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Joyce died of an aneurysm, which is coincidental as Kristine Sutherland’s own mother once had an aneurysm. Kristine believes that Joss Whedon wasn’t aware of it when he wrote the scene: “At one point, after Joyce had the brain surgery, people had the idea that I would have my head shaved and wear a wig. All of this came up on the night before we were going to shoot that scene - it just happened to be the first scene on the first day of the next episode. There was no preparation time - and when I realised that they were going to put me in a wig, I was going, ‘You can’t do that!’ I knew from my mother that that was not what would happen, given where the aneurysm had been. It was actually the same place on the same side that my mother had it, so I knew exactly what they would do - they just shave back a spot. It’s so close to the temple that they just shave it back and go in. There wasn’t time to do any more research, because I didn’t find out until the day before about the exact surgery that they were going to do. It was kind of freaky - my mother was fairly young when it happened to her.” |
| Source: | › SFX magazine, issue 83, October 2001 |
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| Resources: | › Brain Aneurysm Foundation |
| Suggested by: | › Jess |
| Added: | › 1st September 2004 |
| Updated: | › 29th January, 2005 |
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