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Is Amber the next Buffy-actress on Veronica Mars?
Actor Michael Muhney talks about working with Amber Benson on 2 movies, about the chances for a season 3, being in the opening credits and more... |
 iF MAGAZINE: Have you heard about VERONICA MARS moving to the CW network next season?
MICHAEL MUHNEY: There are positive vibes coming from the producers and what not. They are usually more cautious in their optimism, but they are pretty optimistic about the move to the CW. I would say judging from what I’ve been told, and what I’ve been observing, that there is about a 95% chance that we’ll be on the CW. I don’t know how we couldn’t be.
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iF: How certain is the future of the series?
MUHNEY: This is breaking news that I haven’t given anybody. Warner Bros. has approached my agency to begin talks to buy me out for next season. It isn’t official, and anything can go wrong and things can happen, but at least formally it is something that has moved onto the next level. Warner Bros. lawyers have contacted my agency and are beginning to sketch out a deal. Sheriff Lamb will be in the credits next year if everything goes the way we all would like it to go.
Even if I sign a contract for season three, half way through or even earlier on, I could get killed off. To keep me employed they might keep the contract going through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. I’m not saying to what capacity I will be around, but if the negotiations go well, I will be around.
iF: What can you tell me about the film you did with Amber Benson last year?
 MUHNEY: I have to say I was really impressed with the cut of the movie in comparison to the rough cut I had seen earlier. I’m pretty enthusiastic about this movie making it out to film festivals, and being on the shelf at Blockbuster Video. In the movie LOVERS, LIARS, AND LUNATICS I play a sort of a green thief who takes his piece of crap car and his not-so-bright girlfriend to a supposedly empty house where there is a large amount of cash hidden. We’re supposed to take the money and get out, and that is not what happens. Instead an entire evening of craziness ensues, and Amber Benson plays my girlfriend in the movie. Things in the robbery don’t go our way and hostages are taken and hilarity follows.
Then Amber Benson came to Chicago and did a cameo on a film I was starring in. I co-wrote and produced a film that shot in Chicago last summer, which is currently called ANGST. We had people in it like Amber, and she was fantastic. It was Pat Morita’s final movie. Frank Nicotero, the well-known stand up comedian in Los Angeles, was in the picture and he is hilarious. Eddie Jones, the acclaimed character actor is in it. He’s been in every other movie that people have seen like SEABISCUIT and THE TERMINAL.
I love the independent film world, and if I could I would do at least two independent films during the summer hiatus. I would do them for next-to-nothing, because it’s like going back and doing theatre. It’s a gamble, and you never know which film will pop.
Amber and I have worked together twice, and I’ve name-dropped her to the producers of VERONICA MARS. Since they’ve had Alyson Hannigan and Charisma Carpenter, and even Joss Whedon, why not get Amber on the series?
The complete interview with more about the season finale, next season, fans and the chances of Michael Muhney shirtless in the opening credits, click on the source-link!
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