Actors in Other Roles: Not Everyone Stayed in Sunnydale

[Halting Hex]

On 8/23/2020 at 12:08 AM, whiporee said:

If you want a mindfuck, seeing Giles playing a total asshole on Teddy Lasso is unpleasant. 
His character is also named Rupert, which throws one off a smidge. 

Agh, no!  Not so much at being put off by ASH showing range, but the idea that now I might have to check Ted Lasso out, after all.  And I saw parts of the original one-hour promotional film that NBC aired to publicize the start of their Premiere League coverage, a few years back…and that was some of the most awful, unfunny dreck I've ever seen.

(The "joke" is that Lasso has been hired to coach an English soccer team, despite his only experience being in American-style football.  And not only is Lasso hugely stupid, he has less soccer knowledge than the average ten-year-old American.  Like there was this bit where one of the players makes a classic sliding tackle and Lasso "corrects" him by doing an NFL-style chest-to-chest slam.  Hilarious!  Except not.)

There was ONE good joke in the whole bit, and rather than leave you to search it out, I hereby present it.  Lasso's assistant is helping Lasso familiarize himself with the EPL teams by showing him the team's logos and giving brief descriptions, with Lasso comparing the English clubs to NFL squads as a mnemonic device.  

Thus:

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ASSISTANT (holds up card with Manchester United logo):  Manchester United.  The richest and most famous club in the League.  Everybody either loves them or hates them.

LASSO (nods, comprehending):  The Dallas Cowboys.

ASSISTANT (holds up card with Liverpool logo):  Liverpool.  Used to be really good, but hasn't won anything in forever.

LASSO (nods more emphatically):  Again, the Dallas Cowboys.

Heh.  

(Even if the joke is now out of date, in light of Liverpool's championship this season.  Congratulations, Big Red!  Even if you did ruin a perfectly good joke in the process.)

Edited August 27, 2020 by Halting Hex

[whiporee]

I think you'll like it. It's like all Lawrence comedies -- it's a got a gooshy warm center. The central conceit is he's been brought in to ruin the club after a messy divorce. Ted is a very likeable character -- all of them are likable characters -- and the fact that he doesn't know soccer is the point. But he does know how to coach a team. Like I said, funny stuff, warm center. Good watch. 

And ASH plays a true ass. But he's only been in one episode so far, so don't make him a reason to watch. 

[Joe Hellandback]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gina-torres-9-1-1-lone-star-regular

New show for Gina Torres. 

[Loandbehold]

Juliet Landau has directed and stars in a feature film (her first directorial gig of a feature) which will have a virtual premiere screening by Starfury on October 30. It's called "Halloween Among the Dead". Info on purchasing tickets to just watch the film and also tickets to various interviews with stars and others are available here: Halloween Among the Dead ticket info.

[lembergwatcher]

David Boreanaz in The Crow: Wicked Prayer, 2005

[lembergwatcher]

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clea DuVall (Marcie) & Katharine Towne (Sunday) in She's All That, 1999.

[Joe Hellandback]

16 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clea DuVall (Marcie) & Katharine Towne (Sunday) in She's All That, 1999.

I thought that was a legend, didn't realise it was quite so obvious. Is that her in Dr Horrible we wonder?

[Halting Hex]

One wonders if Clea (out and proud nowadays) was sneaking a glance or two at Katherine's cleavage.  (Despite her "marriage" to Charlie Hunnam, Katherine might not have minded, but we only have stories about Charlie, and not all "beards" work in both directions, so we shouldn't jump to conclusions.)

"I didn't jump.  I took a tiny step, and there conclusions were."  Yeah, yeah, whatever, Buffy…

[lembergwatcher]

8 hours ago, Halting Hex said:

One wonders if Clea (out and proud nowadays) was sneaking a glance or two at Katherine's cleavage.

Maybe she was sneaking a glance at both Katharine & Rachael... 

[Halting Hex]

Well, Rachael is wearing a shirt.  Not to say that Clea can't use her imagination, but Katherine's outfit doesn't require her to employ that.  

Or even Xander's X-Ray vision…

[Joe Hellandback]

Just watching Sliders and what do you know, J August Richards as a DEA agent (on a world where they force you to take drugs). 

[lembergwatcher]

Alyson in Boys and Girls, 2000.

Kissing Sarah's future husband...

 

[Joe Hellandback]

4 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

Alyson in Boys and Girls, 2000.

Kissing Sarah's future husband...

 

Never seen her in glasses, so cute!

[lembergwatcher]

9 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

Kissing Sarah's future husband...

I wonder whether the things between Sarah & Aly deteriorated directly after that?..

[lembergwatcher]

Anthony Head in Fat Slags, 2004 or as I call it "Giles looking at... Giles" (post-season 2 Giles, I mean)

 

[Joe Hellandback]

7 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

I wonder whether the things between Sarah & Aly deteriorated directly after that?..

I always thought it was due to her not being told the series was ending?

[lembergwatcher]

On 10/19/2020 at 6:22 PM, Joe Hellandback said:

I always thought it was due to her not being told the series was ending?

No, that started earlier.

Although there were better days...

 

Edited October 21, 2020 by lembergwatcher

[lembergwatcher]

Nicky filming Wanton Want in California.

 

[lembergwatcher]

Taken probably during the shooting of Bye Bye Love.

 

[Joe Hellandback]

On 11/2/2020 at 11:48 AM, lembergwatcher said:

Nicky filming Wanton Want in California.

 

Nice to see him working, I was thinking about him during the Johnny Depp trial which made his hellraising days seem pretty tame. 

On 11/5/2020 at 12:01 PM, lembergwatcher said:

Taken probably during the shooting of Bye Bye Love.

 

If Tara and Faith got together and adopted little Dawnie. 

[lembergwatcher]

1 hour ago, Joe Hellandback said:

If Tara and Faith got together and adopted little Dawnie. 

Would've been nice, I think.

[lembergwatcher]

My Stepmother is an Alien premiered on December 9, 1988.

Edited December 10, 2020 by lembergwatcher

[Halting Hex]

Even at 13/14 (depending on filming dates), she already had That Smile.

[Joe Hellandback]

10 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

My Stepmother is an Alien premiered on December 9, 1988.

Got any of her with Seth in that film?

[lembergwatcher]

3 hours ago, Joe Hellandback said:

Got any of her with Seth in that film?

No, but you can google it 🙂 

[lembergwatcher]

Seth Green in Big Business, 1988

 

[lembergwatcher]

Eliza Dushku, Amber Benson & Lindsay Crouse in Bye Bye Love, 1995.

Btw, Lindsay Crouse starred in ABC Afterschool Specials' 13x5 I Want to Go Home playing Louise Sanders, the divorsed mom who kidnapped her own kids. Her son Tommy was portrayed by Seth Green. In Bye Bye Love she portrays Grace Damico, also a divorcee, who has two children - daughter and son. Daughter Meg is played by none other than Amber Benson. 

[Joe Hellandback]

On 10/19/2020 at 11:18 AM, lembergwatcher said:

Anthony Head in Fat Slags, 2004 or as I call it "Giles looking at... Giles" (post-season 2 Giles, I mean)

 

With Jerry O'Connell, SMG's ex. 

[Halting Hex]

So I loved Leonard Roberts as Forrest (even when I didn't like Forrest very much) and I was pleased to see him in the cast of Heroes, a few years later.  (It was a little annoying that he was announced as part of the cast before the show premiered, and his character didn't appear until episode 6, but he got there eventually.)

And I always thought the show made a mistake killing "D.L." off at the start of Season Two.  Well, Roberts also has some thoughts on that, and on his overall experience on Heroes, which he's written about in an essay in Variety.

(Short version:  racism.  And on-screen wife Ali Larter REALLY preferred doing romantic scenes with Adrian Pasdar as opposed to with Roberts, if you know what Roberts is pretty near explicitly saying about Larter.)

One footnote:  Larter's character was also killed off, at the end of Season Two.  However, she then returned as her previously-unmentioned-identical twin for the second half of Season Three (S3 was extended, but split into two parts) and, IIRC, the final Season 4, as well.  That…did not happen for Roberts.  Just saying.

[Joe Hellandback]

On 12/26/2020 at 6:40 AM, Halting Hex said:

So I loved Leonard Roberts as Forrest (even when I didn't like Forrest very much) and I was pleased to see him in the cast of Heroes, a few years later.  (It was a little annoying that he was announced as part of the cast before the show premiered, and his character didn't appear until episode 6, but he got there eventually.)

And I always thought the show made a mistake killing "D.L." off at the start of Season Two.  Well, Roberts also has some thoughts on that, and on his overall experience on Heroes, which he's written about in an essay in Variety.

(Short version:  racism.  And on-screen wife Ali Larter REALLY preferred doing romantic scenes with Adrian Pasdar as opposed to with Roberts, if you know what Roberts is pretty near explicitly saying about Larter.)

One footnote:  Larter's character was also killed off, at the end of Season Two.  However, she then returned as her previously-unmentioned-identical twin for the second half of Season Three (S3 was extended, but split into two parts) and, IIRC, the final Season 4, as well.  That…did not happen for Roberts.  Just saying.

He writes very well but I don't buy it, Larter was the pinup girl (along with Hadyn) and heroes rapidly killed off many characters regardless of colour. He says himself he and Larter weren't popular couple. 

[Joe Hellandback]

So lets have a rundown of the cast this year;

SMG; prepping for Other People's Houses and doing the voice for Teela in MOTU

AH; 2 movies and one ep of tv

NB; 3 movies on the go and more importantly staying out of trouble. 

ASH; busy year, 8 eps of TV, 3 movies and provided the voice for Giles on Robot Chicken

ED; No roles since 2017? Maybe just enjoying married life and starting a family?

MT; ditto, no roles for 2 years?

KS; appearing in romantic comedy film Before/During/After

MB; 4 movie roles and a tv ep guest spot. 

JM; very busy on TV, including returning to his recurring role on Hawaii 50.

DB; Seal Team into its' 4th season, he really has the Midas touch.  

AD; busy on Sabrina and Legacies.

JAR; busy on Council of Dads and coming out. 

AA; couple of movie shorts and a tv ep

CC; no credits this year at all? 

AB; nor her although she seems to be writing away. 

Joss himself having quit the TV series The Nevers and got a lot of criticism towards his behaviour lately. But we shall see. 

So a mixed bag really, most getting by quite alright, a few missing in action. 

Edited December 28, 2020 by Joe Hellandback

[Joe Hellandback]

EC; one movie plus a tv ep (her first roles in 3 years?)

SG; a couple of tv eps but no end of voice work and still producing Robot Chicken

And on a plus note my Buffy 2021 calendar just arrived!

[Joe Hellandback]

Just watching Heroes and who should turn up;

seth green heroes - Bing images

I wish I'd known how many Buffy alumni pop up on this show, I'd have watched it during its' first run,  

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Emma Caulfield is currently playing Dottie, the neighbor of the main characters on WandaVision!

[Joe Hellandback]

20 hours ago, ElectricBoogaloo said:

Emma Caulfield is currently playing Dottie, the neighbor of the main characters on WandaVision!

Excellent, nice to see her in such a big project. 

[Joe Hellandback]

Just watched her in the second ep and loving it, I thought they might do a bunny gag at the magic show 

[illdoc]

https://tvline.com/2021/01/27/wandavision-emma-caulfield-dottie-buffy-easter-egg/

[lembergwatcher]

Eliza Dushku, Clare Kramer & Nicole Bilderback in Bring It On, 2000.

Edited March 16, 2021 by lembergwatcher

[Joe Hellandback]

Just watching and old ep of Baywatch and guess who showed up?

 

CC!

[illdoc]

^^^^^   1994. Looks like it was her first credit!

[lembergwatcher]

Yesterday I watched the Supernatural ep with Amber Benson playing... vampire. 

[illdoc]

https://tvline.com/2021/03/31/sarah-michelle-gellar-cast-hot-pink-amazon-comedy-pilot/

[lembergwatcher]

Seth Green, Amber Benson, Eric Balfour, Channon Roe, Christopher Wiehl, Clea DuVall, John Patrick White, Nicole Bilderback & Paige Moss in Can't Hardly Wait, 1998.

Nine actors who starred in both Buffy and the aforementioned movie.

 

 

[illdoc]

Not exactly "another role", but I can't find the "in the media" thread: MT will be a contestant in the next round of "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune": https://tvline.com/2021/08/26/celebrity-wheel-of-fortune-season-2-contestants-list/

[lembergwatcher]

Guess Michelle's career is truly in shambles (sigh)... No new roles since 2018 (according to IMDb), so... Being contestant is good too... 

[illdoc]

Michelle's "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" episode is this Sunday (Nov 14). Competing with Vivica A. Fox and Jason Mraz.

[lembergwatcher]

Mercedes McNab as Brooke Lombardini in Criminal Minds, 4x14 Cold Comfort.

[illdoc]

Per TVLine: * Charisma Carpenter (Veronica Mars, Angel) will guest-star on an upcoming episode of The CW’s Dynasty, TVLine has learned exclusively. She will play Heather, a former babysitter of Fallon’s who makes a surprise return — and drops a huge bombshell on the Carringtons. Expect to see her in Episode 17, airing Friday, July 8 at 9/8c

[Halting Hex]

Huh.  I lost the CW here a couple of years back (they switched it to one of those "decimal channels" [10.2] and DirecTV won't cover them…it's like back when they didn't do ANY local channels and I had to watch the first 10 eps of S6 with only a lousy over-air picture), so it's always a shock when I'm reminded that the Dynasty reboot is still chugging along.  (I believe this is season 5.)

More power to the lovely Elizabeth Gillies (Fallon).  (Gillies was in Victorious! with Ariana Grande, who was in Scream Queens with Emma Roberts, who was in Scream 4 with various people who were in Scream 2 with SMG.)

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So nowadays my voyeurism fetish not only extends to Buffy reactors (it's a classic, after all, deserves to be shared) and music reactors (hey, look, it's acceptable racism!  We watch black folks learn to appreciate white music!  Rudyard Kipling would be proud!) but also movie reactors. (Because I don't waste enough time already…)

And one of them was watching Can't Buy Me Love (the early Patrick Dempsey rom-com originally titled "Boy Rents Girl") and I'm quite surprised to teen that Dempsey's kid brother is played by a pre-teen Seth Green.  Amusing to watch Seth be "big" in his acting as "Chucky" when he grew up to affect such a stoic style later on.  But kids will be kids.  So even Oz was once a "look at me!" camera hog, huh?

[illdoc]

Trying again: https://tvline.com/2022/07/21/sarah-michelle-gellar-wolf-pack-cast-teen-wolf-paramount-plus/