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| Emma Caulfield |
| "He found this great way to have her interact with the plotlines that had been developed throughout the entire season. It's great. It's nice to work on a show like Buffy, which has a creative head who's involved with all the plots and the characters and the intricacies of the show. There's no loose ends with anything he does, and it was really nice to go along with this character as she was being developed and figure it out with him, in a weird way. You wonder where this character is goung to go, and then once she's gone there, it's brilliant". Caulfield is a veteran of television guest appearences having popped up on shows as varied Nash Bridges, General Hospital, and Saved By The Bell: The New Class. "Dustin [Diamond, who plays Screech] is very nice", says Caulfield, expertly anticipating the next question. "Actually, as silly as it sounds [SBTB] is one of my favourite things I've ever done. It's the only thing I've done in front of a live audience. It's the closest thing to being in theatre without actually being in theatre. It reminds you of why you're in this business, because there's just such a kinetic energy that goes on with a live audience. It's always had a fond place in my heart". Prior to her work in Buffy, however, Caulfield was probably best known to viewers as Susan Keats, a college sweetheart of Jason Priestly's character through the 1995-1996 season of 90210. In fact, she landed that part after first catching the attention of executive producer Aaron Spelling through her very first television appearence on another of his projects, the short-lived series Burke's Law. "I was lucky enough to bypass the rigmarole of having to test and doing all that nightmare", she says. "I could just come in under this nice little arc and then end up staying as a series regular." While Caulfield looks back fondly on her 90210 season, she says she also enjoys spending her time with her Buffy cast-mates - despite an atmosphere of down-and-dirty competitiveness behind-the-scenes. "We have scrabble tournaments," she says. "What else are you gonna do? You can only read so much. Most of the time is spent waiting around, so you get your good, hour-long Scrabble matches going, and that's really fun. Everybody gets along with everybody. It's fun to work on a show where everybody there is so happy to be around to work in a creative environment. It also probably doesn't hurt that Caulfield has the chance to play such a fun and acerbic character struggling with the bitter ironies of her life. Anya is a teenage girl who's been around for more than a millennium-and still can't buy a beer. Back Interviews Next |
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