Yes, "Fran Krantz", I'd forgotten his name. I'd agree Topher felt like an
Andrew type character, but the actor was so good that he was able to
provide a certain level of nuance to the role, that Lenk just didn't. Lenk
came across as if he was acting. I could feel him acting. His performance,
much like Eliza Dusku's often felt too mannered somehow. I still wish
they'd made Dichen, the other lead actress on Dollhouse the lead. She was
very good.
While Krantz was the character. And I think, you are correct, Whedon began
to agree.
Of course, Brendon's idea that he was campaigning for with Joss for S7
was a romance with Buffy which I think a lot of people would have preferred
not to have
Apparently SMG and NB were both campaigning for it. And Whedon shot them
down right out of the box. He stated, no, that won't work, it goes against
the characters and story thread. (It did. Made no sense for those two
characters to get together, they had a brother/sister vibe at that point.)
Whedon suggested Robin Wood as a romance, but SMG didn't want it. They
tried it, but the actors had bad, really bad to zero chemistry. Wood had
chemistry with Giles, Spike, and Faith but no one else. So, they went a
route that played on the chemistry he had with the other three characters.
Wise move.
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Date: 2017-06-20 12:28 pm (UTC)Yes, "Fran Krantz", I'd forgotten his name. I'd agree Topher felt like an Andrew type character, but the actor was so good that he was able to provide a certain level of nuance to the role, that Lenk just didn't. Lenk came across as if he was acting. I could feel him acting. His performance, much like Eliza Dusku's often felt too mannered somehow. I still wish they'd made Dichen, the other lead actress on Dollhouse the lead. She was very good.
While Krantz was the character. And I think, you are correct, Whedon began to agree.
Of course, Brendon's idea that he was campaigning for with Joss for S7 was a romance with Buffy which I think a lot of people would have preferred not to have
Apparently SMG and NB were both campaigning for it. And Whedon shot them down right out of the box. He stated, no, that won't work, it goes against the characters and story thread. (It did. Made no sense for those two characters to get together, they had a brother/sister vibe at that point.) Whedon suggested Robin Wood as a romance, but SMG didn't want it. They tried it, but the actors had bad, really bad to zero chemistry. Wood had chemistry with Giles, Spike, and Faith but no one else. So, they went a route that played on the chemistry he had with the other three characters. Wise move.