[kerathecat]

Yay for Emily! Thanks for the news, Becca!

[Nad]

That's great news about Emily, thanks for sharing Becca

[Enigma]

Becca - Thanks for the Emily news. That's so great!

[Evenstar1002]

Wow, that's really great for Emily! Thanks for the news, Becca.

I got something as well:

Wednesday, August 30 8:00 p.m. "Bones" (Season Premiere) 9:00 p.m. "Justice" (Series Premiere)

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[moonbebe]

Yay!!! Two more months!!!

Here's another article as well...

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...p-361533c.html

[Nad]

That's awesome

Thanks Nat & Becca

[moonbebe]

This was posted to my Yahoo! group... VERY interesting reading. And what I found most interesting was his thoughts on the Booth/Brennan relationship (I highlighted it). Someone needs to write a fanfic about that!



HU Setje @ Boreanaz.net
http://www.boreanaz.net

Angel Magazine July 2006 Issue 86

(thanks to Sue for the scans)

Transcribed by Setje © Boreanaz.net

Flesh and BONES by Abbie Bernstein

If Angel thought he was busy trying to save humanity and run a multi-
million dollar corporation, whilst fighting the never-ending battle
against evil, it's nothing compared to the jobs that DAVID BOREANAZ
has had to juggle over the last couple of years. With four new films
under his belt, a starring role in a hit new TV show, and, of
course, being a husband and father, the actor is more in demand than
ever before. We caught up with him to hear all about what he's been
up lately.....

Angel may be best known for brooding, but these days, David
Boreanaz, the actor who played him , seems positively sunny ? if a
little tired. Besides starring as ex-military sniper-turned-F.B.I
agent Seeley Booth in Bones, Fox network's hit crime procedural,
based on Kathy Reichs' novels, David also recently made time to star
in Suffering Man's Charity, opposite Alan Cumming (X-Men 2), who
also directed the film. David plays Sebastian, the irate ghoste of a
writer who never found fame in life ? but is a success after death
when Alan's character passes off Sebastian's work as his own.
"He's a genius," David says enthusiastically of Alan.
"Working with someone of that kind of talent is amazing. And he's so
well-versed in his approach ? it's really like watching moving art.
He's so unique and he's so creative."

The only problem was that Suffering was filming simultaneously with
Bones. At a press event for Bones and later at a Fox party for the
Television Critics Association at Hollywood's new restaurant Citizen
Smith ? coincidentally, part-owned by David's old Buffy colleague
Armin Shirman (Principal Snyder) ? David explains why he found this
especially challenging. "As far as the film was concerned, the
exhaustion level was coming from the amount of time I spent
preparing for the role in advance, the month going into it heavily
with my [acting coach], and separating the two completely. I think
Sebastian is a kind of guy like the author of Confederacy of Dunces
[John Kennedy Toole, who committ'ed suicide], a man who was a victim
that is really p****d off that his book never sells and he's a
squatter and he's a writer who wants to make it, but no one's
accepting his work, so he victimizes himself in order to get rid of
himself. Which is totally the opposite of what Booth [in Bones]
does, so it was interesting to play those two characters
simultaneously. The schedule worked out in a way that enabled me to
make the separation a little bit easier in the front, because the
back end was harder for me. That was really intense experience. I
was shooting the show [Bones], and then on weekends starting on
[Suffering Man's Charity], and it really felt lik a bad nightmare ?
in a good way. I don't think I'd ever want to do it again, but it
was a sice of my life that was really way intense and very
vulnerable."

Although it may seem to TV viewers that David had a year of downtime
between the end of Angel and the beginning of Bones, 2004?2005 was
actually a very busy period for him.
"I'm glad. I was able to do three movies I'm real proud of ? I did
one that went to Toronto Film Festival [These Girls], I did another
one that started being sold in February that I'm very happy about,
Mr. Fix-It, and another one called The Hard Easy, so it rejevenated
me in a way. You have to close one door in order to go to the next
level and open another door, so I've been fortunate to be able to do
that, and then step back into a medium that's very grueling, but the
character [of Seeley Booth] is very, very satisfying."

It wasn't so much the idea of doing a television show in general, bu
the specifics of Bones ? playing Booth working with a somewhat
eccentric but briliant female scientist, Temperance "Bones"
Brennan, played by Emily Deschanel ? that drew David back to the
hard work of a weekly drama series.
"Being able to jump back into a piece that made a lot of sense
character-wise and [in terms of] the people who were involved was
the only reason why I would have done it in the first place, because
I could have been very content doing a bunch of Independent films.
With this particular piece, I really was attracted to the fact that
this has got a potential for being like Moonlighting. I love that
show. I think if you look at the Bruce Willis/Cybill Shepherd
relationship, you cannot replicate it, but you can kind of feed off
of it. I think the potential is there for these two characters
[Booth and Brennan]."

Exactly what is the relationhip between Booth and Brennan?

"Romantically?" David responds. "He's pretty much all over the
board. I'm not going to come in and say Brennan is the one he wants,
but he's definitely got Brennan in his sights. She's a novelist, she
lives out her fantasies in her novels, and I [as Booth] know that,
so this guy that she's saying she's making love with [in her novels]
having sex with, could have been me. Did they do it, did they not
do it? I think they did, but she can't admit it, because she's so
strung up ? she's too hardcore with the facts. [The writers] pretty
much play with that. I'm kind of , "Yeah, we did it in a steamy
motel, maybe Palmdale, working on a case a long time ago, which gave
you a lot of material to write your latest novel." But he's a single
guy ? and I think that's what's interesting about Booth ? he does
the standard stuff his way. He organizes papers his way. They may
look messy, but it's a process for him. And he probably does the
same thing with females on the show."

However, it isn't just the `are they or aren't they?" relationship
with his leading lady that David finds appealing.

"Working with [executive producer] Barry Josephson ? I'll be doing
feature films and Barry's a great link to that. I love the way he
makes things look. I love the way Hart [Handson, executive producer
and series creator] writes."

Although Booth is less given to general gloom, David says he wasn't
seeking a character far removed from Angel.

"I think with every character, the world's going to come to an end
sometime in their minds, so I think you elevate those levels. I
don't necessarily say, `I have to play something that is completely
different from the role that I just played.' Angel was a very well-
rounded character that possessed tons of great attributes. Booth is
a little simpler ? he knows exactly what he wants, but he marches to
his own tune, so the world may be coming to an end in his world,
because maybe he's got a past. He comes from a military background.
There's a lot of conflict within these characters that I think is
really interesting."

One of those interesting things is that, as David notes, Booth is
somewhat independent-minded for a Federal agent.

"[Booth's bosses] are going to say, "You have to do this," and I'm
going to say, "I don't want to do that,'" he laughs. "As far as the
F.B.I. is concerned, I have a superiority as far as my boss is
concerned ? I'm going to walk my own beat. I think that's going to
leave a mark on the character that I'm playing."

There are two main routes to becoming an F.B.I. agent, David points
out. "I'm glad that I [as Booth] came from the military; I didn't
come from the collegiate levels, I have apublic education, which
can come in handy, I'm not the intellectual elitist ? we attack that
subject matter in the episode [The Boy in the Tree]. You find Booth
investigating (the death of) a kid who's hanging from a branch at a
prep school. And that p****s him off, because he's a public school
[known in the U.K. as a comprehensive school] education guy. These
[prep school] people think that [some] people are better than other
people. [Booth] doesn't think that way. His agenda is to find [the
dead boy's murderer], he never wavers, and he ends up bing right at
the end. It's a cover-up, because they think they're better because
they can ge into that school and to him , that's bull. I feel very
passionate [about this]."

While Booth doesn't get into as many knock-down, drag-out fights as
Angel, David says his new role still calls for a lot of action. "No
swordfights, but [it's] physically demanding in regards to the
intense training of a military man's background, [that Booth] comes
from. Being very patient from a sniper's point of view and sitting
in a tree for three days and smoking a target out is physically and
mind-exhausting. So I've had a lot fo training with firearms that
have become very interesting to me ? I'm not a big fan of guns, but
I lik being responsible with them and understanding the dynamics of
them, working with someone like [technical advisor] Mike Rosso,
who's been on the [police] force for 25 years, and knowing that,
these guys [gun experts] are great to hang around and be around.
They're very funny guys, so I embrace that."

David was allowed to pick out Booth's gun. "I chose to go with
a .357 Magnum, four-inch barrel revolver, rather than the standard-
issue 16-clip, for a lot of reasons. The dynamics of the gun are
much different ? it's got a click action to it, and it resembles his
character as far as where he comes from. So trying to master that
gun is going to be difficult, but there's a lot to it, and my shot's
getting better. I'm coming in straight off the hip. Rosso told
me, "You always get our sight in," because you have to know exactly
who you're taking out, you have to see the person before you take
that shot, before ou put your hammer on the trigger, you have them
sighted and then you make a decision."

There are some considerations that need to be made when one of the
main characters always wears such a big handgun, as David explains.

"Holstering a gun, especially a revolver is so big around your
waist, finding that comfortable, the loading/unloading, it's not as
easy with a clip,"

Research, David adds, is, "Extremely important to me, really
respecting what [real F.B.I agents] do and how they approach certain
situations, but also taking that and putting my mark on it as a
character and having some kind of creative license with that is
important. Being extremely throrough with the preparations in
writing. I mean, I'm the kind of guy who'll go ballestic if I don't
get to work on time. It must be my Catholic upbringing," he adds
with a laugh. "I litterally love this guy [Booth]. I'm subtly trying
to break him in. There are things that I cannot do, but I'm going to
break that mold. You'll see me in a shirt and tie, but he's going to
have a white tie, he's going to have wacky socks. He's got a belt
buckle that looks like this instead of standards issue. He's a
little scruffier.
For me, a lot of it was studying a lot of [Steve] McQueen and
[Robert] Mitchum and taking their personalities and working with
it."
Overall, David adds, "There are a lot of things that I'm going to do
that are either put in the show or taken out of the show. You're
going to find moments that really work and some that don't. I think
that with the improvizational stuff that I've learned and the
choices I've made ? putting him in situations that are so intense
and so insane and out of the ordinary ? it makes sense to me. It
works for me. I think now I'm shifting him to a change
motivationally, to kind of shake things up in his world. I think
there has to be a better payoff between himself and Bones, some kind
of lead towards a romantic venture, and we're going to start seeing
that, I think, with respect for each other's characters. I think
that's going to slowly happen. And a lot of his past is going to
come out, so I'm looking forward to those payoffs.
The first 10 episodes, it's grueling enough to establish a
character, maintain its credibility and also establish a sense of
credibility from each show to the next show. You can really have fun
in [the later ones].

Something that David and Booth do have in common is that both are
fathers of young sons, and David likes is that his character is a
parent.

"The fact that I have a child [in real life] is great training right
there. I have a three-and-a-half-year-old, and I think having a
child, bieng a single parent on a show like this, working in a
dangerus position as he is, I think will have a payoff in finding
out why he lost the woman [the child's mother], what happened to
her, and how he handles his son, so I think that's interesting
storytelling."
Being a working father, David acknowledges, "It's a difficult thing.
I try to make [wife, actress Jaime Berman, and their son]a part of
it, as much as I possibly can, and
that can be difficult at times, it can be rewarding at times. I'm
very fortunate to have [a wife] who understands this business. You
get home after 12 hours and your son's asleep and you don't get a
chance to see him. I'll wake him up, give him a kiss and tell him
I'm home. You don't get a chance to put him to sleep, you don't get
a chance to pick him up from school, you don't get a chance to make
breakfast for him ? the simple things. As a father, I was fortunate
to make a son, and that's going to be hard, but I'll make it work."

Has the increasing popularity of Bones affected the show's
development?

"[The writers] have a plan for it, " David replies. "They have put
it in a direction that the characters themselves have started to
mold, rather than the other way around. As far as [input from] the
outside is concerned, we've made a few adjustments, but other than
that, [the writers and producers] really kept their sense of
strength and their conviction in where they want to take the show,
which is a testament to them."

Might David direct any Bones episodes, as he did with Angel's "Soul
Purpose"?

"I'd love to," the actor reveals. "I think, given the opportunity
that I have, to step back into the director's chair and do something
like that ? that's be great. I don't think I would jump right into
that right away ? maybe next season. I take it usually one day at a
time with this, "
And thanks to its solid ratings, Fox has announced that Bones will
be back for a second season.

While it looks as though the enigmatic Agent Booth will be one
character that David will definitely be returning to, it's unlikely
that we'll see him reprising any more of this previous roels. Whilst
discussing taking part in DVD commentaries, David reveals that he's
not big on rewatching previous work. "I try not to look at my work;
I [try to] move on," he admits.
"I've never been good with reunions or any kind of going back in the
past ? it's kind of like, I've enjoyed it, I've lived it, I've loved
it and I've learned from it and I take that with me. It's difficult
to watch myself.
There are some things I do watch in order to get better at and
things I just can't. It's really weird. I really just like to work
on them allo, but it's tough to watch what you do ? for me, it is.'

In light of this, David says he does not plan to revisit the role of
Angel, but he says this is not due to any lack of appreciation for
his experience playing the character and working on the
series; "It's a great job, and a great opportunity. It got me to
where I'm right now. It's part of my life that I love."

****

Source listed at the beginning of the article.

[Enigma]

Thanks for the great news about Season 2.

Love the article. Especially the Booth/Bones stuff.

[MaeveBran]

Can I just say SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! about the begining of the season being in August rather tahn September?!

[Andie]

Nat that is awesome news

[ThUyN19]

That is awesome news sooner than I expected.

[Andie]

But we won't complain about that

[janeway1390]

I am so glad Bones is coming back early! Thanks for posting the articles.

[Nad]

Found this article today, I highlighted the Bones part. Not much but I like what they say

Hard truth about Washington series Tuesday, June 27, 2006 By Lisa de Moraes The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Scripted TV series that attract older viewers mostly have one thing in common. Washington. On each of the major broadcast networks last season, the scripted series with the oldest median age were set in the capital. Median age is the point at which half the audience is younger and half is older, explains Magna Global USA, the ad-buying company that conducted the annual study of median viewer ages for broadcast series. Oldest median age is relevant in an industry that worships youth because it generally means the crew and cast should start looking for their next jobs. And a Washington setting seems to be something of a buzz kill for younger viewers. People here may look around at all the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed interns and think, “What a young people’s town Washington is!” but in the real world, where people mostly get their impressions of Washington from television, D.C. old. “Because old people are politicians,” explained an exec at one network, and shows about politicians, he assured us, “are the least appealing ... to young people.” It’s true enough — many of these shows are about politics. For instance, ABC’s scripted series with the oldest median age last season was “Commander in Chief,” starring Geena Davis as the running mate/publicity stunt turned POTUS. Median age: 55 years. Bye-bye. NBC’s OMA scripted series? “The West Wing” tied with “E-Ring.” Set at: White House and Pentagon, respectively. Median age: 54. See ya. But not all of these Washington-set series are about politics. Fox’s “Bones” is about a young, beautiful forensic anthropologist who uses dry old bones to solve really old murder cases at some place called the Jeffersonian Institution in Washington, aided by totally hot FBI agent and former vampire David Boreanaz. And yet, median age: 44 — which in Fox years is like 100. But if you really want to wow your friends, spring it on them that the Fox series packing the oldest median age, scripted or non-, is not “Cops” or “America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back” or even “The Simpsons,” which just wrapped its 17th season, making it the oldest scripted series on broadcast TV. It’s ”24.” The median age of the ”24” audience is 45 years. ”24” is about Washington. Yes, the president of the United States seems to spend a lot of time in Los Angeles in this whimsical drama series, campaigning or just hanging out at his L.A. ranch place. But the government that Jack Bauer tries so hoarsely each gawdawful day to save is in Washington. And based on this series’ median age, you can take the TV POTUS out of Washington, but you can’t, in the minds of viewers, take the Washington out of a show about saving or assassinating POTUS. Don’t take my word for it. Just ask the show’s more ardent fans who, as we learned during the Heritage Foundation’s ”24” forum in Washington just last week, include Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, radio talker Rush Limbaugh, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush the Elder and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. For comparison’s sake, the median age of the audience on Fox’s animated “American Dad” is 27. And the median age for “The Simpsons” is just 29 — exactly the same as its median age during the 2001-02 TV season. The 16-season-old “Law & Order” on NBC has a median age of 52. Which, brings us to an interesting point about median age and animation. While audiences for scripted shows featuring actual people on the screen tend to age, at varying rates (over the past two seasons, the median age for NBC’s “Las Vegas” shot up six years and for “Will & Grace” five years), series starring toons can remain forever young. That’s because Bugs Bunny never ages and Bart Simpson still looks like a juvenile delinquent 17 years later. Their stars frozen in time, these shows have an easier time recruiting new, younger viewers, while their original aging fans tend to grow out of the shows (or their wives won’t let them watch anymore) — a win-win for a network trying to keep down a show’s median age. CBS’s OMA scripted show is “NCIS” — 56 years — set at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service at the Navy Yard in Washington. “NCIS” is also not canceled. But CBS is an older-skewing network — median age overall in prime time is 52 — so 56 doesn’t look so bad there. “NCIS” is actually tied with CBS’s “Cold Case” in terms of median age; “Cold Case” is set in Philly, not Washington. But, it can be argued, like we’re doing here, that the “Cold Case” median age is more about the fact that it snags viewers from its lead-in, ”60 Minutes,” which has the oldest audience on broadcast TV. Its median age last season was 59.

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[Lost in Translation]

Nad, that's a very interesting article.