I recently had the chance to chat with Landau about her intriguing new role, the significance of her work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and the vampire genre as a whole. She also discussed her directorial feature film debut, A Place Among the Dead , and another upcoming project, The Undead Series both of which also involve vampires. Landau said she was excited to be a part of Bosch for several reasons. We still had to make time for Bosch because it is such a brilliant show.
Who needs sleep?! Sleep is overrated anyway! I was excited when I got the call and even more so when I read the script. Once I saw what was going on with Rita, I was in! She lives a dual life and has been keeping everything compartmentalized for a long time.
She also is secretly married to Preston Borders, played by Chris Browning. We met at his trial and formed a bond despite his gruesome crimes. Many women are in this situation in real life. There are even dating sites for death row inmates. This is when someone gets sexually aroused and attains orgasm contingent on their partner having committed an outrage rape, murder.
With others like Rita, however, a big part of it comes from feeling like an outsider. Rita maybe carries it out a little bit differently, but her need is to be loved. Her relationship is a microcosm for many alliances. Many of us have had at least one of those, based on fantasy, on who we think someone is, who we want them to be, rather than on who they really are.
I wanted to look a bit rough for this role. I thought the burden of her life and keeping it hidden should show outwardly. Harry Bosch and the team try to suss out if she is indeed involved in this marriage. The threat of exposure is terrifying for her. Landau opens up about the pressures her parents put on her, including telling her there is only room for one star in the family.
So it is personal and it is truthful. In terms of how I grew up and what that experience was, that is truthful. Growing up in such a hostile environment that drained her energy, Landau learned more about the clinical diagnosis of what she was experiencing. I had experienced love as a painful feeling. Even though "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" hit the big this year that's like The inventive and groundbreaking series starring badass teenage female lead Buffy Summers Sarah Michelle Gellar — who slayed demons and vampires in her literal Hellmouth of a town — also served as an allegory for all the shit teens and young adults go through figuring out life.
The show's writer-creator Joss Whedon has dominated Twitter in the past week due to an essay by his ex-wife that reveals less than feminist personal beliefs and behavior cheating , but we refuse to let those disheartening to say the least allegations tarnish "Buffy"'s legacy. The show paved the way for so much we enjoy today: more kick-ass female-led shows see: "Alias," "Veronica Mars," "Orphan Black" , musical episodes that we need more of see: " The Flash " and, of course, the late '90s and early aughts fashion, which has cycled back in a major way.
Who can forget Willow's now-infamous fuzzy, animal-knit sweaters and Buffy's signature slayer look of mid-length leather jackets and bootcut stretchy pants? The internet sure hasn't. On right, clockwise from top: Glory, demon, Buffy at Anya and Xander's wedding, Cordelia at prom, Buffy's first day at college remember the cherry dress?!
Sketches: courtesy Cynthia Bergstrom. So I tracked down costume designer Cynthia Bergstrom, who handled the characters' formative years from seasons two junior year at Sunnydale High through six — you know, when Buffy came back from death a second time and the Scooby Gang transitioned into adulthood — or not, in the case of century-old vamps Angel and Spike.
Bergstrom, who previously designed Wes Craven's "Scream," was on board for the show's most iconic episodes, including the heart-wrenching " The Prom ," the musical " Once More With Feeling ," the parents-gone-wild " Band Candy " and the silent and forever terrifying " Hush.
Watcher Giles Anthony Head and Buffy. Where can I get that cami now?. Your first episode was the season two premiere, " When She Was Bad ," featuring a traumatized Buffy returning from summer break after kinda vanquishing The Master and coming back from the dead, the first time. What was your vision in bringing her character into her next stage? One of my directives [was a lot of color and having the clothes not match] and that sort of broke up the paradigm of how I had been trained as a costume designer and [previously] creating really cohesive, pretty packages.
I remember just letting go and letting an explosion of color take place. Remember, too, it was , so fashion was quite a bit different. Because Buffy had settled into the fact that she was the slayer — and had let go of being the little girl — and really took ownership of who she was and what her purpose was, I wanted to reflect that in the clothes.
It was almost like she had her day looks and her evening looks: her school outfits and then her fight outfits. So she had a very distinctive look when she would fight and [it's] what I carried out through all the seasons I did. I wanted things to be either the cutting edge of trends — starting the trend — or on-trend and, mostly, I just wanted things that we hadn't seen before.
Also mixing the feminine with sort of the warrior-esque, slightly masculine aspect of her job as a slayer. Willow Alyson Hannigan , Buffy and her bra straps. Of the era's cutting edge trends that you incorporated, what were some highlights?
I remember really utilizing Mark Wong Nark tops and pants [on Buffy]. The pants were great because they were form-fitting and stretchy. She could wear her little ankle boots with the slight chunky heel. Oh my god, do you remember those boots that they wore back then? They had square toes and chunky heels.
Please do not bring those back. I remember her bra straps would show through her tank top. So a lot of the fans of age starting drinking games. They would take a drink of a beer or a shot of whisky or whatever when they saw a bra strap. I would get fan mail about that and then people would try and figure out what the hidden dark meaning was, which was nothing.
Definitely her leather jackets. I think the Buffy quintessential fight look — leather jacket, low-cut top, push-up bra, her cross pendant — that was a staple look and it's still referred to today.
Like, 'oh, that's a Buffy Outfit. Dark Willow.
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