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| Emma Caulfield |
| Emma Caulfield has guided Anya from her earliest days as a vengence demon, to the wacky love of Xander's life. He's romantic. "It's Ludicrous to have these interlocking bodies and not...interlock, please remove your clothing now" She's thrifty "I like my money the way it is...when it's mine," But never with compliments. "He's a viking in the sack." And she's an excellent driver. "I think I've figured out how to steer by gesturing emphatically." Anya Christina Emanuella Jenkins is a great many things. But the one thing she isn't is the least bit predictable. Buffy fans probably could never have imagined that she'd become anything more than a demon-of-the-week after her first appearence, way back in the third season episode 'The Wish'. Yet the show's writers - and Joss in particular, who brought Anya back for 'Dopplegangland' and sprinkled her into his third season finale episodes - quickly took a liking to the quirky ex-demon and her confused perceptions of our dimention in the late 20th Century. "Anya, is me," Buffy producer Jane Espenson says. "She's perplexed by a lot of human things that we take for granted, but when you really think about them, there's no reason for them. Why does everybody coo and smile at babies. Babies don't care. Anya gets that, and I get that." Emma Caulfield is the actress who has managed to keep Anya balanced on the tough-rope between her caustic disregard for humanity's niceties and her emerging attachments to her friends. And as much as it's been the writer's devotion to Anya that has allowed the character to grow, it's been Caulfield's endearing performance that has earned Anya a special place in Buffy fans' hearts. |
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