Post by Trinity on Jan 2, 2023 14:17:22 GMT -5
In an interview on The Summit with Josh Horowitz, Boreanaz looked back on his long career in television and reflected on his reaction to meeting Gellar after he'd signed on to play Angel. As the actor explains, in the quote below, he'd never really done anything close to the level of Buffy before, and he felt extremely nervous and reminded himself to keep it cool. Still, despite his anxiousness, Boreanaz had only nice things to say about his scene partner upon meeting her:
I went in, got my manager in a week. I was with my first agency at the time and they’re like, ‘oh yeah, we’ve signed you for seven out of the 13 episodes’. Right? I was like, ‘oh great, that’s huge.’ I didn’t think much about it, But I remember reading the breakdown. It was like–this vampire with a soul. He was 240-something years old and he’s kinda like the Joe Louis of fighters. You can knock him down but he’s always gonna get back up, right? And I really identified with the fighter aspect of it. Like, a character who’s gonna get back up no matter how many times he gets knocked down. So that was my kind of mantra going into that process of being cast for that role. And so I finally get through that process, they hire me, and the next day I’m like wardrobe, hair, you know, extensive special makeup, like all of these things.
I meet Sarah for the first time on the set the day before I’m supposed to shoot the next day. And I remember walking into the set, it was very low ceilings and there was a fight sequence going on and there was Sarah, kind of, like, in the distance. And, you know, I met her and I was just amazed at how they just finished doing a scene and the crew was breaking up and moving and there she was. She was so bubbly and energetic and very kind. And there I am… just holding my cool, right? Just like, just whatever you do, you’ve been there, you’ve done that. Don’t ever show your weaknesses, right? I’m like—I’m dying on the inside. I go, ‘yeah, you know, see you tomorrow at work, it’s gonna be great.’ I’ve never really done this before, ever in my life, right? So getting that job was huge.
I went in, got my manager in a week. I was with my first agency at the time and they’re like, ‘oh yeah, we’ve signed you for seven out of the 13 episodes’. Right? I was like, ‘oh great, that’s huge.’ I didn’t think much about it, But I remember reading the breakdown. It was like–this vampire with a soul. He was 240-something years old and he’s kinda like the Joe Louis of fighters. You can knock him down but he’s always gonna get back up, right? And I really identified with the fighter aspect of it. Like, a character who’s gonna get back up no matter how many times he gets knocked down. So that was my kind of mantra going into that process of being cast for that role. And so I finally get through that process, they hire me, and the next day I’m like wardrobe, hair, you know, extensive special makeup, like all of these things.
I meet Sarah for the first time on the set the day before I’m supposed to shoot the next day. And I remember walking into the set, it was very low ceilings and there was a fight sequence going on and there was Sarah, kind of, like, in the distance. And, you know, I met her and I was just amazed at how they just finished doing a scene and the crew was breaking up and moving and there she was. She was so bubbly and energetic and very kind. And there I am… just holding my cool, right? Just like, just whatever you do, you’ve been there, you’ve done that. Don’t ever show your weaknesses, right? I’m like—I’m dying on the inside. I go, ‘yeah, you know, see you tomorrow at work, it’s gonna be great.’ I’ve never really done this before, ever in my life, right? So getting that job was huge.
