Buffed Up Bios

Shy and bookish, but wise beyond her years, Willow
is a little boat sailing against the high school's current.
Her one true love, Xander, sees her only as one of his
"best buds," and ever it shall be thus. The other high
school boys don’t appreciate that she's a babe about to
happen, and it's their loss.

Alyson Hannigan has been acting since the age of
four in all different areas of show business. As a young
girl, she was seen in national commercials for
McDonald's, Six Flags Amusement Parks and Oreo
Cookies. She moved to the big screen with a featured
role as Dan Aykroyd's daughter in "My Stepmother Is an
Alien," which also starred Kim Basinger. Alyson has
made guest appearances on several popular TV shows,
including "Roseanne," "Touched By An Angel," and
"Picket Fences." She was a recurring star on the series
"Almost Home," and a regular on "Free Spirit," another
show with a supernatural bent -- it featured a witch
working as a housekeeper for a widower and his kids.

Q&A: The Important Stuff

UltimateTV: Who is your favorite actress?
Alyson: Jodie Foster. She's so good. Someone who
would take time off from a good career to go to
college and then come back. Wow.

U: And actor?
A: Steve Buscemi. He's so offbeat, such a weirdo, I
love him.

U: What's your favorite movie?
A: Toy Story. I'm slightly obsessed with Toy Story --
this was even before I met Joss. When I was a kid, I
would spend countless hours trying to sneak up on
my toys because I knew they had secret lives. I
was determined to catch them in the act, but I
never did.

U: What shows do you try to catch on a regular basis?
A: The X-Files and the Simpsons. The Simpsons are
very cool. The X-Files because it's a quality show
that's interesting.

U: Sticking with pop, let's talk music... favorite bands?
A: "I'm really into Cake right now. Songs... I will
survive. Rock and Roll Lifestyle. That's a great
one."

U: What do you like to do when you're not shooting?
A: Playing with my animals. Bike riding. Sports.
Doing stuff that's exercise but you don't know it's
exercise, like bike riding.

U: What about your character? Any similarities?
A: She's a lot smarter, bookwormy wise, computer
literate, and I'm not, so... I'm like her because we
look alike, she doesn't get all the guys, she's not
the most popular at school, she's just kind of in her
own little world. She has crushes on guys who
don't have crushes back on her.

U: What about the occult? Vampires? Witches? What's
your take on all this? A: I think it's interesting. I've
always been intrigued by vampires... Anything
that’s different from everyday normal blase people.
You know, they could exist. They might.

U: Tell us something memorable from your days on the
set?
A: There's so many. But they're 'you had to be
there' stories. There was this one time I had some
animal crackers but they were so stale. And I gave
them to George [Joss' assistant]. And he was trying
to be polite but they were so stale. And then Nick
(Xander) comes by and starts eating them and
didn't notice they were stale. I was crying I was
laughing so hard. Another time, we had this scene
where Nick and I are supposed to laugh
uncontrollably and Joss said if I couldn't do it, he
was going to bring some animal crackers and make
George eat them. But we sugared up and
everything was ok.

U: Anything else you'd like to tell viewers of the show?
A: Write to me, care of the WB.

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