Julie Benz

S: As vampire Darla on the tv show Angel me next guest has murdered thousands of people. Now you can see her playing a nice good girl in the Hallmark movie The Long Shot. PLease welcome Julia Benz.

*Audience goes crazy*
*Big hug between them*

S: How are you?
JB: Fine How are you?
S: Oh I am fine So good to see you. *Holds JB hands and they sit down.*
S: Oh you are COLD... ( hmmm maybe some vampire traits have wore off on her)
S: Ok Julie we have kind of met before, we set next to each other once Right?
JB: Yes you sat next to me at the James Bond Premiere. And I so badly wanted to tap you on your shoulder and ask you for your autograph. But I didn’t I was so ...
S: Get out of here you so did not.
JB: Yes I did! I didn’t even pay attention to the movie
S: It was a good movie though wasn’t it?
JB: Yes
S: It was a good movie. I remember that so well because I remember when you were going down to get into the movie and I didn’t realize that the interview was getting shown on the screen before the movie started. And somebody asked me what I thought of Peirce Brosnan and I said something very rude but sexual and I didn’t realize that everybody in the movie could see that and hear that.
JB: I remember seeing that. We were inside and the audience was like WOOHOO.
S: OMG *laughs* Ok then Lets talk about the character you play on Angel, Darla what a meanie you are.
JB: I sometiimes refer to her as being misunderstood. UMMM *laughs
S: Just a tad maybe
JB *laughing* yeah just misunderstood
It’s been such a joy for me to uh play her, I have played her for 8 years now from the start, from the Buffy premiere or pilot now to the end of Angel. And for me it has been a great outlet *cuts to pic of Vamp Darla* for me to act out all my dark hidden secret stuff that I don’t usually act on.
S: Yes stuff no one gets to see
JB: Yes um
*both laugh evilly*
S: How many people have you killed?
JB: Oh GOD hummm it’s got to be in the hundreds
S: if not it’s got to be in the hundreds now. We were just saying before about this big huge campaign by all the fans
JB: all the fans yes
S: It’s amazing! To keep Angel on the air! I mean what everyone has been doing It’s just incredible.
JB: They have I know it’s just such an honor to be a part of something where the fans are just as passionate about the show as we are working on it
S: YEAH
JB: And to have this kind of response over the show ending has just been insane.
S: I mean there is a great big truck that goes around and says to keep it on the air. I mean we wanted the truck *flashes to the truck driving around* to come here but it couldn’t it didn’t even fit in our lot we couldn’t even get it fit it then lot it was so big.
*JB starts looking at the pic of the truck and gets a huge grin*
JB: Oh WOW!
S: This chocolate bar *holds up the candy bar with the wrapper showing* that’s going around and it’s like um We’ll Follow Angel To Hell or Another Network. It’s sooooo cute!
JB: I think they have raised over...
S: People just love the show.
JB I know. I think the have raised over $30,000 to put on this campaign.
*Audience bursts into applause and Sharon looks stunned.*
JB: and it is just AMAZING! It really is.
S: WOW! That is just incredible. Now the merchandising. This is a Christmas decoration right?
*picks up Daral ornament*
S: Of you?
JB: Of me...It looks nothing like me
S: It looks nothing like you but it is nice to have. right?
JB: *laughs* You know they they, they the show is so heavily merchandised they put your face on a lot of stuff. This is.. for the amount of work that went into making this the fact that it looks nothing like me is just blows me away
S: Did they do one of those where they scan your face?
JB: Yes they did
S: They did?
JB: Yes and they gave me gray hair.
S: That was pleasant thank you.
JB But I have very nice boobs
S: Yes very nice boobs
S: OK now everyone wants to know. Are you going to be in the last episode? (Spoiler so don’t scroll down if you don’t want to know)













JB: Ummm hmmm
S: Come on.
JB: I wouldn;t say the last but I do creep up towards the end.
S: You do?
JB: I do make an appearance.
S: Hmmm okay.
JB: Allright?
*Audience applause*
S: All right we are going to be right back and when we come back we will talk to Julia about her new movie. Be right back...

OK that is all I have so far. I will do the second part in a minute.