Eliza Dushku Celebrates ‘Boston Common’ Cover
Eliza Dushku celebrates being on the cover of the spring issue of Boston Common held at the Liberty Hotel in Boston.
In the issue, the gorgeous star of Dollhouse talks about her Boston roots, the constant rumours about her love life, coming in third in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon – the same that Jennifer Lopez came in 5th – and other things.
BOSTON COMMON: What are your hopes for Dollhouse?
ELIZA DUSHKU: Well, when the idea for Dollhouse came up over a lunch with Joss [Whedon], we were talking about what it meant to be a young woman in society today. What are our struggles? What are our needs versus our fantasies? All we want to do is get people thinking about the human condition, to play around with those concepts and stories in these shows for an hour. All we ever hope is that we can tell these kinds of stories.
BC: You’ve worked with Whedon many times over the years [he also created Angel]. What makes him tick?
ED: He loves women, and that’s why he can study them and write them so well. Women are fascinating, and he gets that. I’m a feminist and my mother’s a feminist, and it’s important to me. I wouldn’t say it’s rare in Hollywood, but Joss is really a gem.
BC: Help us dispel a few rumors. We heard you decided, on a whim, to run a celebrity triathlon [the Nautica Malibu Triathlon, held in Malibu, California, in September], and without any training came in third, easily passing Jennifer Lopez.
ED: I’d heard about the triathlon, and I’d never done anything like it. And so I just did it. I have no clue why. JLo came in fifth, and I came in third, but I had no idea because I was already at the free breakfast they give you after the race. I was eating waffles and JLo came in, and she’s really sweet. She was like, “Eliza, what are you doing?” And I was like, “I’m eating waffles; what are you doing?” And she said, “Cindy Crawford is up on stage; she’s been calling your name for 15 minutes. You came in third; go get your medal!” I was like, “Shut up!” And I went and I got my bronze. I talked to my friend Mark Shanahan from the Boston Globe the next day and said, “Mark, you have to spread the word to all my teachers from high school who knew me as a kid smoking cigarettes that I’m making up for old times.”
BC: Are you in a relationship these days?
ED: No, I’m single. I’m working. I’m with my work. I’d be horrible to date right now.
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