Summer Glau

Summer Glau Moves into the Dollhouse

Joss Whedon continues to raid his past shows to pump up the second season of Dollhouse. Summer Glau, who was in Whedon’s cult hit Firefly, will have a recurring role in the Fox series this year. Glau also starred in one of Whedon’s favorite shows, the canceled-too-soon Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as a blank-faced cyborg.

Perfect for a Doll? Too perfect, Whedon told TV Guide Magazine. “I feel that she’s done that enough," Whedon said. She would be great at it, but she done it enough and we have something else in mind for her.”

Glau is playing a Dollhouse employee named Bennett, who, Fox says “shares a past with Echo (Eliza Dushku)." Whedon has been bulking up the cast for season two, snagging Buffy veteran Alexis Denisof as a Senator, and as TV Guide Magazine first reported, Angel star Amy Acker will return for at least three episodes. Tahmoh Penikett (Paul) will also be joined by fellow Battlestar Galactica alumni Jamie Bamber (in episode one as Echo’s “husband”) and Michael Hogan as someone trying to stop a family member’s killing spree in the second episode.

Are you excited for Summer Glau’s upcoming role?