"if anybody thinks [bringing summer glau onto dollhouse] hasn’t occurred to me already then they have not met me…summer would be perfect to play an active, but she’s done that [type of role] a lot. 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."
- joss whedon, to entertainment weekly
memo to joss: i know you love girls who kick ass. i do too. but kicking ass is not the same as having range. i mean, it’s not like smg has proven to be the second coming of meryl streep.
get some help, quickly. find someone whose casting instincts you trust. maybe j.j. abrams. ask them if they would stake their primetime network series on the proposition that summer glau posses some secret character actor skills no one has heretofore detected. go, ask. i’ll wait.
dollhouse got a very unlikely 11th hour reprieve, despite the fact that the smart and lovely eliza dushku has slightly less range than jiminy cricket. please don’t double down on glau.
