Angelic Slayer
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This week assignmentx.com posted a new interview with Julie Benz about her new show, and they also just so happened to discuss her time in the Whedonverse as well. 🙂
If you were hoping for more discussion on Dexter or Desperate Housewives, the rest of the interview (where they discuss that) is at the link below.
source: http://www.assignmentx.com/2011/exc...ie-benz-is-a-super-mom-on-no-ordinary-family/
If you were hoping for more discussion on Dexter or Desperate Housewives, the rest of the interview (where they discuss that) is at the link below.
This isn't Benz's first brush with superpowers. After she appeared in a recurring role as a law enforcement officer on ROSWELL, where she was investigating aliens, Benz was cast as Darla the vampire on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, where she recurred often and was resurrected on the spin-off ANGEL, with all the abilities bloodsuckers had on those shows. More recently, Benz spent four seasons on DEXTER as the kind-hearted Rita, a mother of two who never realized that her perfect man was a also serial killer. When Rita was murdered by a killer Dexter was tracking on that series, it made for a truly shocking season finale. Benz moved on to a stint on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES before returning to series regular status as FAMILY's swift Stephanie.
ASSIGNMENT X: Does playing a character with super-speed feel like any kind of homecoming for you, seeing that one of your big roles early on was the super-powered vampire Darla on BUFFY and ANGEL?
JULIE BENZ: But I don't have every power [as Stephanie].
AX: Do you miss any of the other powers, or are you happy to have super-speed plus a family, without having to bite people?
BENZ: Oh, definitely. I think it's just been a natural progression of my career, to go from such cult hits as BUFFY and ANGEL into DEXTER and now into NO ORDINARY FAMILY. It's just been a natural progression and a natural way for me to age in Hollywood.
AX: Your character Dr. Stephanie Powell is a scientist. Did you do any research into being a scientist when you got this part?
BENZ: No. My research lies in really talking to the writers about the world that they're creating. It's the same way I researched Darla on BUFFY and ANGEL. That world truly existed in Joss Whedon's mind. I could read ninety-seven Anne Rice books and never really grasp the world that Joss Whedon was creating, so why waste my time when all I really needed to do was talk to Joss Whedon about the world that he was creating? It's the same with the writers on NO ORDINARY FAMILY, picking their brains about what it is they want to create, what the tone is, how they see the character, how they would like me to physicalize the character, so that's how I work as an actor. I'm not big on doing gratuitous research, because I think some of it can be a waste of time.
AX: Anything else we should know about NO ORDINARY FAMILY?
BENZ: For me, it's a dream job. When I got off DEXTER, I had three things I was looking for. I was looking for a show that had mass appeal, I was looking for the strongest female character I could find and I was looking for the strongest costar I could find, because after working with Michael C. Hall [as Dexter], I felt like I couldn't work with just anybody. And I ended up getting NO ORDINARY FAMILY and having all three of those expectations met, and working with Michael Chiklis "“ I mean, God, he makes my job so easy. So I've been so lucky.
source: http://www.assignmentx.com/2011/exc...ie-benz-is-a-super-mom-on-no-ordinary-family/