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THIS PAGE Pilot news Brendon on season 8 Buffy's end is nigh - really Back To The Future 4 debunked Back to the Future 4? EW interview Getting hitched The art of being Nicholas Brendon |
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NEWS According to Reuters, Nick has been tapped for the Fox pilot THE POOL AT MADDY BREAKERS. The show is about three 28-year-old women that try to deal with the fact that their lives peaked in high school. Nick will play an ex-boyfriend and current friend of one of the women. Eric Nenninger (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE) and Matt Bushell will play the exes of the other two women. BACK TO THE TOP BRENDON
ON SEASON 8 As well as talking to Marti Noxon and James Marsters at the UPN winter press preview, Science-Fiction Weekly also spoke to Nicholas Brendon about the possibility of an eighth season of Buffy. Clearly some of his comments have now been superceded by the news that their won't be a season 8. Nicholas Brendon, are you signed for an eighth season of Buffy? Brendon: Am I signed on? Yes, I'm contracted for it. But is it going to happen? I don't know. Some people have been saying it may be time to hang it up, that Buffy's run its course. Brendon: Hang it up? Yeah, I don't know. Hey, listen, I'm having a great time. I haven't heard that people think that this should be the last year of the show. We are [technically] on year six, because our first year was [as] a midseason replacement. So if people think we should hang it up, well, then, fine, that's what they think. But I haven't heard anyone think ... that we should hang it up. We're having a great time, and it's still a great show. Are you willing to do another season? Brendon: I would love to. I'm having a great time, you know? And since I feel that we're on season six with a show that is as good as our show, and especially with what it's done, six years of a successful show is kind of like ending it ... a tad prematurely. So I think we have some great stuff in it still, so whatever happens happens, I'm not really sure, but I'm having a blast. What's going to happen with Xander this season? Brendon: He's the guy that doesn't have any powers. So he's just living life, you know? And I think that's kind of like ... the baseline of the show. Because everyone else has powers, and this is the guy who is like muddling through and figuring stuff out normally. BACK TO THE TOP BUFFY'S
END IS NIGH - REALLY Nicholas Brendon has spent the past six years of his life playing the endearingly goofy Xander Harris in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. As one of Buffy's best friends, Xander [has] been captured by a man-eating praying mantis, and done Dracula's bidding after the vampire forced the teen to become, in Xander-speak, his "butt monkey". But now, Brendon is preparing himself for the inevitable. When Buffy's cast and crew reconvene to shoot the seventh season in July, they will be doing so for the last time. After season seven, Buffy will not be coming back from the dead. "It sucks, because with how this year ended, and with what's gonna happen next year, it's gonna go out on top," says Brendon from Sydney, where he visited a sci-fi convention. "We're having a lot of fun doing it. This last year was my most fun year doing the show. But that's life in showbiz, and I'll just do something else." The reasons for Buffy ending are many - the stars, including Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, will be out of contract at the end of season seven - but the final blow has really been dealt by the man Buffy fans consider to be something of a god, series creator Joss Whedon. Since turning his critically lambasted Buffy the Vampire Slayer feature film into a cult TV hit, Whedon has become increasingly busy. He created the Buffy spin-off Angel and is now working on another sci-fi action series, Firefly, reportedly the most expensive pilot ever made for US TV. "Joss always wanted to be attached to it, and as his schedule's becoming thinner, it's harder for him to be a part of the show," Brendon, 31, says. "It was his baby, so if he can't be a part of it like he wants to, then it's just not gonna run. "It's gonna be really sad for me, 144 episodes and it's my first job. I went through a lot of changes personally in that time, so it's gonna be a teary goodbye." For Brendon, life after Buffy may include "some films and probably a sitcom." Still,Brendon will have some fantastic memories. His favourite Buffy adventures include the recent musical episode, and the time Xander was split in two, with one half played by Brendon's identical twin brother Kelly Donovan. Donovan (the brothers use their middle names instead of their surname professionally) is now Brendon's stunt-double. "His first day of doing stunts, he dislocated his shoulder," Brendon recalls. "So then he got fired, I pleaded for them to rehire him, and now he's been doing great." For this Gene Kelly fan, the musical episode where he delivered an old-fashioned dance routine was also a blast. As for the season now showing on Australian TV, Brendon remains tight-lipped. How will they top last season's cliffhanger, when Buffy was dead? "Just wait and see. This year's exciting, I can tell you that. People die!" • Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Channel 7, Monday, 10.30pm. BACK TO THE TOP 07.09.2001 - It looks as though AICN were off-beam with the story below with writer/director Bob Gale telling BTTF.com that recent rumours of a fourth film are untrue. "No one at Universal or Amblin ever asked Bob [Zemeckis] or me to think about a Part 4; and certainly Steven Spielberg would never consider the prospect without our involvement. Years ago, Bob and I would kick it around, but we couldn't do it without Michael J. Fox, and Michael just isn't in any condition to do something like that. I can't believe the fans would want to see a Part 4 without Michael in it either - as a fan, I certainly wouldn't. It would smell too cheap. There will not be a Part 4." BACK TO THE TOP 03.09.2001 - According to Ain't It Cool News, Nicholas Brendon is being mentioned for the lead in Back to the Future 4. The site also claims that the movie will be more of a spin-off than a sequel to the first three films, with Doc and Marty only appearing in a limited form. Tobey Maguire has also been mentioned for the lead role. THANKS TO SIMON HEDGES. BACK TO THE TOP 16.05.2001 - As resident wiseacre Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nicholas Brendon spent this season cracking jokes on the sidelines while the rest of the gang cast spells and slaughtered bad guys. But Xander's lounging days may be over. Buffy will need all the help she can get to fend off the evil god Glory as this season concludes with a deadly showdown (airing Tues., May 22, 8pm on the WB). EW.com talked to Brendon, 30, about what may be in store for the series as it jumps networks next fall to UPN. Xander's been kinda quiet lately. What's going on? He's really been in the background for the last three years. Last year he was finding himself, and this year he became more of a man. He got a job, got out of the basement, and he's fallen in love. I don't know what'll happen. The only thing I might hope for Xander is that he gets sent to a tropical island for a couple months. That would be cool. Buffy has been dealing with death and loss. Has that been tough on the cast? It's actually rather interesting. After reading the episode... I thought that show was going to be a really heavy set. But it was exactly the opposite. It was a light mood, and people were laughing. It opened up a topic that we wouldn't have talked about before, because it's kind of a weird question, like, "Have you ever dealt with death before?" Because if you ask that, then you become that weird morbid guy. People start saying, "Yeah, Nick's real Goth, what's THAT about?" How do you feel about Buffy switchinig to a new network? We had relationships at the WB, so it's kind of weird to leave. But we did get a lovely get basket from UPN with a Cartier watch and Champagne and Beluga caviar. We didn't get much respect from the WB because they saw the show not as an ensemble, but as Sarah's show. When we had our 100th episode celebration, they thanked Sarah, and then 10 minutes later they thanked the rest of the cast, too. What are your plans for the summer? Well, I'm NOT doing a movie. I like my sanity, and I'm getting married this September [see previous story], so I'd rather not sit in a trailer for three months during my time off. This summer my fiancée [actress Tressa DiFiglia] and I are going to Europe for five weeks, and for the honeymoon we want to go somewhere tropical. Are you planning a big Hollywood wedding? Oh, yeah. We're getting married September 1, so we've got our rings all ready and we're doing the invitations now. And we've got material for the bridesmaids, because we're going to make them sew their own dresses. And there's going to be a cover charge. Ten dollars on the door. But seriously, Tressa and I are getting married at her parents' ranch in Carlsbad. In Style is going to come and take pictures of the ceremony. One of the stipulations is that we don't want to know they're there. I want them to wear camouflage, with little hats with real branches coming out of them. Your real life identical twin, Kelly, appeared with you in an episode of Buffy earlier this year. Any plans to work together again? If something good comes up, but I don't want to be the adult equivalent of the Olsen twins. Or maybe we could do a TV movie with the Olsen twins and they could play our romantic interests! It would be very David Lynch-y. I'll talk to my people and get right on it. Kelly has blond hair right now, so it's pretty easy to tell us apart. At least Tressa can. Except for that one time when she and Kelly had sex, but she apologised for that. Is it strange for Kelly that you share the same face but have very different careers? Everything takes some getting used to, both the good and the bad. Buffy is pretty much my first acting role except for a part on Dave's World, so I got lucky getting this role when I had no tape or résumé to speak of. So I think I've spent the last five years proving that the part was mine. But it's tough because Kelly's in between jobs a lot and sometimes he has a rough time paying his rent, and here I am looking like I'm swimming in money. Xander's getting an action figure. Have you seen it yet? I haven't. I just found out I was the very last action figure they made. I guess it's because my character is just a normal guy, not a witch or a werewolf or a Watcher. It makes sense, but it still hurt! It's going to come out in about a month, and I have a feeling they're going to sell out on day one. There's going to be a back order, I'm telling you. SOURCE: EW.COM. BACK TO THE TOP 21.02.2001 - NickBrendon.com reports that Nicholas has proposed to his girlfriend and Pinata co-star Treesa diFiglia. The same site also reports than Nick is due in the UK this June for some promotional appearances. BACK TO THE TOP THE ART OF BEING NICHOLAS BRENDON 06.02.2001 - Oh, behave: "It's great playing the far-out funny guy on Buffy, but I also like that Xander is changing a lot. He seems to be getting more mature, which helps because I'm so not." The dating game: "I did that single thing for a short while, and it's just really not fun. It's really lonely and very shallow, and this is probably going to sound funny, but I'm a bit deeper than shallow." Twin peaks and valleys: "Sometimes it's tough having a twin. The love is so intense but so is the hate." Home improvements: "My girlfriend, Tressa, and I are remodelling our new house. It's very humbling. I love Tim Allen, but I can barely manage hanging a picture without leaving eight holes in the wall." Nurse, hand me the spatula: "My latest obsession is cooking. I buy a new cookbook every week. I'm into making everything. Cookies, pies and I just did my first duck. If you're having people over, the secret to it is butter, butter, butter. It works every time. Just don't tell any of the guests." SOURCE: THEWB.COM. BACK TO THE TOP |
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