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Date Posted: 14:57:47 02/28/02 Thu
Author: News4U
Subject: "Buffy and Angel will not be back together", marti nixon says

'Angel' moves on

But his new love upsets some fans
By Scott D. Pierce
Deseret News television editor


PASADENA, Calif. — The star and the executive producer of "Angel" have three words for the fans of the show who are up in arms over the budding romance between Angel (David Boreanaz) and Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter).
Get over it.
Accept the fact that Angel and Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) are not going to get back together. Not only have the characters moved on, but the shows are on different networks now.
"If you actually saw these two characters get back together, it would be so different . . . it probably wouldn't even work," Boreanaz said.
"It would be like getting together with your first wife," added executive producer David Greenwalt. "It would be a nightmare."
On the other hand, there definitely is something going on between Angel and Cordelia.
"There's definitely love a-bloomin' there. She is not yet aware of her feelings toward Angel, but Angel has become somewhat painfully aware that he has feelings toward her."
In Monday's episode (8 p.m., WB/Ch. 30) Angel, Cordelia and the gang attend the ballet. Angel discovers that he recognizes the troupe from the 19th century, and — through various mystical surprises — he and Cordelia get, um, involved.

David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter

It's an episode written and directed by "Buffy" creator and "Angel" co-creator (with Greenwalt) Joss Whedon.
Greenwalt said that he had reservations about pairing Angel with someone other than Buffy but that Whedon wanted to go ahead with Angel and Cordelia.
"He was, like, 'People move on. You have to move forward all the time,' " Greenwalt said. "What I do like about the show is that it does keep changing and we are full of surprises. And people do come and go as in real life. . . . People fall in love and people move forward.
Except for fans who post nasty messages on Web sites and send Greenwalt chocolate and peanut butter — meant to remind him that Angel and Buffy belong together forever.
"The idea that Angel and Cordelia would have feelings for each other — it scared us all and it sort of appeared out of the material," Greenwalt said. And it continues to scare Angel.
"He's going, 'Oh my (gosh), not her!' " Greenwalt said. "But, you know what? She's a champion. She's really changed."
It's not that Greenwalt doesn't appreciate the fans, but — as he correctly pointed out — if he and the other writers of both "Angel" and its parent show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," had listened to protests, some of the show's best developments would never have happened.
"I don't care what people think about it because I know we're doing the right thing," he said. "People didn't like Spike when he came on 'Buffy.' They didn't like when we got rid of Doyle. There's always things that people don't like, and part of that means you are doing your job correctly because that means people are identifying with the character and attached to the character.
"I feel less like 'Get over it' and more like 'This is what happens.' People get on with their lives. . . . But it doesn't mean you still don't pine for that girl you knew in high school."
But he could do without any more chocolate and peanut butter. "I'm afraid to open the jars because it could be anthrax," he said.

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