Angel

iF: Are you surprised that a couple of years after the series ANGEL has gone off the air, people still recognize you as Harmony?

MCNAB: I was just in Tower Records yesterday and they still have the ANGEL puppet. I thought wow it’s been two years or so since the last episode aired, or however long it has been, it seems like it’s been forever. I’m surprised that they still have those on the shelves. People must still be buying them, or maybe they’re just back stock. [Laughs] It’s always amazing that people still care. I know a lot of our fans have moved on, but still hold a candle for our show.

iF: Have you been scanned yet to become an action figure?

MCNAB: No. They asked me on my last day of work to do it, but the whole thing made me kind of nervous. Granted I would love to have an action figure, but the whole thing seemed weird to me. It’d be cool to see myself as a toy.

iF: Do you do ANGEL conventions whenever you have the time?

MCNAB: Yeah, I did quite a few for a while, but it’s been slowing down. SERENITY kind of stole our thunder for a while. While I was doing it though, I loved going around and meeting fans and signing autographs. I would hear feedback about what I was doing and it was great. I want to thank fans for their continued support.

iF: So you would say ANGEL was a positive experience for you?

MCNAB: I had so much fun! The show dealt with so many dark issues and evil and blah, blah, blah; so it was kind of nice that my character was kind of a joke. She always seemed to lighten the mood a bit.

iF: At one time had you been talked to about a SPIKE movie?

MCNAB: There was always speculation and talk about something to the effect that there was going to be a series of one-hour or two-hour movie of the weeks based on the characters. We haven’t seen any of those so... if they decide to do it down the road we’re all going to be too old! We’re vampires who can’t age. If they want to do it, they better get to it quick. They’ll have to come up with something really ingenious to get out of the “not-aging thing” or they’re going to have to cast people who look a hell of a lot like us. Or even pancake make-up and key lighting and filters.

iF: How was the transition for you to cross over from BUFFY to ANGEL?

MCNAB: I knew most of the cast so fortunately, in that aspect, the transition was easy for me. I wasn’t just the new kid on the block, but I was a little bit younger than everyone. ANGEL was a slightly older cast to me than BUFFY, so I worried a little about that. I remember the first day I shot, David [Boreanez] came up to me and gave me a big hug and said, “I’m so glad you’ve joined our team and I can’t wait to work with you”. Everyone was really awesome and I had been on ANGEL once before so I pretty much had worked with everybody a little bit.

iF: As far as ANGEL is concerned do you think it’s officially over?

MCNAB: Someone just told me that “I hope everything Joss Whedon does is a flop so he’ll come back to ANGEL and BUFFY” and I told him I wouldn’t quote him, which I just did. [Laughs] I don’t think you should wish that, because you might like what he’s doing next even better! I think that WONDER WOMAN is going to be huge. That’s his pet project now, and he gets very involved in whatever he is doing at the time. I’m assuming that he’s over it, he’s moved on to other projects.

iF: What’s the best acting advice that you’ve ever gotten?

MCNAB: It came from an old acting class I guess, from my acting teacher. When were little they taught us a little rhyme, “keep it simple, keep it clear, but most of all be sincere.”

iF: What else do have coming up?

MCNAB: When it becomes a little bit warmer up in Winnipeg I have to head up there and shoot another horror film. It’s more of a horror thriller this time. It’s about a serial killer who gets taken to a mental institution. I’m a reporter who goes to interview him and get an exclusive scoop. Then while I’m there the power goes out, and I’m stuck inside with all of the crazy people. I can’t wait it’ll be fun. This role is different than anything I’ve ever done, so it’s exciting for me. Plus I’m working on some screenplay ideas. I’m not going to write them, but I’ve thrown the ideas out to some writer friends of mine and we’re working on them together.

iF: Do you feel yourself drawn to the horror genre as an actor?

MCNAB: It’s fun. I like it because it doesn’t relate to real life and get deep and dark and kill yourself emotionally with internal stuff. At the same time, you are at such a heighten level of emotion that you get to play fear and anger, without having to dig up things that have happened to you to act from. It’s a little bit easier in that sense. It’s fun to live in those roles.

iF: Are there any TV shows out there that have caught your fancy that you would like to be a part of?

MCNAB: I’m kind of into GREY’S ANATOMY, not necessarily a SCI FI show, but more of a weekly drama. Nothing’s ever out, so if I ended up on a genre show...