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They
are two of TV's most gorgeous rising stars. So it makes
perfect sense that David Boreanaz, 28, and Charisma Carpenter,
29, have ended up side by side on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's
spin-off series, Angel, debuting in the fall. If
you're a Buffy fan, however, the pairing of Boreanaz's
Angel - a moody, 240-something vampire - with Carpenter's bratty,
sharp-tongued Cordelia may seem a little surprising. But
don't get too excited: it's strictly business between these
two characters. No romance...at least for now.
In
the new series, Angel runs into Cordelia in Los Angeles, where
he moves after breaking it off with Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar),
the love of his so-called life. He is fighting inner and
outer demons, and sets up an agency to help other lost souls:
Cordelia, meanwhile, is struggling to make it as an actress.
Broke and desperate for work, she becomes Angel's girl Friday.
While
Angel promises to be dark, even by Buffy's standards,
the lives of its stars are anything but. The currently
single Carpenter, a one-time cheerleader and ballet student,
loves rock climbing in her spare time and recently bought a
house in Los Angeles. Boreanaz, a native of Buffalo, New
York, lives in L.A. and plays golf every chance he gets.
Before
heading off to shoot their new series in L.A., Boreanaz and
Carpenter chatted with seventeen about Angel,
life before Buffy, and - strangely enough - their feet.
Seventeen:
Some Buffy characters will be visiting Angel. Can
you tell us who?
David
Boreanaz: Xander (Nicholas Brendon), maybe, or Oz (Seth Green)
or Spike (James Marsters)
And
Buffy herself?
DB:
I don't think you've heard the last of Buffy and Angel - there's
another story to be told concerning the two of them. But
I think right now they need their space, so their communication
will be from afar?
What
do you have in common with your characters?
Charisma
Carpenter: Cordelia is honest and forthcoming, and I'm like
that, too. Sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's
not. I'm more down-home and athletic than she is.
She has to be fixed up to go grocery shopping.
DB:
I'm definitely a night creature. I tend to really wake
up in the evening. I'm not a morning person - unless golf
is in the picture.
Who
was your first sweetheart?
CC:
Danny M. He was Hawaiian-American, and we dated from fourth
to seventh grade. But he dumped me for an eighth
grader who put out.
DB:
Rachel R. She was a friend of the family. We were
three years old. My sisters used to marry us off and we'd
make out in the street. It was like: "There go David
and Rachel, kissing."
Which
part of your body were you the most sensitive about while growing
up?
CC:
When I was thirteen, I had a pool party; my feet were awful
from ballet - I had bunions, calluses, hammertoes - so I wore
socks to my party and even swam in them.
DB:
My feet are not that attractive, but they're feet - what do
you expect? But I love women's feet. I have to admit
I have a big foot fetish.
So
your wife, Ingrid, must have great feet.
DB:
Exactly. She's got great legs and toes.
I
heard you met her at a party. Was it love at first sight?
DB:
No, it wasn't. It was love built upon strength, endurance
and patience.
Charisma,
you were born in Las Vegas. Did you ever dream of becoming
a showgirl?
CC:
Never. But between the ages of eight and fourteen, I had
a good time touring the local Travel Lodges in talent shows.
I was in a group called the Young Entertainers.
Did
you guys ever get into trouble when you were kids?
CC:
I was grounded every weekend - usually because of my low GPA
- or sneaking out, or going for a spin in my dad's car, which
was totally off-limits...but it wasn't my fault!
DB:
When I was three or four, I went into my uncle's bathroom, took
out the red Mercurochrome (an antiseptic) and spilled it all
over the place. I hid the bottle, thinking they'd never
find out. Everybody was like, "Who spilled the Mercurochrome?
David, did you do it?" "No". Of
course, it was all over my hands.
Before
you broke into acting, what were the worst jobs you'd ever had?
DB:
I sold gourmet meats door-to-door - that lasted a week.
CC:
I was a really bad waitress. I would have a section with
maybe five tables - three tables hated me and two of them loved
me. I had no consistency.
It's
almost fall and your know what that means? Any back-to-school
advice?
CC:
There's this huge misconception that when you get out of high
school, everybody's going to be much more mature. The
truth is, high school is like boot camp. The social pecking
order and all that stuff you're struggling through still exists
in the real world. So you need to hone those survival
skills now.
DB:
Be truthful to yourself, have fun and don't take anything too
seriously. It's only a period in your life - you'll get
over it. You might be the ugly duckling now, but in ten
years they'll be knocking down your door. BACK
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