MT's is the one that shocked everyone, and trust me, was highly questioned by fans on her Instagram account. We got as much as we did from her - because she was responding to those questions. (I was trying to defend her at one point - I found their attacks appalling.)
Hers also syncs with Kai Cole's...but it's hard to know. Also that's a common rule on sets regarding minor teen girls. But as I argued to a fan - "she said "AGAIN" " - which means she'd been in a room alone with him and something bad happened. We don't know what. (Hollywood is not know for being...well...suffice it to say it has a rep for being skeevy for a reason.) He might have just yelled at her? God knows.
The other interesting thing to me is that nobody has confirmed Charisma's specific allegations, even when they offer generalized support. It's entirely possible, of course, that her specified interactions with Joss were limited to the 2 of them. Still, given how gossip works in Hollywood, I'd expect someone else to chime in (Fury, say, or Minear).
Yep the only ones who had specifics weren't on set with her - and on Buffy. Those who were on set - didn't confirm it.
Carpenter situation was complicated. She was considered problematic - and possibly having an affair with David Greenwalt, who took her over there - and since Gellar didn't get along with her, Whedon agreed. Charisma was maybe five or six years younger than Greenwalt - she's about 50 now, and was 26 when Buffy started.
What I found odd - is I know that the WB wanted Whedon to fire Charisma and Greenwalt at the end of S3 Angel. And from all reports - had just cause. The two were causing lots of delays, and difficult to work with. I know Greenwalt left with no hard feelings - and was responsible for everything that went on on Angel for those first three years - he was the show runner. But why not fire Charisma at the end of S3 like the WB wanted? Whedon hated her character arc - he pretty much said that in various interviews - he didn't see Cordy of all people going to Heaven and becoming a higher being, and he disliked Greenwalt's mythos - Greenwalt was Jewish and religious, Whedon's really not. So he felt he had to undo that arc and make her the Big Bad - and kill her off (per Tim Minear and David Fury on the fan boards and in interviews at the time - so they've already talked about it), but she got pregnant and ruined Whedon's entire story arc. Minear joked : "Whedon created this amazing story with Cordy as the big bad, and Angel having to kill her but she got pregnant over the summer and ruined it. We couldn't very well have the Big Bad Pregnant Lady". So apparently Whedon punished her for making him rewrite it? SMH
It seems really stupid, pointless, cruel, nasty and painful. Seriously, having a child is more important than a horror cult television show. Angel wasn't that good, no show is. I have a mercurial boss - but even he knows that, he puts people first. Whedon apparently put his art first, and that's kind of hard to get past. And it's what has come back to bite him. I hope he learns from it. Kubrick never did.
I'm kind of glad that mistake came back to bite Whedon in the ass. The idiot put a dumb television series above a human being having a baby. WTF.
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Hers also syncs with Kai Cole's...but it's hard to know. Also that's a common rule on sets regarding minor teen girls. But as I argued to a fan - "she said "AGAIN" " - which means she'd been in a room alone with him and something bad happened. We don't know what. (Hollywood is not know for being...well...suffice it to say it has a rep for being skeevy for a reason.) He might have just yelled at her? God knows.
The other interesting thing to me is that nobody has confirmed Charisma's specific allegations, even when they offer generalized support. It's entirely possible, of course, that her specified interactions with Joss were limited to the 2 of them. Still, given how gossip works in Hollywood, I'd expect someone else to chime in (Fury, say, or Minear).
Yep the only ones who had specifics weren't on set with her - and on Buffy. Those who were on set - didn't confirm it.
Carpenter situation was complicated. She was considered problematic - and possibly having an affair with David Greenwalt, who took her over there - and since Gellar didn't get along with her, Whedon agreed. Charisma was maybe five or six years younger than Greenwalt - she's about 50 now, and was 26 when Buffy started.
What I found odd - is I know that the WB wanted Whedon to fire Charisma and Greenwalt at the end of S3 Angel. And from all reports - had just cause. The two were causing lots of delays, and difficult to work with. I know Greenwalt left with no hard feelings - and was responsible for everything that went on on Angel for those first three years - he was the show runner. But why not fire Charisma at the end of S3 like the WB wanted? Whedon hated her character arc - he pretty much said that in various interviews - he didn't see Cordy of all people going to Heaven and becoming a higher being, and he disliked Greenwalt's mythos - Greenwalt was Jewish and religious, Whedon's really not. So he felt he had to undo that arc and make her the Big Bad - and kill her off (per Tim Minear and David Fury on the fan boards and in interviews at the time - so they've already talked about it), but she got pregnant and ruined Whedon's entire story arc. Minear joked : "Whedon created this amazing story with Cordy as the big bad, and Angel having to kill her but she got pregnant over the summer and ruined it. We couldn't very well have the Big Bad Pregnant Lady". So apparently Whedon punished her for making him rewrite it? SMH
It seems really stupid, pointless, cruel, nasty and painful. Seriously, having a child is more important than a horror cult television show. Angel wasn't that good, no show is. I have a mercurial boss - but even he knows that, he puts people first. Whedon apparently put his art first, and that's kind of hard to get past. And it's what has come back to bite him. I hope he learns from it. Kubrick never did.
I'm kind of glad that mistake came back to bite Whedon in the ass. The idiot put a dumb television series above a human being having a baby. WTF.