Comic con day 2: Q&A with Eliza Dushku
5 Apr
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL.
Eliza Dushku has made a name for herself with supernatural roles, but her Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con Q&A with fans Saturday morning touched on many facets of her life.
.@ElizaDushku Q&A #wwstl pic.twitter.com/Ipuakm2wBC
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Several audience members asked questions related to “Dollhouse.” The TV show, created by Joss Whedon, was canceled in 2010 after just one year.
.@elizadushku on "Dollhouse": "I asked @josswhedon to write me a show." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Dushku had previously worked with Whedon on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Her role on “Dollhouse” allowed her to play several characters.
On "Dollhouse": "I really wanted to be a ninja," @elizadushku says. #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Short-lived TV shows are not unfamiliar to Dushku. “Tru Calling” was canceled in 2005 after two years. Dushku said there was no inside-scoop on the characters or how their stories were resolved.
.@elizadushku on "Tru Calling": "Jason Priestly came in, things got weird …" And that was it. (Not Priestly's fault, she clarifies.) #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
One of Dushku’s earliest roles was in “True Lies.” For several years there have been rumors of a sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.
Is a "True Lies" sequel possible? @elizadushku played the daughter, and would enjoy carrying on "the family business." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Dushku was playful with her fans, especially the younger audience members.
Audience member: "have you ever met a girl named Buffy? … I'm named Buffy." @elizadushku met Buffy: "I could take her." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
If you were an animal … @elizadushku reminisces about her python named Crystal. "I wouldn't want to eat mice, all Rocky-style." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Dushku proposed that as a snake she’d eat flowers, not mice.
A 9-year-old fan asked Dushku if she read comic books. Her “Buffy” character lives on in comic book form. Dushku said she had not read them, but kept up with what was going on through comic con fans.
"When I was 9, I read comics too," says @elizadushku. Her father owned a baseball card and comic book shop. #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Dushku said she does not prefer good or bad characters, but believes that everything “happens for a reason.”
Good or bad characters? "When you're good you wanna be bad, when you're bad you wanna be good," @elizadushku says. #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Preparing for "bad Faith" role: "I drank a lot, did bad things and wanted people to like me again," says @elizadushku. "Not kidding." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Dream role: "I've been doing this for 22 years. I've done a lot of roles. What's meant to be is meant to be," says @elizadushku. #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
"I want go back to school and get my degree," says @elizadushku. "I could say what I want to do, but the universe makes it happen." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
One of Dushku’s next projects is “Midnight Rider,” which is the story of musician Gregg Allman.
.@ElizaDushk loves the Allman Brothers, working on movie about Greg Allman. Dushku will play woman who inspired "The Whipping Post." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
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