New Amber interview at BBC Cult

[serenity]

what issue is diva? is it an american issue? i wanna buy it,but i sonßt know if i get it here in germany. but i´m looking forward to march on bbc. everything sounds so great!

[Repost Moderator]

Originally posted by Catwalks



I'm just reading an article in this months Diva all about "what Amber did next". It's to premote the BBC webcast animated series that Amber Co-wrote and directed, The Ghosts of Albion (to be shown from 27 march www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/c...841.shtml.

In the article she talks about integrity ...



when I asked her whether Tara will be raised from the dead - as her former cohort Buffy was in the sixth series, she says that she was asked to return to play Tara bad, as in evil. She decided against it and faced up to director Joss Whedon.



"Too many people had too much invested in her and I didn't want to add insult to injury."

[urnofosiris]

I have to get buy this magazine as well, but in the meantime, scans anyone? Pretty please.

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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot

[Catwalks]

I'll see what I can do



i just wanted to get the quote up quick as all i'd read about it before was that Amber and Joss couldn't agree on the terms of her contract (re coming back) not the fact she told him NO!!!!!



Go Amber!!!

"Dude! like you're getting in the Boob light alright!" - AB Stuff photoshoot

[urnofosiris]

Thank you. I am glad that particular cat is well out of the bag now so it can be discussed openly. I can never thank her enough for what she did. I love to see her act, but there will be plenty of opportunities I'm sure that do not involve tainting the best lesbian relationship on tv ever. I am so very grateful she turned them down, though at the same time I would not have blamed her for a second if she hadn't. She did not have to do what she did, but she did, and that makes me respect and admire her even more than I already did.

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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot

Edited by: DrG at: 2/15/03 6:42:48 am

[themagicpixie]

We love Amber.

[sheila wt]

Thanks so much for the info!



Here's the magazine website: www.gaytimes.co.uk/diva/



The magazine you mentioned is the February edition, right? Just want to be sure before I order it...

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"She had tasted Willow on her tongue, and she had worn Willow on her skin. There wasn't a shower in the world that could have washed that away." (Terra Firma, by Tulipp)

Edited by: sheila wt at: 2/15/03 10:14:09 pm

[Laika 27]

Nope...it's the MARCH issue!!!!

[sheila wt]

Oh. Thanks.

I will look for the March issue then.

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"She had tasted Willow on her tongue, and she had worn Willow on her skin. There wasn't a shower in the world that could have washed that away." (Terra Firma, by Tulipp)

[tyche]

My local newsagent doesn't always have Diva, but I will do my best to get hold of a copy so that I can type the interview. Diva magazine's website is at:

www.divamag.co.uk/

for anyone interested.

[WebWarlock]

Again.



She is a class act.



While is just an ass.



Warlock

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The Other Side,
home of Liber Mysterium: The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks

"Stop whimpering... it's unattractive." - Bloodrayne

Edited by: WebWarlock at: 2/17/03 11:34:25 am

[Laika 27]

Just thought maybe I should put in the email address for 'Diva' incase anyone wants to send any thanks , comments or plug any awesome web sites....ahem!!!!



edit@divamag.co.uk

[saule77]

Ok, I've just bought the March issue of Diva Mag... and since I'm a devoted and dedicated Kitten, you can expect a transcript in a few hours (I would do it sooner but 1) it's quite a lenghty article, 2) I'm not too good with the whole "typing without looking at the keyboard" thingy and 3) I have to do some work... After all, that's what they pay me for...).



So watch this space!

"You are Willow Rosenberg, vixen-y lighter of the flame and keeper of my heart."

(Camp Flutie by Rane)

[xita]

ooh thanks for the offers of a transcript! I'll be waiting patiently

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Baby you make my love come down

Oh you make my love come down

Make it come all the way down -
Evelyn Champagne King

[saule77]

Edited by DrG to remove the non Ghosts of Albion related parts of the interview to prevent this thread from straying too much off topic. The entire interview has been moved to the reopened Diva Magazine UK thread, which is the place to discuss the rest of the interview.



Here goes...



No picture of Amber I'm afraid... Just 3 from Ghosts of Albion, which all look pretty good!





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WHAT AMBER DID NEXT



Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Tara Maclay may be gone from our screens but the actress who played her, Amber Benson, has been busy writing a new vampire series for the BBC. Jane Czyzselska caught up with her on a visit to London.



Most 25-year-old would be more than happy to sit back, relax and fully enjoy the pleasures that come with being a household name on a major network TV show. But, as her acting career shows, Amber Benson has more to her than most. Best known as the shy and loveable Tara of the cult hit TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Benson is and always has been deeply serious about her art.



Having finished a three-year stint in Buffy as one half of network TV’s longest running teenage lesbian couple, Benson has just embarked on her biggest challenge. In March, the multi-talented star makes her debut on British television with the animated online drama she has co-written and directed. The five part series, Ghosts Of Albion, is a cleverly crafted tale of demons, vampires and ghosts set in 19th-century London.



“I love acting, but writing and directing are really exciting too,” says Benson, who is in London for three weeks putting the final touches to the online drama. “When you act, you have to work hard to get inside a character’s head but, with directing, you’re using a whole different set of muscles.”





INTEGRITY



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She’s a pro, too. When Chris Golden, co-writer of Ghosts Of Albion and LA Times best-selling author of teen thrillers, was asked recently if he would work with Benson, he told the press he’d work with her on any future projects. Coming from the guy who’s also a Buffy scriptwriter and novelist, that’s praise indeed.





ONLINE



Benson and Golden were approached by the BCC earlier this year to create an online drama reminiscent of Buffy but for a wider audience – something with the trademark Buffy self-referential humour to make the audience feel as though they’re in on the gags. “What we’ve written is a send-up of Jane Austen crossed with mystical ghosts and demons,” Benson explains.



Accessible to all, the new web drama will be available to web users regardless of broadband or dial-up capability. Actors who have been approached to be the voices on the animated drama include Leslie Phillips, who played the quintessential loveable rogue doctor on the comedy classic Carry on Doctor and Anthony Daniels, who played legendary Star Wars’ original robot C3PO.



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The four part series of Ghosts Of Albion is available to view on www.bbc.co.uk/ghosts from 27 March. There is a new episode each week.

"You are Willow Rosenberg, vixen-y lighter of the flame and keeper of my heart."

(Camp Flutie by Rane)

Edited by: DrG at: 2/19/03 4:32:00 am

[urnofosiris]

Thank you so much for typing that up.

My interest in Ghosts of Albion is even more piqued now.

Quote:

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“What we’ve written is a send-up of Jane Austen crossed with mystical ghosts and demons,” Benson explains.

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Oh goodie , I love Jane Austen. I love her clever and often sarcastic sense of humour, I hope that, aside from the time period, she is referring to that as well. I used to like mystical ghosts and demons stories as well, but BtVS almost cured me of that , though I am sure Amber Benson and Christopher Golden will be able to revive my appreciation for the genre.

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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot

Edited by: DrG at: 2/18/03 11:30:55 pm

[xita]

ooh Jane Austen, I am intrigued. I am having a hard time picturing what this will be like, I can't wait to actually browse it.



And gosh, gay mormons? I can't even imagine, but I'd rather not talk about that here, in the ghosts thread.

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Baby you make my love come down

Oh you make my love come down

Make it come all the way down -
Evelyn Champagne King

[VampNo12]

Thanks saule77 for typing up the interview ! The details about the Ghosts of Albion has me greatly intrigued, I so can't wait for March.



Partly reposted here.

Edited by: Repost Moderator at: 2/19/03 4:35:37 am

[Laika 27]

I'm really looking forward to this. Cosgrove Hall is a truely inspired choice as Brian Cosgrove + Mark Hall made such an amazing job of 'Danger Mouse'. Leslie Phillips would be a cool choice - terrific voice and genius comic timing. I think this could be something very special.

[kajo 2000]

Excerpts of Chris Golden interview which mentions Ghosts of Albion:



From Newsarama.com:



www.newsarama.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000157



GOLDEN ON DC'S DR. FATE

February 26, 2003 10:36 AM

by Alex Segura Jr.



"I've just finished a cool project for the BBC online called Ghosts of Albion, which I created and wrote with Amber Benson. It's also about magic and responsibility, about protecting people, defending the world. It's completely different from Doctor Fate, of course, but there are some thematic similarities. The thing is, the protagonists in Ghosts of Albion and Hector Hall in Doctor Fate have both inherited great power and responsibility. The difference is, in Ghosts, they've been chosen to receive this legacy by their grandfather. Hector Hall was chosen, in a sense, by the universe itself. By the forces of Order that bind the universe together. On the one hand, that's quite a vote of confidence. On the other . . . talk about pressure! Try living up to that!"



Golden is working on a number of novels and television projects. "I've got all sorts of things happening, but only a few are comics-related," Golden said. "Ghosts of Albion, which I mentioned before, is an hour-long, animated supernatural drama that will debut on the internet March 27th at www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ It's broken down into five twelve minute segments that will appear weekly through the end of April. Hopefully there'll be lots of news about Ghosts down the line. Amber, who wrote and created it with me, also directed, and the voice talent includes Emma Samms and Anthony Daniels."

Edited by: kajo 2000 at: 2/26/03 3:17:43 pm

[tommo]

Emma Samms????



Wow. Fallon.



See, I'm all the more interested now.

"There's so much more to wiccan Willow than muff-diving gimmickry" ~ SFX

[scifiacid]

Emma Samms... holy shite! Flashback. I thought she was out of the 'biz'? Ah well, it's all too cool. Can't wait for this!

"Oh, man. I wish I WAS a lesbian. I would get laid every night for the rest of my life." ~ Amber Benson, Lovelines When we realized that neither of us was faultless, yet love still held. That's the miracle of love, that someone knows us well enough to know the ways we fail and are weak, and yet loves us still. Lost Daughters by JM Redmann

[dekalog]

"It's also about magic and responsibility, about protecting people, defending the world."



Now this is the kind of show I want to watch - not some crap about evil being rewarded while goodness is destroyed.

[emma peel]

Hey, kittens. Chris is now at a "nameless" (JossIsGod) board, discussing the Ghosts of Albion.

Cool beans to have him out and about and promoting Amber and his project.

Janice

[helpful information perha]

from revolution magazine



BBC hires Buffy actress and writer for web drama

By Brand Republic, London



        Following the success of its first two 'Doctor Who' internet dramas, BBCi is to develop a thrilling horror/adventure laced with dark humour and has enlisted two key figures from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' for the project.



        Joining the BBCi Cult team in developing the internet drama are Amber Benson, better known as Willow's girlfriend Tara in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', and Christopher Golden, a prolific writer of 'Buffy' and 'Angel' novels.



Set in the mid-19th century, 'The Ghosts of Albion' is a tale of demons, vampires and ghosts, which the BBC hopes should appeal to 'Buffy' fans.



'The Ghosts of Albion' is set following the death of the famed stage magician grandfather of a brother and sister. However, the brother and sister discover that not all of the old man's magic was performed onstage.



The siblings find themselves the inheritors of an extraordinary legacy, and must bear the burden and the sorcerous power that makes them the mystical guardians of early 19th century England.



As with the previous internet dramas, visitors to bbc.co.uk/cult/ghosts can access the Real Player file episodes.



Each week over the course of five weeks -- from March 27 2003 -- a new chapter of the story will be available, allowing visitors to the website to explore and participate in an expanded online world.



As well as being a talented actress, Benson is also a writer, director and producer and has co-written and directed 'The Ghosts of Albion'.



Her award-winning independent film 'Chance' recently premiered in America and she has written several issues of Dark Horse Comics' 'Buffy' graphic books.



"Chris Golden and I are super excited to be writing 'The Ghosts of Albion'," Benson said. "Being a fan of British broadcasting, it's such an honour to be working with the BBC."



Golden is the LA Times best-selling author of such novels as 'The Ferryman', 'Strangewood', 'Prowlers' and the 'Body of Evidence' series of teen thrillers.



He was the editor of the Bram Stoker Award-winning book of criticism 'CUT!: Horror Writers on Horror Film', and co-author of both 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide' and 'The Stephen King Universe'.



Martin Trickey, commissioning editor at BBC Interactive Drama and Entertainment, said: "It's wonderful that we are developing what we believe is going to be a truly innovative project with such respected and creative talent."



'The Ghosts of Albion' is the third commissioned series to come out of the cult section of BBCi.



It continues to give rise to a new form of "webtainment", fusing audio drama with comic-strip animation to enhance the internet viewing experience.



www.revolutionmagazine.co...1&id=96452

[feena191]

Death Comes To Time



This is the webpage for one of the Doctor Who online dramas. The drama's no longer available as their rights only ran for one year, but the website looks good. Hopefully the Ghosts of Albion one will be as good too.



Feena

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Edited by: feena191  at: 3/5/03 2:00:18 pm

[BBOvenGuy]

Death Comes to Time was a very well-made production, although personally I didn't care much for the way the story ended. ASH made a cameo appearance as a Time Lord who got killed by the Big Bad.

"Sure it's simple, writing for kids. Just as simple as bringing them up." - Ursula K. LeGuin

[kajo 2000]

A Ghosts of Albion homepage is now up on the BBC Cult site:



www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ghosts/

[tommo]

Ooh that's a nice skeery picture. I'm all excited now.

"There's so much more to wiccan Willow than muff-diving gimmickry" ~ SFX

[Avern1]

WOW !!!!! I really sad that I not see it !!! I like werewolfs (except puppy Oz).

Nice pic !!!!! And the line - HORROR UNLEASH - NICE !!!!!



Piper : ,Vrrrr, haf, haf !,