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10-04-2022, 08:39 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/buffy-wandavision-star-emma-caulfield-141657348.html
Joey Nolfi
Tue, October 4, 2022 at 7:16 AM
Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Emma Caulfield has revealed she has multiple sclerosis in a new interview, also confirming her return to the WandaVision universe in Kathryn Hahn's upcoming Marvel series Agatha: Coven of Chaos.
The 49-year-old actress, who appeared opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar on Buffy as the ex-demon Anya between 1998 and 2003, told Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/emma-caulfield-ford-ms-interview) she was diagnosed with the neurological condition that disrupts communication between the brain and the body, resulting in the immune system eating at the protective covering of nerves.
"Once upon a time, I had zero health problems," Caulfield told the publication. "Back in 2010, I was working on [executive producer] Marti Noxon's Gigantic, and prior to starting that job, I woke up one morning and the left side of my face felt like there were a million ants crawling on it. That feeling when you've sat in a position too long? ... The feeling's gone and it's coming back like a rush of blood. Then it just sort of went, I wouldn't say completely numb, because I could still scratch it and feel my nails. But it was extremely dull. I went to my acupuncturist, and he was like, 'I don't know, man. Maybe you have Bell's palsy?'"
At the insistence of her acupuncturist, Caulfield went to a neurologist for an MRI. She received the call confirming her MS diagnosis when she returned to set.
"I had five minutes down or whatever. And he was like: 'You have MS.' Just like that," she recalled. "It was like an out-of-body experience. I'm like, 'No, that's not possible.' I'm like, 'What are you talking about?' He was very matter-of-fact about it. 'Well, you can get a second opinion…' It was literally a kind of nightmare…. It turns out it was something major. Then I was like, 'I've got to go to work now.' What do I do?"
Caulfield promised she's feeling "OK right now," saying, "Truthfully, my attitude is not crumbling under the fear of 'what if' or 'what can,' or 'what has' for other people. I just have to keep going."
After starring in four episodes of WandaVision as Sarah Proctor (who appears in Wanda Maximoff's black-and-white fantasy world as her neighbor Dottie Jones) opposite Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch, Caulfield is set to reprise her role in Hahn's spin-off series centering on her villainous witch, Agatha Harkness.
Speaking to EW for Buffy's 20-year reunion in 2017 (https://ew.com/tv/2017/03/29/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reunion-ew-cover/), Caulfield speculated on why the series became such a popular cultural staple among young people throughout its run.
"It just touched on really basic human emotions, like a life blueprint," she told EW. "'I don't have any friends. I feel isolated.' Those sort of core human emotions."
Joey Nolfi
Tue, October 4, 2022 at 7:16 AM
Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Emma Caulfield has revealed she has multiple sclerosis in a new interview, also confirming her return to the WandaVision universe in Kathryn Hahn's upcoming Marvel series Agatha: Coven of Chaos.
The 49-year-old actress, who appeared opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar on Buffy as the ex-demon Anya between 1998 and 2003, told Vanity Fair (https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/emma-caulfield-ford-ms-interview) she was diagnosed with the neurological condition that disrupts communication between the brain and the body, resulting in the immune system eating at the protective covering of nerves.
"Once upon a time, I had zero health problems," Caulfield told the publication. "Back in 2010, I was working on [executive producer] Marti Noxon's Gigantic, and prior to starting that job, I woke up one morning and the left side of my face felt like there were a million ants crawling on it. That feeling when you've sat in a position too long? ... The feeling's gone and it's coming back like a rush of blood. Then it just sort of went, I wouldn't say completely numb, because I could still scratch it and feel my nails. But it was extremely dull. I went to my acupuncturist, and he was like, 'I don't know, man. Maybe you have Bell's palsy?'"
At the insistence of her acupuncturist, Caulfield went to a neurologist for an MRI. She received the call confirming her MS diagnosis when she returned to set.
"I had five minutes down or whatever. And he was like: 'You have MS.' Just like that," she recalled. "It was like an out-of-body experience. I'm like, 'No, that's not possible.' I'm like, 'What are you talking about?' He was very matter-of-fact about it. 'Well, you can get a second opinion…' It was literally a kind of nightmare…. It turns out it was something major. Then I was like, 'I've got to go to work now.' What do I do?"
Caulfield promised she's feeling "OK right now," saying, "Truthfully, my attitude is not crumbling under the fear of 'what if' or 'what can,' or 'what has' for other people. I just have to keep going."
After starring in four episodes of WandaVision as Sarah Proctor (who appears in Wanda Maximoff's black-and-white fantasy world as her neighbor Dottie Jones) opposite Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch, Caulfield is set to reprise her role in Hahn's spin-off series centering on her villainous witch, Agatha Harkness.
Speaking to EW for Buffy's 20-year reunion in 2017 (https://ew.com/tv/2017/03/29/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reunion-ew-cover/), Caulfield speculated on why the series became such a popular cultural staple among young people throughout its run.
"It just touched on really basic human emotions, like a life blueprint," she told EW. "'I don't have any friends. I feel isolated.' Those sort of core human emotions."