June 02 2002
Dan - Are you anything like your characters in Buffy?
Tony No! The simple answer. When I read the script I was attracted to the character. I normally do romantic heros and this was different.
Amber I guess theres definitely a shy part of me, but shes her own entity.
Chick2k - Amber, were you nervous coming into one of the worlds most successful shows and being the new kids?
Amber Definitely. Its a scary prospect to come into a show thats been on the air so long. Everyone has amazing relationship already.
Angel - Is there going to be a convention in England where the fans can meet the cast?
Amber - But Alyson told them she would beat them up if they didnt like me.
Anthony Yes, but its sold out. The Nocturnal Convention at Heathrow. But they are happening more and more and there may be a big one next year in London thats just a Buffy one.
Hannah - What was it like for both of you working in the 100th episode?
Tony Cool. Very cool. Every now and then we get a treat. Joss did this episode and it felt special from the beginning. It felt like we were coming of age, growing up somehow.
Amber It was a tough season in general because of the subject matter. It was coming to a head, like a closure. Which was really nice, it was a beautiful episode.
James - Tony Is it really your voice we hear when youre been singing on the show?
Tony Yes it is. It is me lip synching really badly. Joss couldnt decide which song he wanted so I had to learn two. He made up his mind 5 mins before the song. Then we did the second song later and I thought Id do it live, but I had to lip synch again! But yes, I do sing?
Hannah - Amber, do u watch Buffy before you joined the cast and whats it like to work closely with such a cool actress as Alyson Hannigan?
Amber I knew Alyson before she started Buffy so I watched to see how she was doing. When I got the part I was so excited to be working with her.
Ann - Ive read in several places that Joss Whedon is thinking of doing a musical episode in season six. Is this true and if so, you both have really good voices will you be singing?
Tony Maybe Joss has talked about doing it since we did the pilot. Hes always wanted to do it and so do I. Hes waiting for the right moment. He didnt want it to look like they were running out of ideas. Its a guaranteed maybe.
Amber If it happens, I just wanna sing!
Tony Joss has written about 4 or 5 songs already.
Britainia - In the beginning of Buffy, Giles was a stuffy, tweed wearing, tea drinking Englishman. How did you feel about playing up to the stereotypical Englishman?
Tony The way it was written, it wasnt so stereotyped. The way Joss wrote it he went to school in England for some time so hes good at it. Ive seen some LA scripts that make the English look like idiots and Ive avoided them!
Charlie_Angel if you could play any other character on the show who would it be and why?
Amber Actually I wanna be on Angel and I wanna be the host - the karaoke singing demon
Tony I always wanted to be Cordelia!
Amber He likes her clothes
Williams - Amber when are we likely to see your movie Chance here in the UK?
Tony No her lines
Amber Were in the middle of editing and well take it to some festivals and see what happens.
Katy - Do you prefer working in TV or theater? Do you have any plans to return to the theatre in the near future?
Tony I fancy theatre, I havent done any for a while. I do an acting class in LA every month or so. I havent been starved of theatre. I do prefer one of the other. Ive always been lucky to have the opportunity to do both. But I wont commit to something that takes me away from my family for too long.
Ally - Do you hang out with the Buffy cast away from the set?
Tony Yes. Quite a lot of time together. We used to hang out at Josss every Sunday and do Shakespeare readings! Alyson, Alexis and I go to see gigs and I hang out with Nickie. Theyre a friendly bunch.
Amber Its like family and were very supportive of each other. We eat a lot too!
Tony And a boisterous evening round the piano and Joss has brought drums!
Rebecca - Do you believe in vampires?
Tony Of course!
Amber I am a vampire Im just back from Transylvania!
Littlemisselle What were you scared of when you were a kid?
Tony Quite a lot. My uncle and aunt used to do puppet theatre and they were scary puppets. On my 6th birthday they did something for my birthday and I was terrified.
Amber The dark. And about something salivating under the bed and waiting to get me!
Victoria - How long does it take to film on episode of Buffy?
Tony - Eight days and some change. As theyve got more ambitious, we find ourselves doing some splinter unit work.
AMW - What three things would you take with you to a desert island?
Tony Lavatory paper, my family, and our dog
Amber The mall with everything in it! And my computer with Internet access and I think thats enough!
Missy whats the best thing about being in Buffy?
Tony Its cool, its very intelligently written and its an awful lot of fun
Amber Working with this amazing group of people
Sarah - What is your favourite episode that you have appeared in?
Amber - Restless
Tony Hush
Michaela - What was the most challenging scene you have done on Buffy?
Amber In one episode I had some brain suckage happening and they had to stick the other actors hands into a blue screen of me and we had to match it up. It was so difficult and it took like and hour.
Tony - The demon episode was cool, when I got to be a demon. It wasnt so much challenging. I wore high heels to make me taller. But because Ive done rocky horror Im used to heels
Matther - What would you be doing if you werent acting?
Amber - And he looks better than me in heels!
Tony - Singing or writing or carpentry
Amber - I would definitely be a sanitation worker! I would do road kill
Cat - Having seen the last in the series of Buffy last night, I have one question: is this the end of Buffy?
Tony - No
Amber Its the end of the cheese man
BBC - Any last words
Tony - I might be doing a movie so look out for it. A musical fairytale.
Amber Thank you for your support because without the fans we would be sad standing out on the sidewalks with our hats out, begging!
Tony - We have a very small low budget CD which I did with some friends for the show and it might make its way onto mp3.
[This message has been edited by SciFiAcid (edited June 02, 2001).]
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