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[Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt] pushed me out of my comfort zone [in Buffy The Vampire Slayer ].

Julie Benz

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Julie Benz
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: May 1
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Julie M. Benz
Julie Marie Benz
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That movie [Jawbreaker] was so much fun to shoot. We were all in our mid-20s at the time, playing high school students. Which was the point. It was the point of the film to hire older actors to play high school students. But we had a blast.
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Playing Amanda [in Defiance] was a wonderful opportunity for me. She was strong, dynamic, a complete badass, not defined her relationship with a man. She could hold her own. I really loved her.
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I had to do some emergency cram sessions with the dialogue coach on set [of the Punisher: War Zone]. But it was fun, because every actor on that movie had to do an accent, so we were all talking the whole time in our accents.
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I'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person.
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I've been an actor for 30 years, so I pretty much know how to do the basics of a fight without hurting anybody.
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