Well, for those of us who haven't been in the enviable position of being able to interview Aly or Amber (or both *shivers at the thought*), here's something that might divert you from the drudgery of work/school/college/housework/doing nothing/guitar scales:
Imagine yourselves in the position of being given a thirty minute interview with Aly/Amber. You can choose one or both. Your assignment is to ask them questions that will make all other Kitties go "Ooh, you lucky (insert naughty expletive), I wish I'd been able to ask that", not to mention allow you to understand more about our favourite cuties. For the sake of decency, I am going to restrict you to the following:
1) You are only allowed to make them blush very, very mildly! So, outright smut is out (you know who I'm referring to, here - we're looking for edification, not gratification!!!)
2) You are allowed to ask anything apart from questions on personal relationships (i.e. Not "by the way, why do you date a skank like ..." I don't want to be responsible for Xita, or any of the other mods from stabbing me through the neck with a swordfish!)
3) As your imaginary editor, I shall be sporting a green, transparent tennis visor, toting a large cigar, and will shout VERY LOUDLY at any questions that can only possibly garner a one word answer. We'll leave those sorts of questions to the glossies, shall we? We're here to fill a double page spread of the Observer's (or Washinton Post's, or whatever) Review page. So, "Do you like maccaroni?" "Yes," will not be allowed. "What is your relationship to maccaroni, and how has it improved your lifestyle?" "Well, bathing in it has really improved my skin, and I like to incorporate it in my costume for good luck", is much better.
So, imagine you're sitting knees-to-knees with Aly/Amber, in a comfortable, sofa-filled setting; breezy, classical music playing in the background, not a pr executive in sight, and a bottle of expensive wine on the coffee table beside you, and three/two glasses half-full next to it...
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I have a few that I thought of, while in the shower (well, it's a close second to singing):
(By the way, my questions would be for both)
- Tell me about a piece of acting you are most proud of?
- If you were given the opportunity of writing an episode of Buffy, what new aspect would you want to bring to your characters?
- If the writing team gave you a script that entailed you doing something you really didn't want to - say, some development for the character that for some reason you disagreed with, what do you think your reaction would be?
- How would you describe your relationship to your character, and how would you compare that to a role you might have in a movie?
- Where would you hope to be in the future, say two, five and ten year's time?
- What character, in either a book, or a film/ tv show, etc, that you have thought "oh, I'd just kill to play them"?
- What sort of role would you find most challenging to play?
- Finally, I was struck by the comments made by Michael Gambon, in an interview about working with the director Robert Altman, and he categorised the lack of certainty one has on Altman's films, as to whether the camera is focussed on you at any one time, as "liberating". How would you compare that to acting on Buffy, and the approach you take to, in particular, ensamble scenes? How would you feel about Altman directing an episode of Buffy?
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*Sings*
Oh, you can tell, by the rapture on my face,
That synthetic fur makes for a sensual embrace!
[This message has been edited by Wolfie (edited February 06, 2002).]