*sigh*

[lirazel]

Oh, Joss. I do not understand your infatuation with Eliza Dushku. She's very excellent at playing a specific kind of character (badass, uninhibited: Faith, pretty much), but she has a very limited range, and I would rather Joss do a project with literally any other Dollhouse cast member than him try to do something with her again. With the amount of incredible people in that cast--Enver and Olivia Williams and Reed Diamond and Dichen Lachman and pretty much everyone else--I can't imagine why he'd rather work with Eliza. *sigh* But clearly, everyone at whedonesque disagrees with me.

Also! Just in case someone missed it, this thread (and yes, you have to read all the comments, since that's where the fun is) might be the greatest thread in the history of lj. Just sayin'.

Thank y'all so much for going with the Three Sentence Fic-a-Thon. It's making me really, really happy, and there's some great, great, great fic being written. Keep it up!

Comments

[next_to_normal]

Yeah, I can see that. I think the one exception might be Amy Acker. Fred, as written, didn't have much range, and from what I understand the driving force behind Illyria was to give Amy a chance to show her range. And while Claire/Whiskey didn't get much screen time in Dollhouse, she knocked it out of the park every time. So there is at least once instance where he wrote for an actor he'd already found and it was better than what he'd originally cast her for. :)

Of course, it's any writer's dream to cast someone and then discover they're capable of so much more than what you originally asked them to do. I just wish he'd use those people more often, lol.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I agree! I never understood while I was watching AtS why everyone loved Amy Acker so. She was cute, but I wasn't fond of Fred post-craziness, so I was quite taken aback with Illyria. And yes, with Claire/Whiskey she was certainly incredible. I'd definitely say she was the exception to that rule. She's much more talented than you would have known just watching Fred.

Of course, it's any writer's dream to cast someone and then discover they're capable of so much more than what you originally asked them to do. I just wish he'd use those people more often, lol. Word.