for that, I'm walking through the set and I'm told, 'There's no time for that." But it's just a dress! What actor hasn't worn a dress? (Laughs) I had to lick Sarah Michelle Gellar, which I don't know why, but I just couldn't do it. I just couldn't… I still couldn't do it in my mind! It took me-she was like, "What, you can rape me but you can't lick me?!" I'm like, "That doesn't help, Sarah. That doesn't help."
Infatuated???? I can't begin to say how many ways I love that description! Maybe in a week's time I'll calm down! *giggles and runs off*
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No problem, it's always a pleasure to share the loveliness of James.
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OH. MY. GOODNESS. I think I just can't think straight right now *explodes*.
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Heh! That did make me smile. I feel like patting him on the head and saying there, there James. Just remember they're vampires. They'll shag anything.
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There is that. And you know the handholding and all that... *g*
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You have read
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Yeah that was the part that most stood out for me as well. Though I suspect he meant it much the way Alexis did, when he said he played having a crush on Angel in the early seasons. Kind of interesting that James and Alexis are often up for the same parts (and neither seems to be getting them *sigh*)
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It'll keep me amused forever! :)
when he said he played having a crush on Angel in the early seasons.
Ah yes, William (as portrayed in 'Destiny' is crushing on Angelus all over the place) - but then they were evil, soulles vampires... why *wouldn't* they sleep together? (I take the 'one time' as meaning Angel/Spike, rather than Angelus/William, which I'm sure occurred frequently! *g*)
Kind of interesting that James and Alexis are often up for the same parts (and neither seems to be getting them *sigh*)
I thought so too - and many sighs here as well.
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So James's great theory is that short people can't win fights? Tell that to Napoleon. Or Bruce Lee (5'7"). Or, what's her name, short blonde girl... Buffy something-?
Which episode does Spike lick Buffy in? And where, exactly?
(One thing I'm discovering from things like this - and the dailies someone posted a link to recently - is that SMG actually has quite a sly sense of humour. Not really the impression of her I'd previously got from peoples' comments...)
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Well stick Napoleon in a boxing ring with say... um... The Rock. (That'd be a good one for Celebrity Death Match btw!)
Which episode does Spike lick Buffy in? And where, exactly?
Sleeper. Her arm.
SMG actually has quite a sly sense of humour.
Yes - funny isn't it?
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I'm reminded of a cartoon where Napoleon has just ordered a peasant to do something, and the peasant replies "Yeah? You and whose army?"
Behind a nearby bush, half a million French soldiers are trying to keep from sniggering...
Her arm
Anticipation is always more exciting than reality...
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Bwah! :) Sadly I doubt the astronauts would be allowed a French Imperial Army as back-up...
Anticipation is always more exciting than reality...
*giggles* Anyway, if you want something more exciting I'm sure I can find you untold reams of fanfic... (Although the thought of typing in 'spuffy' and 'lick' into google makes me wonder if google can implode!) Anyhoo - I love the scene especially for how it yet again proves that 'it's all about blood' is true. :)
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Bwahaha...poor dear boy, how he suffers for his art *g*.
"What, you can rape me but you can't lick me?!"
ROTFLMAO. Finally, someone with a sense of perspective on the AR. Sometimes I kind of love SMG.
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Well he's about to play a gay character and there will be kissing and nudity... Maybe Spike just never struck him as the bi-curious type?
Sometimes I kind of love SMG.
Heh. Same here. :)
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Ah yes. Maybe next time?
Still thinks Spike's whole name is William Henry Pratt, and he is distantly related to the "other" William Henry Pratt.
Heh. Interestingly though, there was an English William Pratt, who was one of the original group who put up the money for the Bolton and Leigh railway, in 1840, which in time became Manchester United!
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