Joss Whedon is known as the writer and director who loves to kill main characters. He’s also knowns as a god among tv and movie fans, but that’s neither here nor there right now.
Anyway, he’s somewhat tired of being called “the guy who kills people,” even though it’s super accurate!
Joss was doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread when someone asked him this:
“I’m sure that killing off a character you’ve invested a lot of time in can be tough. Have you ever found that doing this to a particular character has had a profound emotional affect on you? Who was the toughest kill?”
Which is one of the most fab questions to ask!
Here’s how Joss responded (with a major spoiler if you plan on watching the series):
I actually find it refreshing… delightful…. vaguely arousing….
Actually, I’m, no offense, very tired of being labelled as “the guy who kills people”. Shakespeare (he’s this hot new writer) does it way more than me, and everyone’s all excited about how he, as it were, holds a mirror up to nature, while I’m like the Jason Voorhees of the writing community. Unfair.
Also, probably Buffy’s Mom.
Buffy’s Mom! Who DOESN’T remember that episode??
The whole thing didn’t have ANY music in it, and it’s regarded as one of the best Buffy episodes of all time!
It’s no wonder he had a hard time with it — you can feel his emotion about it through the episode!
Hey Joss! Don’t worry about being called anything, you do the tough things that need to be done for incredible drama! We love it!
What was the hardest character for U to watch, readers??
[Image via WENN.]
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