Sarah Signs for Teenage Mutant Turles

[nerd4hire]

Someone explain this to me. SMG wouldn't do the voice of Buffy in Buffy animated, but she will do the voice of the Teenage Mutant Turtles sidekick.

Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Grudge, and TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has signed on as the voice of April, the human researcher who serves as the Turtles' tech-services worker and mother figure. Fantastic Four's Chris Evans is the hockey-stick-swinging Casey Jones, and Clerks filmmaker Kevin Smith also voices a cameo as a greasy-spoon chef.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-12-20-ninja-turtles-cover_x.htm

[watcher1006]

Speaking of voices, SMG did a voice role for the upcoming "Happily N'Ever After", the animated movie in which the voice of her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. can also be heard.

http://www.buffy-boards.com/showthread.php?t=28238

I think it's just the same old story - SMG's selection just has to do with her continuing desire to put some distance between herself and her most famous role.

[The Chosen]

Ah, it don't matter. Sarah's still cool. I kinda want to see TMNT now, too...lol.

[zombie.apparatus]

Sarah wants change most likely.. to do something different rather than doing Buffy which has she has done for several years.. i mean.. if i were her i would want change too..

and watcher1006 i just saw the trailer in the cinema the other day for Happily N'Ever After... and it does look like your same old story.. but you know i have to see it cos SMG is in it :silly:

[watcher1006]

I saw the trailer when I went to see the new "Charlotte's Web" with Dakota Fanning (had to see that one - I have fond memories of the book and the Peter Pan in me will never die.) I will probably go see "Happily N'Ever After" - I think this genre of movie can be a lot of fun if it's done right.

Sarah Michelle Gellar's voice is very recognizable but there wasn't that much of it in the trailer.

[zombie.apparatus]

yeah, i was like, um your saying the main characters are SMG and Freddi Prince Jr yet they arent showing much of SMG's character!! ah well.. im a big fan of kids movies so i will go and see it :)

[KarrinMurphy]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Tirtles, eh ? Well not much chance of me going to see that one. If there were any kids in my family that were of and age maybe. But kids or not I'm going to Charlottes Web. Very different.

[zombie.apparatus]

okay i finally saw this trailer.. I think it looks awesome... i love ninja turtles!!!! i didnt hear SMG voice though...

[nerd4hire]

There's a pictorial preview along with a link to the trailer Here (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=397561). The release date is March 23 2007.

[Rayne]

Holy sh*t. TMNT's are cool but...it's...:badboy:

[eponinethen]

Wow. She's so weird.

[alexa]

I loved TMNT when I was growing up, but yeah I don't get what her deal is. I can see she wouldn't want to be constantly be known as 'Buffy' her entire acting career, but it dissapoints me as a fan. An older more mature actor like James and Nick have no issue voicing their characters or doing DVD interviews, but having said that I respect her for doing Buffy for seven years.

[Randy Giles]

It annoys me that David B. doesn't seem to appreciate the role that got him so many fans as well. I can understand why these two want to move on but they're insulting the people that made them big and showed them so much support.

[alexa]

It annoys me that David B. doesn't seem to appreciate the role that got him so many fans as well. I can understand why these two want to move on but they're insulting the people that made them big and showed them so much support.

Yeah! scratch what I said about respect.

Those bastards! :mad61: lol

[Mesektet Ra]

It annoys me that David B. doesn't seem to appreciate the role that got him so many fans as well. I can understand why these two want to move on but they're insulting the people that made them big and showed them so much support.

I think I love you for that. I couldn't have said it better.

I also understand that she doesn't want to be Buffy for the rest of her career. I get that, seriously. But COME. ON. Agreeing to do one Buffy-esque thing and placating the PEOPLE THAT MADE YOU FAMOUS wouldn't be such a bad thing.

That said, I was never such a big fan of her in the first place. She thinks too highly of herself and her acting. Note to SMG: You're not that cool. plz get over urself thx.

[Bored of the Dead]

It annoys me that David B. doesn't seem to appreciate the role that got him so many fans as well. I can understand why these two want to move on but they're insulting the people that made them big and showed them so much support.

I'm gonna pull you up on this.
I wish people would stop having ago at certain actors because they want a career.
How many here have tuck with the same job for 8 years?
Are they not entitled to move on. Its not like they have decided to quit from the screen, take their money and laugh at fans. They have moved on to other things.

So they don't want to continue returning to the thing that truly started their career...big deal.

You want your 'DB' fix, watch Bones. Its entertaining enough and as for Sarah, well she has plenty of work in the cinema.

I don't hear much 'Joss' hate.

The studios WANTED to make a TV Movie/Spin-off, they wouldn't have released stuff saying this if they weren't interested. Reading between the lines though, they wanted Joss on board more than others.

He was the one who could have made it happen, but he decided to pass that on to someone else(fair game a Whedonverse Alumni).

I think anyone who complains that an actor(who gave 8 years to something) is just being petty.

Yes, it would be nice if they did a reunion, BUT the leads are truly busy at the moment and honestly, I think i've seen enough of Buffy and Angel anyway. Get over it people.

[nerd4hire]

I think getting over SMG would be a good idea. I'm one of those few who would like to see Buffy move to the big screen with a new actress.

[Mesektet Ra]

BotD, I have no problem with SMG wanting a career. She can do all the movies or whatever she wants, but the fact of the matter is she wants NOTHING to do with Buffy. AT ALL. And that, my friend, is a slap in face. She shuns anything to do with the franchise and personally, I think that's wrong. She doesn't have to do everything they asked, but she purposefully distanced herself, even while the show was on the air.

My problem here is with her attitude. I stated earlier that she I think she thinks to highly of herself and her worth in Hollywood. I don't think she an awesome actress or even a fantastic person so if they ended up getting someone else to play Buffy, I'd be all for it. I just don't like how she dismisses things like they don't matter anymore, and Buffy surely mattered to her. Or it should have, at any rate.

I'm not trying to start anything, I just don't feel I explained myself clearly enough.

[Bored of the Dead]

BotD, I have no problem with SMG wanting a .........I'm not trying to start anything, I just don't feel I explained myself clearly enough.

No, you didn't, but now what you have explained is utterly stupid(remember I like you).
Your comments are based entirely on assumption of press comments made by others and a probable personal dislike for SMG.

When she did 'Friday Night with Johnathan Ross' back in 2004 she was very nice.
She didn't seem phased by the Buffy questions and when someone thinks they are 'bigger' then they are they DON'T give anecdotes about going to the toilet.

I think people should listen more to what teh actors say and not the people who surround her or are jealous.

She has spent 7 years on one character, she is not wrong for wanting to distance herself from that.
She doesn't want to do a movie, or a spin-off(just yet).
She doesn't want to do conventions either.
Big deal.
She gave us all teh character of Buffy, of which I think she did a good job. She entertained us and even felt deeply enough about her character to voice opposition to storylines if she felt they were against what the character would do.

Sarah Michelle Gellar will never be a great actress, but she is competant and i've NEVER seen her think herself better than she is.


Friday Night with Johnathan Ross pt1 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NnBTzdobg3g)

This has small amount of Buffy stuff

Friday Night with Johnathan Ross pt2 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mdAub3Mcu24&mode=related&search=)

[Randy Giles]

I wasn't having "a go" at them because they "want a career". If they really did appreciate those roles they wouldn't act like they were trying to forget them. No one cares if they move on, but people do care when they act like those roles meant nothing to them. I want them both to be successful, but it bothers me when David gets so upset when someone even MENTIONS his role as "Angel".

Although I bet Sarah would eventually return as Buffy if the occasion showed itself, if her movie career continues to be so lame...none of her movies have done very well lately.

[Bored of the Dead]

Picture the scene.
You've spent 8 years as one character.
Every interview, fan or personality you have been on/with/met has asked you about that one character.
Then you leave the show because it ends AND you get a new role in something else.
You want to talk about that BUT everyone keeps going back to that thing you've talked to death.

Now, imagine thats David Boreanaz and you can completely understand why he doesn't want to talk about Angel.

[alexa]

You explained the David B thing quite well, I can see why he'd want to shift away from being just Angel, especially when his new show is going really well. I don't have a huge issue with David B (or anyone really) because at least he did DVD interviews, audio commentary, conventions with James etc... and lots more when the show was on and over, he seems like a generous person to me and not at all ashamed of his work on BtVS/Angel.

And yes we're all grateful that SMG spent some much time playing Buffy (and I actually think she's an awesome actress... especially in seasons 2 and 5), but she shunned her BtVS fans in lots of ways. And that's my opinion from noticing all the ways every other actor/producer/writer was willing to do outside of their job on the show. Oh well :eviltongu

[Bored of the Dead]

You explained the David B thing quite well, I can see why he'd want to shift away from being just Angel, especially when his new show is going really well. I don't have a huge issue with David B (or anyone really) because at least he did DVD interviews, audio commentary, conventions with James etc... and lots more when the show was on and over, he seems like a generous person to me and not at all ashamed of his work on BtVS/Angel.

And yes we're all grateful that SMG spent some much time playing Buffy (and I actually think she's an awesome actress... especially in seasons 2 and 5), but she shunned her BtVS fans in lots of ways. And that's my opinion from noticing all the ways every other actor/producer/writer was willing to do outside of their job on the show. Oh well :eviltongu

I was using DB as a model for SMG as well.
I find this comment a little strange, simply because you've said its ok for David to do it but not SMG.

I'd like to know in what ways SMG has shunned her fans, because i've seen her plenty of times(in interviews and on 'red carpets') and she doesn't shy away from Buffy. She seems to respect her fans but wants a career away from Buffy.
The worst thing that can happen to an actor who has ambition is 'type casting'.
If you constantly associate SMG with Buffy, alot of doors will close for her.

[JCC]

Let's think about this for a second before we get on Sarah's case, and David's, however that came into discussion.

Sarah is a talented actress and David is a talented actor. They're trying to further their career but every single time they try nobody cares, because all they want to know about is Buffy and Angel.

So, for a while, they're polite and answer the questions about Buffy and Angel. But then, even after doing more TV shows and films to add onto that, they still can't move out of the shadow of the Buffy and Angel shows.

You'd be pretty pissed too if nobody gave a damn about the stuff you were working really hard on at the moment and instead kept asking about the same stuff you did for seven seasons. I've never really seen an interview with Sarah that talked about any of her other roles apart from Daphne in Scooby Doo and whoever she was in The Grudge (I've never seen The Grudge, I mean to). And as for David, the few interviews I've found were about just his time on Buffy and Angel.

He's quite right to be annoyed with it now, and so is she. That being said though, it would be nice if she could do the voice of Buffy, but you have to respect her decision to get on with other things.

[dashboardprophet]

Although I bet Sarah would eventually return as Buffy if the occasion showed itself, if her movie career continues to be so lame...none of her movies have done very well lately.

Let's compare the worldwide box office performance of Gellar's last four films (I haven't included 'Happily N'Ever After' because it is an animated film) with those of her contemporary Reese Witherspoon, who is one of the biggest female film stars working in Hollywood.

Gellar:
The Return $14,949,851
The Grudge 2 $64,837,199
The Grudge $187,281,115
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed $181,466,833

Total: $448,534,998 divided by 4 = $112,133,749 (average)

Witherspoon:
Walk The Line $186,363,777
Just Like Heaven $102,854,431
Vanity Fair $19,247,496
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde $124,914,842

Total: $433,380,546 divided by 4 = $108,345,136 (average)

Gellar is not "A-list", unlike Witherspoon, an Academy Award winning actress who receives a lot of critical support. However, whatever you happen to think of the quality of Gellar's films, she carries some degree of clout at the box office - and that is the bottom line for the studios.

I can fully understand why she would want to distance herself from her signature role, quite apart from the fact that I think a feature film version of 'Buffy' would probably be a non-starter at this stage. She is looking to prolong her career and that won't happen if she simply relies on 'Buffy' to sustain it. For seven years she played the role brilliantly and that is good enough for me.

[alexa]

I don't know if I could explain more, it's just my personal impression that Sarah was largely not interested in giving Buffy interviews/commentaries/conventions etc, when she was willing to do so on other projects which include Scooby Doo. I don't live in America (often :p) so I probably missed a lot of Buffy related interviews etc, I can understand her point of view but it just disapointed me as a fan that I didn't see more, that's it.

[Your Creamy Coolness]

I would like to see some of the interviews where they shun Buffy or Angel? Anybody got any?