I knew about the nudity clause, but I can't really imagine it being an issue with AtS 5.
Re: DB the way it was described to me (as I remember it. It was years ago now so I'm giving a rough memory of it)
SMG was considered to be relatively high maintenance. Like a lot of celebrities who have their list of "and this must be done..." she had a bunch of those, but this crew member said that she was consistent and she was also always on time, on mark, and prepared so was considered to be quite professional. As a contrast (and it was presented to me in this sort of comparison/contrast) with DB they had no idea who he was gonna be from day to day. He could vere from fun guy to be around to obnoxious jerk who had a string of demands no one could anticipate. This made this staff person prefer to work with SMG as opposed to DB because at least it was always possible to anticipate how SMG was going to react to things. With DB it was impossible to know.
The filming of the Buffy/Angel scenes in "Forever" was supposedly a nightmare for the crew as relations between SMG/and DB were extremely chilly at that time. (Relations were apparently better during the EoD filming.
Never had a real knowledge of what exactly went down with CC. The word attached to her by the source was "erratic." Don't know how really, or why. They just always said that on AtS she became "erratic."
I did always think it was quite unfair how much of the fandom blamed JM for CC being let go. The rumors (not even back stage. Just out in the open, things Minear and Bell said in public) had been going around for two years prior to that that there were back stage issues involved. I distinctly remember Minear and Bell talking during Season 3 that there was a very, very real possibility that CC wouldn't be back for Season 4. So whatever it was going on had been going on for a while.
The crew guy basically listed as "most beloved by the crew" (because they were considerate of crew) were Amy Acker, Amber Bensen, and James Marsters. Some were considered "very professional"... and then you had a couple of others.
Poor Nick Brendan always kind of got the "he has troubles" rap. The problems with his drug and alcohol addiction (since admitted) were around in the BtVS years.
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Re: DB the way it was described to me (as I remember it. It was years ago now so I'm giving a rough memory of it)
SMG was considered to be relatively high maintenance. Like a lot of celebrities who have their list of "and this must be done..." she had a bunch of those, but this crew member said that she was consistent and she was also always on time, on mark, and prepared so was considered to be quite professional. As a contrast (and it was presented to me in this sort of comparison/contrast) with DB they had no idea who he was gonna be from day to day. He could vere from fun guy to be around to obnoxious jerk who had a string of demands no one could anticipate. This made this staff person prefer to work with SMG as opposed to DB because at least it was always possible to anticipate how SMG was going to react to things. With DB it was impossible to know.
The filming of the Buffy/Angel scenes in "Forever" was supposedly a nightmare for the crew as relations between SMG/and DB were extremely chilly at that time. (Relations were apparently better during the EoD filming.
Never had a real knowledge of what exactly went down with CC. The word attached to her by the source was "erratic." Don't know how really, or why. They just always said that on AtS she became "erratic."
I did always think it was quite unfair how much of the fandom blamed JM for CC being let go. The rumors (not even back stage. Just out in the open, things Minear and Bell said in public) had been going around for two years prior to that that there were back stage issues involved. I distinctly remember Minear and Bell talking during Season 3 that there was a very, very real possibility that CC wouldn't be back for Season 4. So whatever it was going on had been going on for a while.
The crew guy basically listed as "most beloved by the crew" (because they were considerate of crew) were Amy Acker, Amber Bensen, and James Marsters. Some were considered "very professional"... and then you had a couple of others.
Poor Nick Brendan always kind of got the "he has troubles" rap. The problems with his drug and alcohol addiction (since admitted) were around in the BtVS years.