Anthony Head

Convention News: CREATION ENTERTAINMENT’S SCI FI SUMMIT - DAY 2 - HEAD, FRAKES, KRIGE & BROOKS

Anthony Stewart Head from BUFFY fame gets the party started and then its STAR TREK mania with No. 1, the late Captain Sisko and the Borg queen.

LOCATION: Pasadena Civic Auditorium, March 10-12, 2006

THE SKINNY:

DAY 2

Our second day at Creation Entertainment’s SciFi Summit we began with Anthony Stewart Head from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. It was good to see Head since he now lives back in England and doing work over there.

Head began mentioning Joss Whedon, "He is who should be worshiped every morning." Head says he will be staring in a new television show HIM AND US, playing a gay iconic rockstar. Kim Cattrall will also be starring with him. His character will be called Max Flash, and the project is produced by Elton John. “I pulled together footage of the various bands I was in when I was youngerand a lot of childhood footage that you may very well see in HIM AND US,” Head says.

Going back to BUFFY, Head says that when he auditioned for Giles he used a mixture of Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, for befuddled and "on the metal" respectively.

Joss Whedon still talks about THE RIPPER, Head says and that the idea would be to do some back stories on the various characters on DVD. Spike (James Masters) would probably be first one.

When asked why the BUFFY was shorter in England, Head says “contracts are different in the U.S. and U.K. In the U.S., you sign a multi-year contract before you audition, so that you can’t ask for more money, (he laughs) if you know they want you. In the U.K., they’re always surprised when actors want to return for a second series... for more money of course!”

When asked if he preferred stage or TV, he says “I am the luckiest man alive. I’m able to take part in many variations on a theme.”