Whedon Working on “Dollhouse” Role for Glau
With “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” terminated, the door is open for former “Firefly” actress and Mutant Enemy alum, Summer Glau to guest star on Joss Whedon’s new series, “Dollhouse.”
“If anybody thinks [bringing Summer onto 'Dollhouse'] hasn’t occurred to me already, then they have not met me,” Whedon said. “I mentioned it to her before ['Sarah Connor'] was canceled. I was like, ‘You know, we should get you in the ‘house.’ But first we have to come up with something that works.”
And Whedon says the role he’d like to see her play isn’t necessarily a new doll.
“Summer would be perfect to play an active, but she’s done that [type of role] a lot,” Whedon told Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello. “I’d rather see her play someone who talks too much. The most fun I have is when I get somebody who’s good and comfortable at doing something, and then I make them do something else. Summer said to me, ‘I would like to play a normal girl before I die of extreme old age.”
It would be interesting to see Summer play “a normal girl”. I find her unconvincing whenever she plays a blank slate style role.
I don’t know about that. She was an awesome “blank slate” in Firefly and Serenity as River Tam.
I really enjoyed the turn she did as a Terminator. She managed to get the robotic mannerisms down right, but when called upon, showed some real range (see: Allison from Palmdale). Hell, who am I kidding. I’d watch her read the phone book……
I’d rather watch her beating someone with a Phonebook.
http://xkcd.com/311/
I wouldn’t mind seeing Summer come in as the head of one of the other Dollhouses in another city to help them get this one under control - or - as a new FBI agent to partner with Helo
Mostly, I’m happy to see that we will get another year!