Post by twistedspike on May 7, 2003 21:57:18 GMT
Ok so I'll try and give you my account of a very hectic but lovely weekend at the Angel con EoD.
I'll start with photos as usual at all conventions you had to get your tickets for photos. We got there quite early fri morning so after registering got some tickets for Stephanie Romanov/Lilah, Juliet Landau/Drusilla and Julie Benz/Darla they were going to be taken together. Andy Hallet/Lorne, Mark Lutz/ Groo and Brody Hutzler/Landok. Wil got one for J August Richards/Gunn and we also got one for Clare Kramer/Glory who was doing pics in Glory costume early in the evening.
We also got photos for the Sat which was Vincent Kartheiser/ Connor, Alexis Denisof/Wesley, I got one with Amy Acker/Fred and J August Richards/Gunn together and then ones for Andy Hallet/ Lorne who like Clare was doing an early evening photo shoot in costume. On the Sun Wil got ones for Amy Acker and Keith Szarabajka/Holtz.
Our first photo was with Lilah ( I'm gonna stick with there character names it's less confusing ) she was very nice shook our hands and asked everybody there name when she spoke to them. We didn't manage to get an autographed pic of her but she did sign the photo so it was ok. She gave a couple of talks one on her own and one with Darla. They were asked what 3 things they would take on a desert island and Lilah said who has a very naughty mind by the way she would take a survival book, her husband and a tube of jel.
Now she meant KY jell but Darla didn't get what she meant and thought it was hair gel after some explaining which had everyone in stitches Darla just cracked up and couldn't answer any more questions. ;D
Our next photo was with 2 of the greatest vampiresses ever I was really nervous about meeting Drusilla because I think she is the epitome of a Hollywood actress I mean she comes from such a well known acting family. Wil went first and said hi to them and they asked how she was they were very sweet. Then Dru noticed Wils t-shirt which had Spike written on it. She then said " Yay Spike " and put her hands in the air " We like Spike " she continued very cute.
I went next and again said hi I asked them how they were and they said fine I also thanked them for coming to see us and Dru said it was a pleasure and thank you for having her. The photographer was telling Darla to put her hair right and I honestly couldn't believe this she looked great to me and I told her so said she looked good anyway she smiled and thanked me. We didn't get Darlas autograph pic but again she signed the photo so no loss. We did get Drusillas though and she was lovely I'm totally in awe of her. I took a S/D book for her to sign ' Pretty Maids all in a Row ' I'm gonna get James to sign it at the Harvest. Anyway the stewards said that Dru wouldn't personalise it so she wouldn't put my name on it. When we got to Dru though she asked what the name was I said the steward said I couldn't and she shook her head and personalised it To Sue Best Wishes Juliet Landau. I asked her if they were working her too hard and she said "yes but it was fun" I then without thinking shut the book and then realised I might have smudged the writing I opened it quick and Dru was still looking at me " Oh did it bleed she said " I replied no it was ok and she said " sorry " I said it wasn't her fault it was mine. She is very pretty and really nice watching her in the talks she is alot like James it is easy to see why they get on so well. In her talk she was asked to do a bit of Drusilla and after a bit of thought which lines to say drifted into character so easily it was amazing to watch. She said that when she first got the part when she went out in the car with her boyfriend she would say " Look at all the people, are these nice people ". She said that when she got the part as Dru there were 5 actors on the short list for Spike and she had to screen test with them all. Her and James just clicked when they met both having an extensive theatre background. She also said that her and James used to go and practise there parts together before shooting.
There was also a funny part when somebody asked Dru and Darla if they could swap places a.k.a like Faith and Buffy. Darla said she could never play Drusillas part and Dru said you did me once at which the audience burst out laughing dirty minds all of us LOL. Dru gasped and said " Oh you dirty English people " and they both started laughing.
Our next photos was with Lorne, Landok and the Groosalugg again Wil went first as she stepped up to them she said " you're all so tall " Lorne came back with the witty remark " yeah get over it " they all started to laugh and Groo said " that wasn't very nice " so Lorne looked guilty and pulled Wil closer to him and said " I'm sorry " these 3 were hilarious together and Lorne is really nice very talkative loves the attention and is always playing the crowd. Again we didn't get any signed pics but they signed the photos. There talks were amazing we got to see Lornes tatoo on both hips on the Sat night. He is like the energizer bunny he never stops. He was there early sat morning having photos and doing autographs then he spent 3 hours in make-up for a photo shoot in costume later in the evening. Then later that night up till about 1am in the morning he was on stage singing and dancing messing about I don't know what he was on but I could do with some LOL.
Other little tidbits was that he walked through the hotel by the restaurant Wil and I was sitting on the windowsill having something to eat he went past us and waved, we waved back of course he then stopped and said something smells nice he then asked me what I was eating which was a bag of crisps " can I have one he said and started towards me I got up and met him half way and gave him some off my crisps he said he was starving. Wil was in shock and I just carried on I mean sharing my crisps with gorgeous men do it everyday... not LOL. I bumped into him again as we were waiting to go home I was sitting with hubby this time while Wil was waiting for her last photo. Lorne walked past and looked my way and said " Hi " i said hi back and got up to thank him again for coming to see us and being so nice he then shook my hand and said thank you and carried on his way. There are alot more things I could tell you about Lorne but this is turning into an epic as it is Wil has done a great report on the JM board so if you want to know more go over there and take a peek.
The next photo Wil had was Gunn I didn't have this one instead opting for a Gunn/Fred one together the next day. Gunn again was really nice and alot better looking in the flesh. At the kareoke on the sat night we were again sitting on the windowsill and him and Brody came and stood right in front of us giving us a clear view of his ass which was about 6 inches away of course we didn't stare LOL.
One of the highlights of his talk was when he took the mickey out of Connors sex scene with Cordy. If anyone has seen that episode they will remember how nasty it was and that was just what Gunn said when he was miming Connors moves it was hilarious. Connor red faced by then said " you must have it video taped and keep pressing the replay button " Connor said that when he found out that he was doing that scene he hoped Cordy was gonna be on top because she was like 5 or 6 months pregnant at the time and he was worried about falling on her and putting her in the hospital.
The last photos we had that friday were of Glory in costume. She is very, very pretty and it's strange to see her smiling one second and then the minute the photographer says ready slips into Glory scowl so easily.
I had a short conversation with her while waiting for the photo and she asked me if I was ok and having a good time. She was very nice.
The next morning was the big one for Wil the Connor photo and also the one with Wesley. First was Connor who is very lovely if not a little manic but it was obvious as time went on that the mad acting was him over compensating because he was nervous. He did 2 very interesting talks and is an extremely intelligent and articulate young man. If he wasn't acting he would like to be a history or literature professor. He said that he didn't get to go to college because of acting commitments and he seemed a little upset by that. He really reminded me off James I could just see JM being like him when he was younger. He talked about doing Shakespeare he played in Richard II, Henry IIII and Henry V they did them all at once one after the other took 14 hrs. He has a siamese cat at home called Simon who sleeps on his bed and now being reminded off him he misses it. He was also another guest wandering around on the night talking to people and just mingling it was very cool.
I'm gonna have to leave it there for a bit. PK will be wishing she hadn't asked me to post. I'm a terrible babbler and there's so much to tell.
If you like it I'll post more tomorrow but it's late and I've gotta go to bed.
Night all hugz Twistie xx
I'll start with photos as usual at all conventions you had to get your tickets for photos. We got there quite early fri morning so after registering got some tickets for Stephanie Romanov/Lilah, Juliet Landau/Drusilla and Julie Benz/Darla they were going to be taken together. Andy Hallet/Lorne, Mark Lutz/ Groo and Brody Hutzler/Landok. Wil got one for J August Richards/Gunn and we also got one for Clare Kramer/Glory who was doing pics in Glory costume early in the evening.
We also got photos for the Sat which was Vincent Kartheiser/ Connor, Alexis Denisof/Wesley, I got one with Amy Acker/Fred and J August Richards/Gunn together and then ones for Andy Hallet/ Lorne who like Clare was doing an early evening photo shoot in costume. On the Sun Wil got ones for Amy Acker and Keith Szarabajka/Holtz.
Our first photo was with Lilah ( I'm gonna stick with there character names it's less confusing ) she was very nice shook our hands and asked everybody there name when she spoke to them. We didn't manage to get an autographed pic of her but she did sign the photo so it was ok. She gave a couple of talks one on her own and one with Darla. They were asked what 3 things they would take on a desert island and Lilah said who has a very naughty mind by the way she would take a survival book, her husband and a tube of jel.
Now she meant KY jell but Darla didn't get what she meant and thought it was hair gel after some explaining which had everyone in stitches Darla just cracked up and couldn't answer any more questions. ;D
Our next photo was with 2 of the greatest vampiresses ever I was really nervous about meeting Drusilla because I think she is the epitome of a Hollywood actress I mean she comes from such a well known acting family. Wil went first and said hi to them and they asked how she was they were very sweet. Then Dru noticed Wils t-shirt which had Spike written on it. She then said " Yay Spike " and put her hands in the air " We like Spike " she continued very cute.
I went next and again said hi I asked them how they were and they said fine I also thanked them for coming to see us and Dru said it was a pleasure and thank you for having her. The photographer was telling Darla to put her hair right and I honestly couldn't believe this she looked great to me and I told her so said she looked good anyway she smiled and thanked me. We didn't get Darlas autograph pic but again she signed the photo so no loss. We did get Drusillas though and she was lovely I'm totally in awe of her. I took a S/D book for her to sign ' Pretty Maids all in a Row ' I'm gonna get James to sign it at the Harvest. Anyway the stewards said that Dru wouldn't personalise it so she wouldn't put my name on it. When we got to Dru though she asked what the name was I said the steward said I couldn't and she shook her head and personalised it To Sue Best Wishes Juliet Landau. I asked her if they were working her too hard and she said "yes but it was fun" I then without thinking shut the book and then realised I might have smudged the writing I opened it quick and Dru was still looking at me " Oh did it bleed she said " I replied no it was ok and she said " sorry " I said it wasn't her fault it was mine. She is very pretty and really nice watching her in the talks she is alot like James it is easy to see why they get on so well. In her talk she was asked to do a bit of Drusilla and after a bit of thought which lines to say drifted into character so easily it was amazing to watch. She said that when she first got the part when she went out in the car with her boyfriend she would say " Look at all the people, are these nice people ". She said that when she got the part as Dru there were 5 actors on the short list for Spike and she had to screen test with them all. Her and James just clicked when they met both having an extensive theatre background. She also said that her and James used to go and practise there parts together before shooting.
There was also a funny part when somebody asked Dru and Darla if they could swap places a.k.a like Faith and Buffy. Darla said she could never play Drusillas part and Dru said you did me once at which the audience burst out laughing dirty minds all of us LOL. Dru gasped and said " Oh you dirty English people " and they both started laughing.
Our next photos was with Lorne, Landok and the Groosalugg again Wil went first as she stepped up to them she said " you're all so tall " Lorne came back with the witty remark " yeah get over it " they all started to laugh and Groo said " that wasn't very nice " so Lorne looked guilty and pulled Wil closer to him and said " I'm sorry " these 3 were hilarious together and Lorne is really nice very talkative loves the attention and is always playing the crowd. Again we didn't get any signed pics but they signed the photos. There talks were amazing we got to see Lornes tatoo on both hips on the Sat night. He is like the energizer bunny he never stops. He was there early sat morning having photos and doing autographs then he spent 3 hours in make-up for a photo shoot in costume later in the evening. Then later that night up till about 1am in the morning he was on stage singing and dancing messing about I don't know what he was on but I could do with some LOL.
Other little tidbits was that he walked through the hotel by the restaurant Wil and I was sitting on the windowsill having something to eat he went past us and waved, we waved back of course he then stopped and said something smells nice he then asked me what I was eating which was a bag of crisps " can I have one he said and started towards me I got up and met him half way and gave him some off my crisps he said he was starving. Wil was in shock and I just carried on I mean sharing my crisps with gorgeous men do it everyday... not LOL. I bumped into him again as we were waiting to go home I was sitting with hubby this time while Wil was waiting for her last photo. Lorne walked past and looked my way and said " Hi " i said hi back and got up to thank him again for coming to see us and being so nice he then shook my hand and said thank you and carried on his way. There are alot more things I could tell you about Lorne but this is turning into an epic as it is Wil has done a great report on the JM board so if you want to know more go over there and take a peek.
The next photo Wil had was Gunn I didn't have this one instead opting for a Gunn/Fred one together the next day. Gunn again was really nice and alot better looking in the flesh. At the kareoke on the sat night we were again sitting on the windowsill and him and Brody came and stood right in front of us giving us a clear view of his ass which was about 6 inches away of course we didn't stare LOL.
One of the highlights of his talk was when he took the mickey out of Connors sex scene with Cordy. If anyone has seen that episode they will remember how nasty it was and that was just what Gunn said when he was miming Connors moves it was hilarious. Connor red faced by then said " you must have it video taped and keep pressing the replay button " Connor said that when he found out that he was doing that scene he hoped Cordy was gonna be on top because she was like 5 or 6 months pregnant at the time and he was worried about falling on her and putting her in the hospital.
The last photos we had that friday were of Glory in costume. She is very, very pretty and it's strange to see her smiling one second and then the minute the photographer says ready slips into Glory scowl so easily.
I had a short conversation with her while waiting for the photo and she asked me if I was ok and having a good time. She was very nice.
The next morning was the big one for Wil the Connor photo and also the one with Wesley. First was Connor who is very lovely if not a little manic but it was obvious as time went on that the mad acting was him over compensating because he was nervous. He did 2 very interesting talks and is an extremely intelligent and articulate young man. If he wasn't acting he would like to be a history or literature professor. He said that he didn't get to go to college because of acting commitments and he seemed a little upset by that. He really reminded me off James I could just see JM being like him when he was younger. He talked about doing Shakespeare he played in Richard II, Henry IIII and Henry V they did them all at once one after the other took 14 hrs. He has a siamese cat at home called Simon who sleeps on his bed and now being reminded off him he misses it. He was also another guest wandering around on the night talking to people and just mingling it was very cool.
I'm gonna have to leave it there for a bit. PK will be wishing she hadn't asked me to post. I'm a terrible babbler and there's so much to tell.
If you like it I'll post more tomorrow but it's late and I've gotta go to bed.
Night all hugz Twistie xx
Let's hope it was to do with the renewal business and that it is going ahead.
Floppy hair?? When does he ever have floppy hair? And no by the way 
ah well i tried lol!!