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3 Questions With Charisma CarpenterTelevision spinoffs are usually a dicey proposition--for every Bionic Woman or Frasier there's 10 Joanie Loves Chachis and Flos. Fortunately, fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer can count Angel as one of the few spinoff success stories. Both viewers and critics have been enthralled by the vampire hunk's move to the City of Angels and his unlikely new career as a private eye. They've also admired the growth of Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) from snooty cheerleader to Angel's dependable girl Friday. During a break from her hectic shooting schedule, Carpenter recently called Cinescape up from her Southern California home to talk about the spinoff, the development of her character and her busy life. Cinescape: Having a lead role in Angel means your workload has increased dramatically. How do you stay sane while working 16-hour days? Carpenter: I haven't figured it out yet. I'm just throwing myself in it; trying to go with the flow and I guess the adjustment will come. Cinescape: What are the differences between the Angel and Buffy sets? Carpenter: There's a lot fewer cast members on Angel and it's a more intimate group of people since there's so few of us and we work so many hours together. It's also a very male-oriented setting. Everyone's male, except for me, the camera operator, script supervisor and the women in wardrobe. There's like four women to every hundred men on the set. There's always boy-talk--"Did you see the game last night?" and stuff like that about baseball and football--so that's all different. Cinescape: Are there any particular storylines you hope to see Cordelia involved in? Carpenter: I had answers to that when I was on Buffy, "Oh I want to do more dramatic roles." But honestly on Angel, every single episode I get all this range. I get to be vulnerable, crying, funny, heroic, brave, resilent. I get to do it all. And I think it's probably the best learning ground I could possibly have. When the day comes and this show is over I will feel so much more accomplished as an actor because of the writing by our writers. It's very demanding.
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