Felicity Defers to Buffy's Brilliance
For the first time, Felicity's
Keri Russell is responding to some biting comments made by Buffy
the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar in a recent magazine
interview.
When asked her opinion
of the October Jane magazine cover story in which Russell revealed
details of her deflowering ("I lost it on the closet floor"), Gellar rolled
her eyes and groaned: "I'm not interested in when or how [actors] lost
their virginity. We give away too much information."
So, how does Russell feel
about getting a lecture from her WB sister? "I would have rolled my eyes,
too," she tells TV Guide Online. "I would be, like, 'Oh, my God!'" In fact,
the actress believes that Gellar- who very quietly has begun dating matinee
idol Freddie Prinze Jr.- is the quintessential spokesperson when
it comes to issues of privacy. "If anyone understands that kind of stuff,
she does," Russell says. "She's really private, and it's good."
Russell now admits she
shouldn't have gone all the way with Jane readers. "I was so open
and trusting and honest with everyone [back then]," she confesses. "I just
felt like I didn't have anything to hide, and I had never been burned before
so there was no reason for me not to be honest. All I can say is, I learn
every day."
Indeed, she does. Consider
Russell's cagey response to rumors that art is imitating life for her and
her Felicity leading man, Scott Speedman, whose Ben character
goes to great lengths to win her love on Wednesday's episode. "We are really
good friends, and we do hang out a lot," she says. "But I also was sighted
with [one of my girlfriends] and some magazine said, 'Keri Russell seen
at a restaurant with hot Asian rocker chick.' So they also think that I'm
dating my Asian girlfriend."
-Michael Ausiello