Angel

With Harmony being the main focus in the Buffy Comic right now, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with Miss Harmony Kendall herself, the lovely Mercedes McNab, and get her take on the resurgence of the character she played for 8 years. She was so great to take the time to talk to me, along with Tee, and is amazingly down to earth in person. We here at Buffyfest have spoken about this at length, and all agree that Harmony would not have the longevity she’s had as a character if not for the way Mercedes portrayed her over the years: ditsy but slick, weak but strong, "the popular girl" yet relatable. So, sit back and enjoy the many musings of Ms. McNab.

Buffyfest: Let’s start by talking about the the Buffy Season 8 Comic that Joss Whedon just put out. Have you heard anything about it?

Mercedes McNab: A little bit. I definitely heard that there’s a Harmony one coming out.

B: It actually came out already. Harmony’s the star of a reality show, "Harmony Bites"!

MM: Yeah, I also saw a little bit about it on the Mtv site. There’s a lot that’s been written about it and that Jane [Espenson] was the one that wrote it. So, I know a little bit about it, but I haven’t seen the actual comic book yet.

B: How do you feel about your character creating such a buzz all these years later?

MM: I think it’s flattering, I mean that people will take an interest in my character. I don’t know if it has anything really to do with me, I think it has more to do with the writing and the writing of my character, especially since now it’s you know, now in a comic book format. Um, and I think Jane [Espenson] definitely knows how to write for Harmony really well. It’s really funny and I think the reality series idea is perfect for the Harmony character.

click below to hear the audio of Mercedes’ answer

B: Did you see the cover?

MM: I did. It was with the two dogs and funny enough I have a dog that looks like one of those dogs.

B: The likeness is spot on. It’s basically a perfect portrait of you.

MM: I know it’s pretty crazy. It’d be fun to have in my collection of things for posterity and the grandkids, ya know, "Oh, I was also in a comic book."

B: Right, I’d want to frame it and put it on my wall.

MM: I know!

B: Okay, so let’s talk about the film you did called The Pink Conspiracy.

MM: Yeah, it just came out on DVD a couple of months ago.

B: How was working on it with Sarah Thompson [Eve from Angel Season 5] again?

MM; Well, she’s really lovely to work with. She’s just a really nice girl. So, we had fun and it’s always nice to be reunited with people you worked with in the past because there’s a familiarity there. It was a different character, but again my character didn’t like her character, so we kind of had that down pat and it was easy. This time I didn’t have to be violent with her.

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