Beautiful Eliza Dushku Dishes on Dollhouse

Eliza Dushku stars in the series as one of the "dolls" Echo and the talented actress recently held a conference call where she discussed where the series will go for the rest of the season. Here's what she had to say.

I'm wondering, you know, how do you feel the direction of this season is different from the last one?

Eliza Dushku: Well, there's so much being cracked open and explored, especially with Echo having this new place that she's in, in terms of what we picked up from last year. She had all of the personalities downloaded into her in one swift punch, and they're not going away. So every pick up this year, she's still tapping into these personalities. Sometimes not, you know, it's not in her control, and other times it is. But, overall, she's just, she's really absorbing things from her engagements, and from the Dollhouse, and she's really becoming self-aware, but not necessarily as Caroline, but as Echo, as her own person. So it's definitely complicated. It's a little darker all around. We'll explore sort of some of the things, you know, the origins of some of the other dolls and the other characters. And then bringing in a bunch of guest stars and fabulous people coming in, so there's a lot of exciting stuff happening with those things as well.

What trouble with Echo run into in her attempts to save everyone?

Eliza Dushku: I'm sure every kind and all kinds because it's a Joss Whedon show, so I mean, even just, we're starting episode seven, and there are so many directions and so many layers, and it's just, it's all over the map. Of course, a main story line is Agent Ballard, who spent last season trying to get into the Dollhouse, and now that he's in and Echo's handler, he's working with her, and they may possibly be trying to bring the Dollhouse down from the inside out. Also, we get some back story with, for Dell and her superiors, and other Dollhouse's around the country and around the world, and just to give you an idea of how big the Rossum Corporation is, and some Summer Glau will join us and play a programmer from the D.C. Dollhouse, and we'll get an idea of the way the other houses are being run.

How does a Watertown (Mass.) girl become Joss Whedon's muse?

Eliza Dushku: That's such a funny, good question, and I have no idea. I literally remember when I made my audition tape for Buffy. I went to the Arsenal Mall. And I got my outfit at Contempo Casuals in the Arsenal Mall, and bought some, you know, put some safety pins in my jeans. And I remember telling whoever the clerk was that I was making a tape for Buffy, and they were so excited. And then I was actually emancipated by a Boston judge who was also a Buffy fan, so I could go out to LA and shoot Buffy, which obviously dealt with vampires who come out at night, and I was still technically a minor, so I had a great judge that emancipated me so that I could come and do the show. I was already out of high school at that time. I guess I always have gotten by with a little help from my friends, Boston and everywhere.