There was an interview somewhere where even SMH herself admitted that Marsters was the only costar she was still 'friendly' with by the end of the show... and there never seemed to be a friendship there either.
Wow, I thought that was Michelle Trachenburg - I know she still hangs out with Michelle and with Seth Green on occasion. And apparently she buried the hatchet with Boreanze this past year - or long enough to take selfies.
Marsters has told some interesting, and rather hilarious stories about SMH at various Q&A's. I wonder if he knows that people post them to YouTube?? You'd assume so...but then again. From the stories - they had a weird sibling relationship or rivalry, in which they enjoyed baiting each other on set and teasing. (Which Marsters being a method actor - sort of plays into the whole Buffy/Spike relationship if you think about it. ) He apparently did have a falling out with Eliza Dusku, or thought he did at any rate. I've learned a lot of Buffy backstage gossip listening to Marsters Q&A's.
I remember reading on various fansites in 1998/1999 - S2-3 Buffy - that Gellar may have had a hand in the breakup of Boreanze's marriage. Apparently they were sort of dating each other in S2, then broke up or something along those lines. (Reminiscent of some other tv pairings I can think of...the adage don't date people at your work place is pretty good advice for actors, who of course blatantly ignore it. Especially if they are ahem, already married to someone else. Kudos to Denisof for telling Hannigan that he would not date people that he was working with - she didn't get him to cave until he moved over to Angel.) Apparently everyone was dating one another at one stage on Buffy - which explains a lot.
I remember at the time there were crew reports saying that basically Amy Aacker and Marsters were the only low maintenance ones on either show.
They were just happy to have a job. Both came from theater backgrounds, and had struggled a while to get a job.
But yeah, picked that up in some of the commentaries - in Angel, one of the crew guys doing a commentary with a director and I think Adam Baldwin, stated that he never saw Marsters crack up during a take. Or pull a prank. It was during the scene where Angel holds a meeting and Spike pulls out his briefcase, opens it, pulls out a beer and drinks it. Boreanze kept breaking character and laughing. So they had to do ten takes, but Marsters never laughed and did it perfectly each time. Baldwin makes the comment right before that one - how pranks and cracking up during a take annoys him, smacks of unprofessionalism and makes the day longer for all concerned. And the director, I think, states that of the entire cast - Marsters was always on mark. (Which explains why Gellar got along with him - she was famously annoyed by unprofessionalism and not being able to hit your marks on queue - coming from a soap background, she didn't a lot of patience for re-takes. CC was horrible at hitting her marks and drove Gellar nuts.)
Hee, I find backstage television show gossip riveting. Particularly the Buffy stuff - because they were really catty. All young, first time series, with a young boss who was a bit too laid-back and had just come off of dealing with Rosanne Barr.
Nick Brandon wasn't known as difficult but 'troubled' --read: substance issues. They nearly got him fired in season 4)
I thought that was season 6 for some reason? I know he is an alcoholic. There were quite a few people struggling with addiction issues, Marsters is an alcoholic - and has to stay away from it. Poor Marsters was quitting smoking while on Buffy - and using nicotine patches. And of course the guy who played Doyle (who died from an overdose shortly after he was fired for substance abuse problems).
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Date: 2014-06-26 12:52 am (UTC)Wow, I thought that was Michelle Trachenburg - I know she still hangs out with Michelle and with Seth Green on occasion. And apparently she buried the hatchet with Boreanze this past year - or long enough to take selfies.
Marsters has told some interesting, and rather hilarious stories about SMH at various Q&A's. I wonder if he knows that people post them to YouTube??
You'd assume so...but then again. From the stories - they had a weird sibling relationship or rivalry, in which they enjoyed baiting each other on set and teasing. (Which Marsters being a method actor - sort of plays into the whole Buffy/Spike relationship if you think about it. ) He apparently did have a falling out with Eliza Dusku, or thought he did at any rate. I've learned a lot of Buffy backstage gossip listening to Marsters Q&A's.
I remember reading on various fansites in 1998/1999 - S2-3 Buffy - that Gellar may have had a hand in the breakup of Boreanze's marriage. Apparently they were sort of dating each other in S2, then broke up or something along those lines. (Reminiscent of some other tv pairings I can think of...the adage don't date people at your work place is pretty good advice for actors, who of course blatantly ignore it. Especially if they are ahem, already married to someone else. Kudos to Denisof for telling Hannigan that he would not date people that he was working with - she didn't get him to cave until he moved over to Angel.) Apparently everyone was dating one another at one stage on Buffy - which explains a lot.
I remember at the time there were crew reports saying that basically Amy Aacker and Marsters were the only low maintenance ones on either show.
They were just happy to have a job. Both came from theater backgrounds, and had struggled a while to get a job.
But yeah, picked that up in some of the commentaries - in Angel, one of the crew guys doing a commentary with a director and I think Adam Baldwin, stated that he never saw Marsters crack up during a take. Or pull a prank.
It was during the scene where Angel holds a meeting and Spike pulls out his briefcase, opens it, pulls out a beer and drinks it. Boreanze kept breaking character and laughing. So they had to do ten takes, but Marsters never laughed and did it perfectly each time. Baldwin makes the comment right before that one - how pranks and cracking up during a take annoys him, smacks of unprofessionalism and makes the day longer for all concerned. And the director, I think, states that of the entire cast - Marsters was always on mark. (Which explains why Gellar got along with him - she was famously annoyed by unprofessionalism and not being able to hit your marks on queue - coming from a soap background, she didn't a lot of patience for re-takes. CC was horrible at hitting her marks and drove Gellar nuts.)
Hee, I find backstage television show gossip riveting. Particularly the Buffy stuff - because they were really catty. All young, first time series, with a young boss who was a bit too laid-back and had just come off of dealing with Rosanne Barr.
Nick Brandon wasn't known as difficult but 'troubled' --read: substance issues. They nearly got him fired in season 4)
I thought that was season 6 for some reason? I know he is an alcoholic. There were quite a few people struggling with addiction issues, Marsters is an alcoholic - and has to stay away from it. Poor Marsters was quitting smoking while on Buffy - and using nicotine patches. And of course the guy who played Doyle (who died from an overdose shortly after he was fired for substance abuse problems).