I don't think we know what her stipulations were. They may not have been schedule related. We also don't know what went on backstage as it were or during negotiations with any of these actors. And we never will - because negotiations are confidential. Also, on-set gossip is well like online gossip, school gossip and work-place gossip - 99% of it is false. ;-)
I always found the whole bit about oh, Gellar will return the favor of DB showing up in her show - hilarious. First off - DB's didn't do it for Gellar, nor was it a personal favor. He was under contract to Fox (who produced both series) and WB had made the deal with UPN, that if UPN loaned them Willow, WB would loan Angel. The actors were under contract to Fox didn't really have any say in the matter. DB didn't do it as a personal favor. Nor was he even that busy at the time, since he was committed to Angel and trying to get Angel for a new season. Unlike Gellar whose show had ended and was doing several film committments and was not under contract to Fox or WB or UPN in any capacity, nor did she have a deal with any of those three - DB did. You know that David Boreanze had a television development deal with Fox outside of Mutant Enemy and that's why he got the Bones gig - right? He didn't have to audition for that, it was developed for him with him in mind (or at least that's what I remember the trades stating at the time), same thing was true with Alyson Hannigan (she had a development deal with whatever network is producing HIMYM), and with Eliza Dusku who had a development deal with Fox. When an actor has a development deal with a network - they are committed to give first dibs to that network, and the network is committed to give first dibs to whatever project they are involved with. It's a wonderful thing to have. Mutant Enemy actually made fun of it in the episode that Cordy gets her own tv series. (I highly recommend renting the film The TV Set - which is a satire on what is involved in making tv shows.)
So, knowing what I know about network television and how this biz works from my friends and relatives, I'd say - she was probably telling the truth. She most likely did want to do the finale, but she couldn't do episode 20 (which was the Girl in Question) and was filming at the same time she was in Japan on Sony's dime. I've negotiated situations like these, I can only imagine what was going on behind the scenes. When I say the entertainment biz is a nasty biz, I'm not joking. Heck a lot of the jokes in the comics and in Whedon's tv series are obvious jabs at network brass and management in that biz.
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Date: 2010-10-11 06:02 pm (UTC)I always found the whole bit about oh, Gellar will return the favor of DB showing up in her show - hilarious. First off - DB's didn't do it for Gellar, nor was it a personal favor. He was under contract to Fox (who produced both series) and WB had made the deal with UPN, that if UPN loaned them Willow, WB would loan Angel.
The actors were under contract to Fox didn't really have any say in the matter. DB didn't do it as a personal favor. Nor was he even that busy at the time, since he was committed to Angel and trying to get Angel for a new season. Unlike Gellar whose show had ended and was doing several film committments and was not under contract to Fox or WB or UPN in any capacity, nor did she have a deal with any of those three - DB did. You know that David Boreanze had a television development deal with Fox outside of Mutant Enemy and that's why he got the Bones gig - right? He didn't have to audition for that, it was developed for him with him in mind (or at least that's what I remember the trades stating at the time), same thing was true with Alyson Hannigan (she had a development deal with whatever network is producing HIMYM), and with Eliza Dusku who had a development deal with Fox. When an actor has a development deal with a network - they are committed to give first dibs to that network, and the network is committed to give first dibs to whatever project they are involved with.
It's a wonderful thing to have. Mutant Enemy actually made fun of it in the episode that Cordy gets her own tv series. (I highly recommend renting the film The TV Set - which is a satire on what is involved in making tv shows.)
So, knowing what I know about network television and how this biz works from my friends and relatives, I'd say - she was probably telling the truth. She most likely did want to do the finale, but
she couldn't do episode 20 (which was the Girl in Question) and was filming at the same time she was in Japan on Sony's dime.
I've negotiated situations like these, I can only imagine what was going on behind the scenes. When I say the entertainment biz is a nasty biz, I'm not joking. Heck a lot of the jokes in the comics and in Whedon's tv series are obvious jabs at network brass and management in that biz.