That was always a problem in Dollhouse for me, that the weakest actress
was the lead
Mine as well. You know there's a problem when everyone in the cast is
stronger than the lead. She should have just produced it and taken a
supporting role. She worked well in Buffy, because it was a supporting role
and didn't demand as much. But in Who Are You, which was more demanding --
Gellar unfortunately blew her out of the water and it showed. I don't know
why Whedon didn't see her limitations in Who Are You. (shrugs) Mileage
varies, I guess.
Amy Acker would have been a better choice.
I would have liked to see him more with Giles and Faith but of course
ASH had limited time on set, and Faith didn't appear until much later by
which time the plot was ramping up.
Shame they couldn't have brought Faith in sooner, gotten rid of Andrew, and
focused more on Giles, but actors schedules, etc, interfered.
I can sort of see why they wanted to do a spin-off with Wood, Faith and
Spike. Although...I think Dusku would have been the weak link. (Apparently
Dusku was also struggling with substance abuse issues at the time -- she
recently came out about it.)
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That was always a problem in Dollhouse for me, that the weakest actress was the lead
Mine as well. You know there's a problem when everyone in the cast is stronger than the lead. She should have just produced it and taken a supporting role. She worked well in Buffy, because it was a supporting role and didn't demand as much. But in Who Are You, which was more demanding -- Gellar unfortunately blew her out of the water and it showed. I don't know why Whedon didn't see her limitations in Who Are You. (shrugs) Mileage varies, I guess.
Amy Acker would have been a better choice.
I would have liked to see him more with Giles and Faith but of course ASH had limited time on set, and Faith didn't appear until much later by which time the plot was ramping up.
Shame they couldn't have brought Faith in sooner, gotten rid of Andrew, and focused more on Giles, but actors schedules, etc, interfered.
I can sort of see why they wanted to do a spin-off with Wood, Faith and Spike. Although...I think Dusku would have been the weak link. (Apparently Dusku was also struggling with substance abuse issues at the time -- she recently came out about it.)