Note: Check the extended interview after the jump!
I remember the first time I watched The Guild. I was surfing around on YouTube, looking at various web shows and funny one-off videos. Thinking back, I'm not quite sure which breadcrumb lead me to The Guild, but as soon as I finished watching the first episode I clicked "subscribe." With its clever writing, nuanced acting, and that web aesthetic that is so hard to pin down by many "experienced" Hollywood producers, it stood head and shoulders above most web shows. When I took a look under the hood, I became especially thrilled to know it was written and produced by the lead actress of the series, Felicia Day.
Actor by day and geek by night, Felicia took her experience in Hollywood and decided to make her own unique career path. With her love of gaming (she confesses to a past WOW addiction) and her producing and writing talent, she formed her own acting vehicle and created the show she wanted to see. It paid off, The Guild grew a very large fan base in a very short amount of time.
Felicia has been going around the Hollywood acting circuit for about eight years with some pretty cool roles under her belt, among them an eight-episode arc in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Most recently she's co-starring in Joss Whedon's new online mini-series, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
What makes her a poster child for FU of the Week is that while she has a promising acting career, Felicia has decided to take matters into her own hands. She isn't waiting around for casting directors and agents -- she's carving out her own plot of land in this new media landscape. She's also not throwing caution to the wind -- she's taking the time to create something of quality and finding the right people to work and align herself with. That's smart.
Kiara Slade said:
OMG! I love The Guild and I'm so happy that Felicia had the awesome chance to interview with Epic Fu. I love you guys!
Shemp DeYoung said:
It used to be when we surfed the web, we'd go with the flow and end up down rabbit holes filled with garbage content. Now, with the help of our social networks, we can actually go places and find things that are entertaining and useful... and (god forbid!) actually educational and enlightening.
I have never been a gamer, but somebody's comment on one of these sites lead me to The Guild and I love it. It may well be my favorite show.
These same 'random' people in my network have turned me on to TWiT, Epic Fu, Tekzilla, GrammarGirl, Geek Brief, and so on.
So, thanks my friends!
Buffyverse Forever said:
Thought people might be interested in this-if posting here is inappropriate,feel free to delete it.
WhedonAge.com, a fan community for the works of writer-director Joss Whedon, hosts a live chat with Felicia Day, actress and creator of the award-winning online series The Guild, on Sunday, July 20, 2008.
Ms. Day appears as the love interest in Whedon's three-part musical superhero satire, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (www.DrHorrible.com) which ends the free webcast of its episodes that day.
The chat will begin at 10AM PDT (12PM CDT/1PM EDT/5PM UTC) for registered users, in a Q&A format with Felicia for one hour, after which fans can discuss the Dr. Horrible series with each other. It can be reached at www.WhedonAge.com
The site's members will have the opportunity to submit questions in advance, in case they are unable to join the live chat event. Instructions for accessing the chat service will be available on the site.
ABOUT FELICIA DAY
Felicia Day has appeared in numerous television and film productions, including roles in Bring It On Again, USA network's Monk, ION network's Praire Fever, and notably, "Vi" the slayer during Season 8 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She is the creator and writer of The Guild (www.WatchTheGuild.com), a web comedy series about online gamers, which won the 2007 Best Web Series Award from Yahoo, and the 2008 Greenlight Award for Digital TV Series Production from ON Networks/SXSW.
ABOUT WHEDONAGE.COM
WhedonAge was re-launched in January 2008 as an evolution from the fan campaign SaveAngel.org, originally founded four years ago. The site provides news, discussion forums and online activities for fans of Joss Whedon and his works, along with those associated with him and related genre entertainment.
Buffyverse Forever said:
Here's a little more info about the chat I mentioned in my last post. Again,if posting thi spost here is inappropriate,feel free to delete it.
An email account has been set up to take questions in advance of the chat, for those who can not be in attendance, or would like to queue up ahead of time to ask their question during the chat:
Email to "questions" AT "whedonage.com"
Please include the following (along with your question, natch!)
* Your name (or moniker you prefer to be known as)
* location
* and (if not clear from your name) your gender, please.
Also let us know whether you'll be at the chat -- so the
moderators will know to look for you.
Questions from non-attendees during the chat will be allocated time, at regular intervals.
