Seth Green Interview

By Mandy McCarthy
UltimateTV News

Who says that an actor can't be successful in both films and television? Seth Green has made a name for himself in the past few years as one of the up-and-coming television actors who are making a name for themselves on both the big screen and small screen.
Green stars on the popular WB series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" playing Oz, the sometime werewolf love interest of Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan). It was Green's portrayal of Oz and the chemistry he and Hannigan shared on-screen that led "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon to extend Green's initial contract of three episodes and making him a series regular this year. The chemistry shouldn't be surprising to fans who remember Hannigan and Green together as prepubscent dates in 1988's "My Stepmother Is An Alien."
Green tells UltimateTV that Oz is "less reactionary than I am. He can play guitar really well, drives a cool van and the chicks dig him."
Green, 24, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., and raised in Overbrook Park, the youngest of two children. He began his career in New York as a toddler, in TV commercials, including one with a then four-year-old Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") -- he was the senior at eight-years-old.
Green grew up surrounded by celebrities. At 10, he worked with Jodie Foster on "The Hotel New Hampshire," with Woody Allen on "Radio Days" (in which Green had the lead roles) and with Bette Midler in "Big Business" when he was 13.
Green went on to do many more films, including "Stephen King's It," "Pump Up the Volume," and "White Man's Burden" in the 1980's.
But it might have been the unmistakable "Ch-Ching" in a Rally's fast food commercial gave Green the by-now well-deserved recognition. When asked if he was still recognized for it, Green told fans at a recent UltimateTV chat, "Yeah. It's rare, but once in a while. It was pretty localized in the Midwest and it got out of hand and silly. That's what happens with a catch phrase. People get caught up with it."
The natural redheaded actor soon moved on to television, with roles in "Good and Evil," "The Byrds of Paradise," (with superhot "Party of Five" star Jennifer Love Hewitt) and "Temporarily Yours." He made memorble guest appearances on such shows as "Mad About You," "The Drew Carey Show," "The X-Files.", "The Wonder Years", "Beverly Hills, 90210" "SeaQuest DSV" and "Cybil"
Green not only is a television actor but a film actor as well with roles in the feature films, "Airborne," "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" co-starring Claire Danes ("My So-Called Life"), "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" with Mike Myers ("Saturday Night Live"), "Can't Hardly Wait" with Hewitt, and Melissa Joan Hart ("Sabrina The Teenage Witch"). In an ironic twist, he also was in the original movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with Kristy Swanson ('Early Edition") and Luke Perry ("Beverly Hills, 90210"), but like Kevin Costner in "The Big Chill," his role ended up on the cutting-room floor. Green played a vampire. Evidence of his presence is on the box to the video -- Green's clearly in the pictured scene.
When not working on the set of "Buffy," Green likes to read and see movies, his all time favorite thing to do besides seeing live concerts. He also enjoys shooting pool and hanging out with others.
Green can currently be seen in "Enemy of the State" with Gene Hackman and Will Smith ("Fresh Prince of Bel Air"), "Stonebrook" and the much-anticipated thriller "Idle Hands". Green has recently been asked to reprise his role of Scott Evil in the sequel to "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" and is expected to start shooting the film when production begins in the next few months.
Without a doubt, Green is on his way up to bigger and better things and we, here at UltimateTV, can't wait to see what the future holds for him.