Amy Acker plays Beatrice in Joss Whedon’s new film Much Ado About Nothing, the Opening Night Film of this year’s Seattle International Film Festival. Acker’s Angel co-star Alexis Denisoff, along with Nathan Fillion and Clark Gregg joined Whedon in the Emerald City for the big event. Acker explains how Shakespeare has always been a part of the “Whedonverse” family of actors.
“This experience has really been amazing. People think it seems like such a stretch for Joss to be this but since I met him…like the first scene that I auditioned for on Angel was a scene he wrote that’s on the dvd extras that’s me, Alexis and J. And it’s a take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream so I kind of me Joss in this vain and it’s been really fun.”
Whedon shot the modern take on the romantic comedy in twelve days at his home. Acker said she and a group of fellow actors have been “inspired by Much Ado” and will attempt to shoot their own film with an original script in twelve days.
“Whedonverse” fans will enjoy seeing Acker share romantic scenes and a war of word with Alexis Denisof as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. Acker played Winifred “Fred” Burkle an Denisof was Wesley Wyndam-Pryce on Whedon’s supernatural series, Angel, a spin-off of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer.
Watch for Much Ado About Nothing in theaters this summer. Here’s the trailer courtesy Roadside Attractions:
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