Dollhouse Mirrors Dushku's Life & Joss Whedon has a plan.

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Dollhouse Mirrors Dushku's Life

Eliza Dushku, who is the star and an executive producer of Fox's upcoming SF series Dollhouse, told reporters that the show in part reflects her own experiences as a young actress in an industry in which everyone wants her to be someone else.

"When I moved out to L.A., I was 17," Dushku said in an interview at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Santa Monica, Calif., on July 14. She added: "We were talking about sort of my experience and what it's like to sort of be a young woman in this business and that feeling, ... that universal theme, of ... you wake up every day and you feel like everyone wants you to be a different person. And you're trying to, like, figure [it] out. It's like this identity crisis."

In Dollhouse--which was created by Dushku's longtime mentor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon--Dushku plays a woman named Echo who literally has her personality wiped clean and implanted with new ones by a mysterious organization, which then hires her out for secret missions. At the end of each mission, she is wiped clean again--but not before her own personality begins to emerge.

The story was inspired by Dushku's own life, starting as a teen actress in such films as True Lies and such TV series as Whedon's own Buffy and Angel and, later, Fox's Tru Calling.

"Eliza is someone who's, you know, spent her whole career trying to take control of her career," Whedon said in a separate interview. "Which is something I admire enormously."

Dushku, who has a production deal with the Fox, came to Whedon for advice when trying to develop her own series. While having lunch with Dushku, Whedon immediately sparked to the idea of a woman with multiple temporary personalities and wound up developing the series with her, though he had no intention of returning to series television.

"Joss really gets women," Dushku said. "There's a woman somewhere deep inside of him. ... And so that's sort of what we just started talking about: the challenge of that and what we face, what I face, in our culture today. And, with that, ... he went to the bathroom, and when he came back, he said, 'The show will be called Dollhouse.' And I was like, 'OK. I'm in.' And so here we are." Dollhouse, which begins production on its first 13 episodes this month, is slated to premiere at midseason in early 2009 on Fox. --Patrick Lee, News Editor

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Exclusive: Joss Whedon Talks DOLLHOUSE and his Love Affair with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Joss Whedon has a plan.

One far more sinister than single-handedly shutting down the internet with his smash hit DR. HORRIBLE'S SING ALONG BLOG

One that may-or-may-not involve pillaging the now unemployed cast of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA for his new show DOLLHOUSE.

But getting to the point, why not hear from the man himself. As theTVaddict.com's TCA correspondent Kevin Kelly was luckily enough to spend a few minutes interviewing Joss Whedon at Monday night's FOX SUMMER TCA Party.

TheTVaddict.com: So how different is it working with the new regime at FOX, in contrast to what happened with FIREFLY?
Joss Whedon: It's a completely different energy then the last time. FOX understands what it is we're trying to do. I understand clearly what they want. And while there's definitely a back and forth, there's a collaboration. Not just people glaring at each-other.

I feel really good about how they plan to position it, and their feeling about it as a concept and as a show.


Do you think the positive feeling are as a result of Kevin Reilly changing things up at the network?
Peter [liguori] and Kevin [Reilly] both come from a different school than the last bunch. Everyone has someone to answer to. But they don't behave like people living in fear and I think that's the biggest disease among network executives.

I notice prior to stopping to chat you were talking to Nicki Clyne [Callie on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA]. Any news you want to break to your millions of fans reading this online right now?
I talked to Nicki because we've become friends. But that's the funny thing about actresses. You never don't think about that.

It must have been hard to be blown out of an airlock.
I want that Cylon B*tch to get her comeuppance!

You're clearly a huge fan of BSG [BATTLESTAR GALACTICA]. Have you talked to the creators?
Yeah, Ron [Ronald D. Moore] and I during the writer's strike spent some time together on the picket lines. I try not to be too embarrassing though.

Must be a nice pat on the back for them to know what a fan you are of the show?
Well I'm not the only one, but yeah I'm pretty passionate about the show. I stole Tahmoh [Penikett] and I'll steal again!

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The story was inspired by Dushku's own life, starting as a teen actress in such films as True Lies and such TV series as Sweden's own Buffy and Angel and, later, Fox's Tru Calling.


Faith was in True Lies ?

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The story was inspired by Dushku's own life, starting as a teen actress in such films as True Lies and such TV series as Sweden's own Buffy and Angel and, later, Fox's Tru Calling.


Faith was in True Lies ?

She was Arnold's daughter.

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The story was inspired by Dushku's own life, starting as a teen actress in such films as True Lies and such TV series as Sweden's own Buffy and Angel and, later, Fox's Tru Calling.


Faith was in True Lies ?

She was Arnold's daughter.

OMG!  What a trip!

I just saw the ep of That 70's show that she was on the other day.  "I just realized I forgot to put on my bra this morning"  She'd did a pretty good job as a bubble-head!!

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The story was inspired by Dushku's own life, starting as a teen actress in such films as True Lies and such TV series as Sweden's own Buffy and Angel and, later, Fox's Tru Calling.


Faith was in True Lies ?

She was Arnold's daughter.

Well there you go .
Just one more reason that film was two buckets of awesome .