June 02 2002
Dan - Are you anything like your characters in Buffy?
Tony – No! The simple answer. When I read the script I was attracted to the character. I normally do romantic hero’s and this was different.
Amber – I guess there’s definitely a shy part of me, but she’s her own entity.
Chick2k - Amber, were you nervous coming into one of the worlds most successful shows and being the new kids?
Amber – Definitely. It’s a scary prospect to come into a show that’s been on the air so long. Everyone has amazing relationship already.
Angel - Is there going to be a convention in England where the fans can meet the cast?
Amber - But Alyson told them she would beat them up if they didn’t’ like me.
Anthony – Yes, but it’s sold out. The Nocturnal Convention at Heathrow. But they are happening more and more and there may be a big one next year in London that’s just a Buffy one.
Hannah - What was it like for both of you working in the 100th episode?
Tony – Cool. Very cool. Every now and then we get a treat. Joss did this episode and it felt special from the beginning. It felt like we were coming of age, growing up somehow.
Amber – It was a tough season in general because of the subject matter. It was coming to a head, like a closure. Which was really nice, it was a beautiful episode.
James - Tony – Is it really your voice we hear when you’re been singing on the show?
Tony – Yes it is. It is me lip synching really badly. Joss couldn’t’ decide which song he wanted so I had to learn two. He made up his mind 5 mins before the song. Then we did the second song later and I thought I’d do it live, but I had to lip synch again! But yes, I do sing?
Hannah - Amber, do u watch Buffy before you joined the cast and what’s it like to work closely with such a cool actress as Alyson Hannigan?
Amber – I knew Alyson before she started Buffy so I watched to see how she was doing. When I got the part I was so excited to be working with her.
Ann - I’ve read in several places that Joss Whedon is thinking of doing a musical episode in season six. Is this true and if so, you both have really good voices – will you be singing?
Tony – Maybe … Joss has talked about doing it since we did the pilot. He’s always wanted to do it and so do I. He’s waiting for the right moment. He didn’t want it to look like they were running out of ideas. It’s a guaranteed maybe.
Amber – If it happens, I just wanna sing!
Tony – Joss has written about 4 or 5 songs already.
Britainia - In the beginning of Buffy, Giles was a stuffy, tweed wearing, tea drinking Englishman. How did you feel about playing up to the stereotypical Englishman?
Tony – The way it was written, it wasn’t so stereotyped. The way Joss wrote it – he went to school in England for some time – so he’s good at it. I’ve seen some LA scripts that make the English look like idiots and I’ve avoided them!
Charlie_Angel – if you could play any other character on the show who would it be and why?
Amber – Actually I wanna be on Angel and I wanna be the host - the karaoke singing demon
Tony – I always wanted to be Cordelia!
Amber – He likes her clothes
Williams - Amber when are we likely to see your movie Chance here in the UK?
Tony – No her lines
Amber – We’re in the middle of editing and we’ll take it to some festivals and see what happens.
Katy - Do you prefer working in TV or theater? Do you have any plans to return to the theatre in the near future?
Tony – I fancy theatre, I haven’t done any for a while. I do an acting class in LA every month or so. I haven’t been starved of theatre. I do prefer one of the other. I’ve always been lucky to have the opportunity to do both. But I won’t commit to something that takes me away from my family for too long.
Ally - Do you hang out with the Buffy cast away from the set?
Tony – Yes. Quite a lot of time together. We used to hang out at Joss’s every Sunday and do Shakespeare readings! Alyson, Alexis and I go to see gigs and I hang out with Nickie. They’re a friendly bunch.
Amber – It’s like family and we’re very supportive of each other. We eat a lot too!
Tony – And a boisterous evening round the piano and Joss has brought drums!
Rebecca - Do you believe in vampires?
Tony – Of course!
Amber – I am a vampire – I’m just back from Transylvania!
Littlemisselle – What were you scared of when you were a kid?
Tony – Quite a lot. My uncle and aunt used to do puppet theatre and they were scary puppets. On my 6th birthday they did something for my birthday and I was terrified.
Amber – The dark. And about something salivating under the bed and waiting to get me!
Victoria - How long does it take to film on episode of Buffy?
Tony - Eight days and some change. As they’ve got more ambitious, we find ourselves doing some splinter unit work.
AMW - What three things would you take with you to a desert island?
Tony – Lavatory paper, my family, and our dog
Amber – The mall with everything in it! And my computer with Internet access – and I think that’s enough!
Missy what’s the best thing about being in Buffy?
Tony – It’s cool, it’s very intelligently written and it’s an awful lot of fun
Amber – Working with this amazing group of people
Sarah - What is your favourite episode that you have appeared in?
Amber - Restless
Tony – Hush
Michaela - What was the most challenging scene you have done on Buffy?
Amber – In one episode I had some brain suckage happening and they had to stick the other actor’s hands into a blue screen of me and we had to match it up. It was so difficult and it took like and hour.
Tony - The demon episode was cool, when I got to be a demon. It wasn’t so much challenging. I wore high heels – to make me taller. But because I’ve done rocky horror I’m used to heels
Matther - What would you be doing if you weren’t acting?
Amber - And he looks better than me in heels!
Tony - Singing or writing or carpentry
Amber - I would definitely be a sanitation worker! I would do road kill
Cat - Having seen the last in the series of Buffy last night, I have one question: is this the end of Buffy?
Tony - No
Amber – It’s the end of the cheese man
BBC - Any last words
Tony - I might be doing a movie so look out for it. A musical fairytale.
Amber – Thank you for your support because without the fans we would be sad standing out on the sidewalks with our hats out, begging!
Tony - We have a very small low budget CD which I did with some friends for the show and it might make it’s way onto mp3.
[This message has been edited by SciFiAcid (edited June 02, 2001).]
