Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who reprises the role of Daphne in the upcoming Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, told SCI FI Wire that she’s acting with new husband Freddie Prinze Jr. (Fred), but doesn’t take the role home at night. "We often play cartoon at home, yes," she joked during an interview on the film’s Vancouver, B.C., set last summer. "No, it’s pretty easy. I wouldn’t recommend it. I think working with your partner is incredibly difficult, no matter what industry you’re in, whether you’re both writers for a similar magazine or whatever job you are."

It makes it easier that Gellar is working on another Scooby movie, she added. "It’s difficult to live with someone and come to work. And I wouldn’t recommend it as actors, except in a situation like this," she said. "You’re doing a big action, fun, cartoon movie. It’s not serious. ... I’m not at home at night going, ’How ever will I say my one line tomorrow?’ It’s a little bit easier and freer, so it’s a very positive experience, but I don’t think you’ll ever be seeing the big drama story between us."

In the sequel to 2002’s hit film, based on the long-running animated TV series, the Mystery Inc. gang confronts a masked villain who is plotting to take over Coolsville with a machine that recreates classic foes, like the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Black Knight Ghost and others. The Scooby gang, including Velma (Linda Cardellini) and Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), is joined by guest stars Seth Green and Alicia Silverstone.

Gellar, star of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, said it was fun to share the stage again with former Buffy co-star Green. "It’s great," she said. "If I had my druthers I’d work with Seth on every project. ... He’s an amazing comedian, he’s an incredibly gifted comedian, but he’s also a really giving comedian. A lot of times when you get people that are so incredibly innately funny, it’s about them. They’re funny. And what Seth does is tries to make everything funny. It’s not just him. He’ll be the first one to come to you and say, ’I have this great idea for this line. And you should do this in this part.’" Scooby-Doo 2 opens March 26.

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9:00am ET, 20-February-04

Velma Reveals Scooby Secrets

Linda Cardellini, who reprises the role of Velma in the upcoming sequel film Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, revealed a secret about her trademark orange turtleneck sweaters in an interview with SCI FI Wire. "I’m allergic to wool," Cardellini confided during a break in filming on the movie’s Vancouver, B.C., set last summer. "They had to make it out of cashmere. It’s a luxurious Velma Dinkley sweater."

That’s not all that’s different this time around for Cardellini’s brainy character. "I think in this movie I’m more secure with my friendships and with Mystery Inc., because in the last movie, she was having struggles as to where she fit in the group," she said. "And now she’s secure with where she is in the group, and she’s secure with almost everything in her life. She smart about everything. She’s got great intuition. But the one thing that she’s really off base on are relationships with the opposite sex."

That’s where Scooby-Doo 2 guest star Seth Green comes in. He plays a curator who catches Velma’s eye. "That becomes Velma’s arc throughout Scooby 2: ... her relationship with a character played by Seth Green. He plays a character named Patrick Wisely, who’s a curator at the Coolsville museum. The Coolsonian. And she’s sort of gaga whenever she’s around him."

Cardellini expressed admiration for the veteran character actor. "I’d heard so many great stories about him, too, and I was like, they can’t all possibly be true," she said. "And I think they are. He’s really such a nice guy. So easy to work with. And fun. We play Scrabble a lot in our off time." Scooby-Doo 2 opens March 26.