Bin grad auf kleinem Verschnuafurlaub in Salzburg, und daher nicht dauernd up-to-date mit Dollhouse. Sorry für die kurze Pause. Ich verweise mal auf dollrific für eine gute Zusammenfassung der bisherigen Whedon-Interviews bei der press tour, und schließe mich dem besonders wichtigen Verweis auf das Maureen Ryan-Interview an:

“The fact is, there are echoes of what happened before [with ‘Firefly’], so some people are worried,” Whedon told me. “My response to that is, first of all, thanks, I’m glad you care. And also, you can be worried. The show could have all the support in the world from Fox and still not [be successful]. There’s no guarantees in this business. The fact is, their support hasn’t wavered, but they did sort of view what I’d done as a little bit different from what I’d sold.”

“I looked at [the first pilot] with a very cold eye, an executive’s eye, and said, ‘OK, I know what they want that they don’t have,’” Whedon said. “I asked them, ‘Do you want [a new pilot]?’ earlier, and they said, ‘No, no, no, we just want to figure out how to make this work.’ I said, ‘Here’s how you’re going to make this work. I’m going to write you a new one.’ They were very grateful.”

Besonder in-depth wird's dann später:

MR: How conscious of herself can she become? This is one of my biggest questions about the show.

JW: It’s a two-step, back and forth, back and forth at the beginning, because she’ll get a piece of self-awareness, that’ll be the crux of the episode, and then it’ll be wiped away. Whether or not she still has it… because after every engagement her memory is completely wiped and her personality is removed, and she waits for the next [engagement].

But she starts to collect little bits. Whether or not she gets all those little bits together and starts forming a coherent person or plan to become a person or whether they all get taken away from her is her constant struggle.

MR: I have to ask the Fox question.

JW: Yes, Eliza is a fox.

Details über den neuen Piloten?

I’ve just finished the script of the new first episode, and I’ve really used the opportunity to really amp some of the characters and their introductions. [Cast member] Tahmoh [Penikett’s] going to do some Muay Thai. He’s going to be unhappy about the Muay Thai. “Do I hafta? Darn!” [Whedon was joking -- Tahmoh’s very into martial arts]

Und die wunderbare Frage nach Dr. Horrible oder Dollhouse:

MR: If you had to choose a way to make stuff, would you make it the “Dr. Horrible” way, or the “Dollhouse” way?

JW: You know, [gesturing to the lavish, two-story “Dollhouse” main set] it doesn’t suck to have a set. I like to live in both world. Sometimes I go to McDonald’s, sometimes I go to [surely the name of a nice restaurant that was obscured on this recording when I got up from the table].

[The last questions concerns the last act of “Dr. Horrible,” so don’t read on unless you’ve seen it.]

MR: Did you have to go to the dark place in that last act?

JW: I’ve taken a huge amount of flack for that. People are like, “Joss has run out of ideas. All he can do is be mean.”

MR: But I guess, if you’re constructing an evil supervillain, he has to have a tortured backstory.

JW: I’m just sayin’.