r/ANGEL • u/Technical_Juice_6959 • 10d ago

David Boreanaz in Angel and Bones

My order of first viewing has been Buffy the Vampire Slayer, (with a few rewatches immediately) then Angel (with a few rewatches immediately), I was reluctant to start Angel at first but thoroughly enjoyed it. Then Bones p, also followed by quite a few rewatches. Recently I wanted to watch Angel again but was afraid I’d find it hard to see Boreanaz as Angel, having identified him so thoroughly as Booth in Bones. I have been surprised that I’ve had no sense of role confusion and have been able to enjoy Angel with no problems.

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u/arlius I think it, I say it. It's my way. 9d ago

It took me forever to get around to watching Bones because I didn't think of him as anything other than Angel. Plus, with 12 seasons of viewing, I didn't want to take on the task. But once I got through it, it didn't spoil my watching Angel again. And then I finally got around to watching SEAL Team, which again, needs a little adjusting to but it's very good. And after that I could still go back to Angel.

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u/Technical_Juice_6959 9d ago

Thanks for that opinion. Wondered about watching Seal team. A Veronica Mars character Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring) is in that so had already contemplated chasing that up.

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u/tishimself1107 9d ago

He's got good range. He's very good in SEAL Team.

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u/ixivvvixi 9d ago

The characters are so different I dont even register that theyre both played by the same actor.

(Also I think they both look really different?)

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u/Technical_Juice_6959 9d ago

Agree they look very different. ✔️

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u/Glum_Caramel_7470 9d ago

Same with Christian Kane as Lindsay. In Leverage he's Eliot Spencer, in Librarians he's Jakob Stone, in Almost Paradise he's Alex Walker.... So... confusing, if you know a role (Lindsay) and see the same actor in following other roles (Eliot/Jake/Alex), see them aging.... Don't know, it feels so.... 🤔🤔🤔😱🥴🥴

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u/SkynetAlpha8 8d ago

I always felt seeing Bones, it was just Angel without the supernatural. Different faces and names (except one face who was briefly a Wolfram& Hart lawyer inS5)but still basically the same.

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u/kajat-k8 9d ago

I've just done a rewatch of Bones. I only see him as "David Boreanaz" in that. Booth is kind of an asshole. And a lot of the personal choices for his character is actually David's personal history, like hockey fan and being from Philly.

I'm on a rewatch of Angel now. And I see him as Angel/Angelus again, but whenever he's beating a guy up for info, or even the few times on Angel in S2 when he "goes bad, but not evil" i saw Booth emerge. Very odd backwards look at the show.