Juliet Landau

Although the last panel was a disappointment, the next one exceeded my expectations. I sat in my seat hoping to God that Juliet wasn’t going to come on stage and become another “Tom Cruise-worthy” activist clone like Linda Blair, and thankfully I got what I hoped for.

Juliet Landau, who is best known for her portrayal as the wacky vampire, Druscilla on the hit shows Buffy and Angel, pleased her fans by recalling memorable moments from filming the shows, talking in different accents, and showing off how polite she is. (She kept saying “God bless you” to people who sneezed in the audience.) Here is what I got out of her panel:

 She is the daughter of famous actors Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. (I don’t know if I was the only one who DID not know about)

 She starred alongside Johnny Depp in Tim Burton’s Ed Wood. She also appeared in Theodore Rex, a movie she admitted sucked big time.

 Has currently shot a period piece film called Yellow Wallpaper. In the movie, she plays Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a feminist writer. The film takes place in 1894, and stars alongside Michael Morarity. She said the film has a feel like The Others. There is a supernatural twist to it. She also got heatstroke a few times while filming this movie.

 Juliet and her co-star James Marsters (Spike from Buffy) were only supposed to be the villains in season two of Buffy and were supposed to be killed off by the end of the season. Due to their characters’ popularity, the writers decided to keep them on longer.

 She talked about her experience on filming Tobe Hooper’s The Toolbox Murders. The first day of shooting, she had to shoot her death scene. She said it was a brutal shoot for she was completely banged up by it at the end of the day. She had to go to another audition with visible bruises all over her body.

 When asked if she would play Wonder Woman in Joss Whedon’s upcoming movie, she told the audience that Kate Beckinsale was cast as the role. (HA! HA! People still believe the April Fool’s Day joke created by JoBlo!) *Note-Kate Beckinsale is NOT going to be Wonder Woman.

 When asked if she ever misses playing Druscilla, she told the audience how she would play her again in a heartbeat, but doesn’t really miss playing her.