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Since LJ refused to let me post this yesterday, I am now posting it!
My dream came true yesterday. I was in the chat with SMG and my question got answered. It wasn't the question I wanted answered, but it was a question nonetheless! My question is in color, and so is SMG's reply to my answer! I also included the chat with Jason Behr!
LIVE MSN CHAT WITH SMG AND JASON BEHR
DishDiva says: Welcome to MSN Live!
DishDiva says: Do you have a question for Sarah Michelle Gellar?
DishDiva says: Click the submit question button and enter it now!
DishDiva says: GREAT questions!!
DishDiva says: I saw "The Grudge" a few weeks ago---scary stuff!
DishDiva says: I watched the movie with my hands over my eyes
DishDiva says: Scared critic.
DishDiva says: Welcome to MSN Live! This afternoon we pleased to welcome actress Sarah Michelle Gellar who stars in the new film "The Grudge."
DishDiva says: Sarah, welcome to MSN Live!
MSNLive_Star says: Thank you for joining us.
DishDiva says: We have so many questions, let's get started!
e2matoe in Onstage_1 asks: What was it like to work in Japan? Was it fun to experience new things around town?
MSNLive_Star says: Japan was amazing, I couldn't have asked for a more beauiful country with nicer people. I loved every minute of it.
smellycatgirl in Onstage_1 asks: which scene scared you the most while making "the grudge?
MSNLive_Star says: Goodness. I think any scene with Toshio or Kayako.
TarahP in Onstage_1 asks: Hello Sarah, what was your favorite part of the japanese culture? Also, favorite type of sushi?
MSNLive_Star says: There's so much to learn from the Japanese culture. It's just a beautiful culture based on tradition and the elder have to give. We live in a throw away society and I loved the pride of their history and beliefs.
XxbuffylivesxX in Onstage_1 asks: I saw a recent interview where you said that "The Grudge" is unlike mainstream American horror film, even scarier. How so?
MSNLive_Star says: Just in the mannor in which it's filled. I think Hollywood horror has become formulaic. They follow a certain formula and in this movie, all the rules have changed.
Angeliyc1 in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah do you think that you will stick to movies or will you one day return to the small screen (ie television) we all miss buffy LOTS
MSNLive_Star says: Thanks, I miss Buffy a lot. It just depends. The schedule on a 1 hour television show is so grueling, I just can't do it right now. But I never say never.
amorfati85 in Onstage_1 asks: Hi Sarah. At first I would like to say hello to you from your Finnish fans. We love you very much. Then to the question. Southland Tales... Interesting cast and interesting -- well everything. Can you tell us something about your role in this movie?
MSNLive_Star says: It's so hard to explain. Richard Kelly is such an incredible genius. I will say my character is a porn star.
DishDiva says: Ok, then.
HPD2004 in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah besides Japanese, what other languages do you know and which language would you like to learn? How about spanish? Lol, "Te quiero Sarah!" ... "That means, I love you Sarah".
MSNLive_Star says: Unfortunately I'm still working on English. I take a little bit of Spanish but unfortunately in America we don't stress learning new languages at a young age and my brain is too old. (laughs)
DishDiva says: Sarah, when I met you a few weeks ago, I caught your great sense of humor. Have you thought about doing a comedy?
DishDiva says: Evil comedy I think you would be good at.
MSNLive_Star says: I love comedy but my comedy is esoteric that it has to be the right thing.
playground_1 in Onstage_1 asks: How did your cast help you make a good movie?
MSNLive_Star says: The cast is amazing. When you're that far away from home and isolated, they are the first people you rely on. To have a cast this diverse just made it more fun. We were able to spend time together and days off exploring.
mialove83 in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah, you are such an inspiration to me. You're always so optimistic and eager to learn. What is the trick to staying so positive in a career full of criticism?
MSNLive_Star says: That's a really good question. Ya know, my mother always taught me to believe in myself, and the key to others believing in you is self confidence. Life is too short to live it with the glass half empty.
only_spuffy16 in Onstage_1 asks: First, I'd like to tell you that you're a real model for our generation and for me and the question is How do you prepare yourself when you play a role in a movie?
MSNLive_Star says: It just depends and what's asked of you. Sometimes it's something you can relate to and other times, you have to have faith in the script and director. Obviously playing a foreigner in Japan wasn't a stretch.
Tallgent75 in Onstage_1 asks: Hey, Sarah! Congrats on The Grudge and landing Southland Tales. Twisted fun times for you ahead. My questions is: What's been your greatest acting challenge from an emotional standpoint thus far, and how did you get yourself into that scene?
MSNLive_Star says: I think each job, or hopefully each job, presents it's own challenges. You learn with each job. Catherine in "Cruel Intentions" and "Buffy" have their own emotional ups and downs. I would hate to pick one. If I had to pick one it would be "The Body" the
MSNLive_Star says: episode where Buffy's mother died.
smgpixcomfrenchie in Onstage_1 asks: How was it to make the animated project, Happily N’Ever After with Freddie, and when will you promote it?
MSNLive_Star says: Animated movies are fun because as an actor you have to get up early and get makeup done. There's something to be said for going to work in a baseball cap. Animated movies take such a long process.
DarkPrincess1984 in Onstage_1 asks: Many many greetings from Austria! what are your plans for the future? And are you content with your past?
MSNLive_Star says: Yes. I am content with my past. I believe life is a series of lessons and it's our job to learn from them. If you can take from them, they are worth experiencing. As for my future, I take it one day at a time.
KissMeJane in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah as you've shown yourself to be a giving person, could you tell us the charities that are most important to you?
MSNLive_Star says: I'll tell you some of my favorites. I love the Make a Wish Foundation and Starlight Foundation that grant terminally ill children wishes. Also Starbright that hooks up home bound kids to the internet. Project Angelfood who takes food to homebound people.
Bebechick88 in Onstage_1 asks: Thanks for coming! Where do you get your great fashion sense? You're my idol!!
MSNLive_Star says: Habitat for Humanity and anything to do with breast cancer like Young Survivor's Coalition. The thing about charities is they are all important and you can always make a difference.
MSNLive_Star says: I just love clothing and fashion. I love vintage pieces. It comes from passion. Passion for fashion. (laughs)
eda_turkish in Onstage_1 asks: Do you still have contact to Jason, I mean are you two friends or are you too busy to meet?
MSNLive_Star says: I think he's just two floors below me in the hotel, so that's a no. (laughs) We're having dinner with me as soon as his chats over, so don't forget to ask him lots of important questions about me. (laughs)
Sweetjam79 in Onstage_1 asks: What makes you the happiest at this time in your life?
MSNLive_Star says: Pretty much everything. I'm pretty happy these days. I don't think there's one specific thing that makes me happy.
DishDiva says: Does acting still make you as happy as when you first started?
MSNLive_Star says: Oh it makes me happier. I love what I do and I think it's great I get to get up every morning and do a job I love. I wouldn't do it if I didn't love it.
douhaveagrudge in Onstage_1 asks: Will you do some promo for "The Grudge" in Europe?
MSNLive_Star says: Yes I will. But I don't know exact dates and specifics. I think they keep me on a needs-to-know basis. (laughs)
ILuvJasonBehr3 in Onstage_1 asks: Jason is one of my favorite actors. I read that while in Japan you guys watched Roswell, did you enjoy watching it?
MSNLive_Star says: They stole my e-mail address! (laughs)
MSNLive_Star says: I had seen it when it came on the first time in Japanese. Anything that is in another language is pretty funny.
DishDiva says: Do you have a choice in who voices your characters?
lmblack21 in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah you once said you'd like to do a play,maybe in the West End, London. Is that still something you'd like to do and what would it be?
MSNLive_Star says: No you don't. It just goes abroad, but certain people have the same person do their voice in all their movies like Cameron Diaz in "Shrek."
DishDiva says: Make sure you check out "The Grudge" this weekend!
MSNLive_Star says: I think you can jump from mediums easily, tv, movies, plays. I would love to do a play, but it would have to be the right thing. Something origional.
DishDiva says: I hear you have big plans for tonight.
MSNLive_Star says: We are hosting a midnight screening of the film and they are having a costume contest. So I'm obviously coming as the little Japanese boy. (laughs)
sithpanther in Onstage_1 asks: Where there many differences between "The Grudge" and it's Japenese counterpart film?
DishDiva says: You can also start entering your questions for Jason Behr who will be onstage in 10 minutes.
MSNLive_Star says: There are certainly obvious differences like the blonde girl in the new one. (laughs) There has been some storylines to support the American actors but we stayed true to the story. For this story to remain true it needed to be made in Japan with the same
Spoiledsquishy in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah, many stars have been criticized by the media as being too fat, or too thin. What advice can you give to young people to avoid that stereotype?
MSNLive_Star says: director. This is the first time a Japanese movie has been remade in for American audiences with the same director.
MSNLive_Star says: I believe it's a hard time and you have to remember to be healthy. There is no healthy crash diet. Your body needs every nutrition to remain healthy.
MSNLive_Star says: When you look at images in magazines you have to remember there's so much digital work that goes into that. It's important to not base a realistic image on a picture. It's just not realistic.
EvilFirePixie8 in Onstage_1 asks: Greetings from SMGfan.com! You've said you won't be singing in Southland Tales. Why not? You've got a great voice.
MSNLive_Star says: Oh you are too kind! I will leave that only for the shower.
DishDiva says: I remember though the singing episode you did on "Buffy" and you guys did a great job with that.
MSNLive_Star says: That was rough. It was a huge undertaking and we only had three weeks and I'm such a perfectionist, three weeks was not long enough for me! But we were really proud of the outcome.
SweetPhotoQueen in Onstage_1 asks: Will you happen to be at the next Comic Con? (Since I missed the last one..
MSNLive_Star says: I don't know, I haven't been invited yet.
Ivy1181 in Onstage_1 asks: Loved your pictures in Entertainment Weekly, I guess you must be a big horror movie fan.
MSNLive_Star says: I love any movie that makes you feel. I love being scared. I love going to the movies and jumping and spilling my popcorn. Thank you for the comment on the pictures.
Natali424x in Onstage_1 asks: Hi Sarah!! I love you so much as an actress, and you're a great role model. Do you ever happen to watch Buffy re-runs on your downtime? How does it make you feel?
MSNLive_Star says: I don't watch them that often because if I have an hour free I have other things I need to do with my time. But sometimes I will flip it on, it just makes me proud.
Watcher-97 in Onstage_1 asks: Hi Sarah. As you traveled through Japan, was there any one place that was more special to you than all the others?
MSNLive_Star says: Every experience was so special I could never pick one. I did get to meet a Japanese sword maker, the one that made the ones in "The Last Samurai" and if I had to pick one I would pick that. He's close to being named as a national treasure.
DishDiva says: And he was the one who guided you towards selecting the sword for Freddie?
MSNLive_Star says: Yes.
Buffy_Freak0726 in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah, I just want to say that I am a huge fan of yours, have been since AMC. What I wanted to ask was how's married life? I will be having a Grudge party after the movie wanna come?
MSNLive_Star says: Goodness knows what country I'll even be in, but have a great party. Married life is great, thank you.
Chlorid1 in Onstage_1 asks: Will there be a sequel?
kingster208241 in Onstage_1 asks: Are you considering doing a sequel to the Grudge?
MSNLive_Star says: I don't know, depends on if everyone goes out and sees the first one, but no pressure. (laughs)
VmanNyc20 in Onstage_1 asks: Sarah I'm your biggsest fan my name is varun. What was your favorite movie?
MSNLive_Star says: I have quite a few. "The Princess Bride" and "South Park" the movie.
DishDiva says: What is your idea of a perfect day?
DishDiva says: Now is a great time to enter your questions for Sarah's co-star Jason Behr! He will be onstage in just a few moments!
MSNLive_Star says: I'm pretty lucky in my life. I have a lot of perfect days. I love to travel and sight see. I also love to be at home, walking my dog and spending time with friends and family. I also like to lay on the beach. I'm indecisive. (laughs) I need a perfect week
MSNLive_Star says: Thank you for all your support of this movie and I want to thank everyone.
DishDiva says: Sarah, thanks for joining fans on MSN Live to talk with fans about "The Grudge."
DishDiva says: Jason, welcome to MSN Live!
DishDiva says: Jason, there are fans here from around the world!
MSNLive_Star says: Thank you for having me. I will try to be as clean as possible.
SuperV-Man in Onstage_1 asks: Hello Jason, how did you and the other cast feel about being in a foreign location with foreign people with only each other?
MSNLive_Star says: It was fantastic. I have known Sarah for quite a while and I have a friend in Tokyo to travel around with. We got really lucky with this cast, we would all go out and explore as much as we could. We touched every pocket of Tokyo. I've seen Samurai swords being made, Sumo wrestling, shrines, and just got out and saw as much of Japan as I could with the time given.
DishDiva says: Did you develop a taste for any particular Japanese food?
MSNLive_Star says: I'm a big sushi eater anyways, being from Minnesota and all. (laughs)
MSNLive_Star says: I fell in love with so many things, Mochi, basically what it is is sticky rice paste wrapped around red bean paste and it tastes like a donut and it feels like a cloud. It's like heaven. You can pick them up at 7-11 or department stores. There in the department stores the basements are reserved for restaurants and you can get anything to eat down there. I would get some to eat and some to throw at people, depending on the mood I guess. (laughs)
Buffy_luvs_Spikey in Onstage_1 asks: Are you good at speaking Japanese? Your awesome!
MSNLive_Star says: Thank you, my Japanese is ok. I can order food and get around town. I can't discuss more than that. I would have to go and hang out there for a year at least. I know how to swear and when people are swearing at me, all the important stuff. (laughs)
Redhead4123 in Onstage_1 asks: Did you know Sarah, before you played Ford on Buffy?
MSNLive_Star says: Yes I did.
Dreaminbig3 in Onstage_1 asks: If you could describe Sarah with 3 words what would they be?
MSNLive_Star says: Force of nature.
Redemption841 in Onstage_1 asks: Hi Jason, which actors did you look up to growing up?
MSNLive_Star says: I grew up with all the charater guys Pacino, DeNiro, Brando. I would say the biggest influence was Paul Newman. He embodies and epitomizes a good person. He's good with his charities, been married to the same woman, has great salad dressing, and is a helluva an actor.
googi814 in Onstage_1 asks: What challenges you?
MSNLive_Star says: Communicating with a Japanese director that doesn't speak a lick of English. If you've seen "Lost in Translation" you'll see a hint of what we went through.
JenBlink82 in Onstage_1 asks: Hi Jason. I love your work. Did you or Sarah play pranks on each other during filming of The Grudge?
MSNLive_Star says: We did a couple of things. Sarah must have been bored at work and gussied up my trailer with Japanese porn. I walked into my trailer after lunch and saw this and a little man in the back of my trailer video taping it. I was more weirded out by the little man. I had to get her back and on one of the last days of work, she walked into her trailer and her trailer was filled with porn. She turned to me and said, "You can't get me back with the same thing I got you with, it's not funny." And on queue a goat
DishDiva says: Did she burst out laughing?
MSNLive_Star says: comes out of the trailer in a school boy necktie and takes a dump in her trailer. Let me tell you, it's not easy to find a goat in Japan. I had to wait and search a long time for that goat. She thought that was funny.
LatinaMami007 in Onstage_1 asks: Hi Jason, now that you have strayed from TV roles for the meantime, do you see yourself ever doing another television show in the future?
MSNLive_Star says: There are good stories left to be told whether it's on tv, in a movie, or on stage. I would gravitate toward those things so I would never say never.
Kalaya82 in Onstage_1 asks: For Jason., what are you own personal beliefs, if any, in the supernatural?
MSNLive_Star says: Let's see. I think the mind is a powerful thing when you're a child or adult. It can take you to places you're not prepared for. That's what this movie does, it takes you on a ride you weren't expected to take. When I was a kid, I had a lot of fears. I
smgpixcomfrenchie in Onstage_1 asks: Jason, I am happy to see you in a movie like "The Grudge." What are your next projects? Greetings from France.
MSNLive_Star says: grew up in Minnesota and I was scared of sharks in the lakes. When you're in the lake and something brushes up against you your mind goes to that place that says, "Oh s***! If there's going to be a shark in a lake it's going to be this one!"
MSNLive_Star says: Hello France! I had this movie called "Shooting Livien" an independent movie I shot in New York about a musician that is struggling with music, sanity, and John Lennon. He grew up listening to Lennon and was influenced by him. As he started to have
MSNLive_Star says: success he wonders if he's just ripping off his idol. I had to lose weight and try to sound and move as much as I could like Lennon. I drank a fish. It was an excuse to go crazy for a while.
gd_samantha in Onstage_1 asks: Jason, in the grudge, does your character die or does sarah's character save you?
MSNLive_Star says: I'd tell ya, but I'd have to kill you.
Shoboat7 in Onstage_1 asks: Hi Jason. Of all the actors out there, who would you most like to work with?
MSNLive_Star says: Absolutely! I would love to work with Jessica Lange or Sam Shephard, or both at the same time. I would love to work with Paul Newman, that would be a really great honor for me.
MSNLive_Star says: And then he could feed me and take me riding in his fast cars. (laughs)
frenchyJapyFan85 in Onstage_1 asks: Jason, thank you for coming here tonight, Hello from France! my question was: can you talk about your movie Shooting Livien, the shooting and the promoting? is it hard to do both the grudge and the promoting of SL?
DishDiva says: Is it hard to work on more than one movie at a time?
MSNLive_Star says: I'm actually talking about both movies at the same time because I'm excited about both of them. As far as shooting two movies at the same time, I don't have to do that.
DishDiva says: Your hosts today are Judy, Drew and Trish. If you have any questions about MSN Live, these are the hosts to ask!
e2matoe in Onstage_1 asks: You are a little spunky, what do you do to let off steam?
MSNLive_Star says: I go out and get lost. I just got back from Minnesota and I took a month off work and saw my friends and families, swung from birch trees, swam in lakes, my boys and I went up to north Minnesota on the coast of Lake Superior and was as rank and hooligan as we wanted to be.
HPD2004 in Onstage_1 asks: Jason, can you please tell us all how you began acting? Also, would you ever consider doing an action movie? Like maybe based upon a comic book hero--any favorites?
MSNLive_Star says: Apparently according to my mother I had a lot of energy as a child and to focus that enthusiasm she wanted to get me out of the house. I was climbing trees and breaking bones and a handful.
MSNLive_Star says: She wanted me someplace safe so she dropped me off at an acting studio. When she dropped me off she said if I liked it we could come back tomorrow. As soon as I hit the stage I knew.
nodrah_gib_ in Onstage_1 asks: Hi, was "The Grudge" a difficult film to shoot?
MSNLive_Star says: Besides the language difficulty in the beginning, it was easy. The crew was amazingly efficient. They worked at a lightening fast pace. The first scene was Sarah and I walking through the streets of Tokyo and saw people light incense at a cemetary. We took two takes. After the second take a crew member came up and said, "OK." and I'm looking around for the director and turn back around and see that all the equipment was already broken down. It was that kind of haste.
DishDiva says: So you have a party tonight. Looking forward to it?
DishDiva says: Have you seen the film with an audience yet? What is the creepiest part for you?
MSNLive_Star says: Yes. Absolutely. We're holding a midnight screening down in Chelsea. I can't wait for eveyone to see it. When you do something like this you know when to cover your eyes but I wasn't there for every shot. When I saw it for the first time with fresh eyes, it's amazing the ride they take you on. My big burly brother was sitting on the isle and I could hear him screaming like a girl and then he laughed at himself since he was just busted.
MSNLive_Star says: There's a moment in the movie where Katie is in the elevator and she experienced something she doesn't think she should have and you can feel her comfort and safety and you can see through the floors and who you're passing. Just as you breathe out, you
MSNLive_Star says: see the boy on the floor she passes and then he's on the next floor and the next floor. That for me was pretty telling, just when you feel safe to get back in an elevator.
DishDiva says: What is your idea of a perfect day?
MSNLive_Star says: The perfect day is about the company you keep. You can do anything anywhere.
DishDiva says: Jason, I know you need to get ready for your party tonight?
DishDiva says: What's your guilty pleasure at the movies?
MSNLive_Star says: Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you for being easy on me on my first time out. I hope everyone gets good sleep after the movie.
MSNLive_Star says: I take the box with popcorn and mix candy in it. We did this as kids, we would take pop machines and mixed all the sodas together and called it a suicide. So I do that with my popcorn and candy.
DishDiva says: Thanks to Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jason Behr for joining us on MSN Live to talk about their new film "The Grudge."