‘Mutant Enemy Day’ Interview

IGN have published an interview with Joss Whedon, Summer Glau and Eliza Dushku about the ‘Mutant Enemy Day’ strike. Below is an extract featuring Eliza’s interview; the full interview can be read here (opens in a new window.)

And finally, under the cut is an extract from Joss Whedon’s interview about upcoming show Dollhouse and Eliza’s part. :)

Eliza Dushku also told me she was glad to see so many fans joining the writers and actors on the picket line, remarking “I think it’s impressive and it’s strong and it’s really showing what these people are made of. Their support is deep that they’ll walk the walk. We all will.” Duskhu said that for her the strike was about the writers “Being taken care of properly in the fairest way, so we’ll stand here and support that as long as it takes.”

As for TV fans upset about the strike and their shows not being on the air, Dushku said she hoped they would understand that “You don’t have shows without writers and writers can’t live without their respect and the compensation and their rights. So we gotta join together and remember that if it were actors we would hope that there would be a show of support and hopefully everyone will understand.”

IGN TV: Your new show was announced about a week before this strike started. I assume you’d be working on it right now if things were different?

Whedon: Yes, actually we’d be close to filming the first episode. But that’s not gonna happen. Nor am I secretly working on it, as many people talk about. First of all, there’s too much strike work to be done. And second of all, it doesn’t feel right. So I’m very happy to pick it up once the strike is resolved, whenever that is, but in the meantime I don’t go near it.

IGN TV: When this is all over, what can you say about Dollhouse and what it will deliver?

Whedon: What can I say about the show? Well, first of all, have you seen Eliza?! It’s basically going to deliver as many different genres and as many different identities and as many different rhythms and feelings with Eliza. And that was the idea of it, was a show that would keep both of us on our toes and that would really challenge us, both in terms of storytelling and in terms of the morality of the show. It’s very dark and very weird. Eliza is a good, smart, liberal, dedicated person, who wants to make a show of substance. When we had lunch and I came up with this idea, she got it instantly. She got the humanity of it. She’s perfect for it. It’s really about showing America how much Eliza can do that she hasn’t had a chance to do yet.

IGN TV: In terms of tone, will it be similar to any of your previous work?

Whedon: Not really. It’s different. It’s new ground, which is the only ground I should be watching, except for this ground in front of Fox, which for me right now is pretty old.

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