Amy Acker joining FOX's "Drive"

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'Angel' Star Acker Goes Into 'Drive'
Actress joins fellow Minear favorite Nate Fillion

LOS ANGELES -- Tim Minear appears to be rounding up a cast of his
favorite stars for his new FOX drama.

It's being reported across the Internet that Amy Acker, one of the
stars of the Minear-produced WB series "Angel," will play a key role in
"Drive," set to premiere on FOX later this spring.

David B...

Yeah, me too.

altec3220...

Being reported across the Internet is now a valid source? Geeze.

Acker will play the abducted wife of landscaper Alex Tully, the
character played by Nathan Fillion, star of another Minear series, the
short-lived "Firefly."

The series focuses on an underground race across America and is
produced by Minear, Ben Queen and Greg Yaitanes. Other actors cast in
the ensemble include Kristin Lehman, Melanie Lynskey, Dylan Baker and
Taryn Manning.

Acker, the once-and-future Winifred "Fred" Burkle from "Angel," had a

Julie...

Anyone know what the "once-and-future" means?

DonnaB shallotpeel...

Reference to her existence at different points in time in different ANGEL
universes?

Anim8rFSK...

More likely that she was Fred, died, became Illyria, and then Illyria
was again becoming Fred when the show went off.

DonnaB shallotpeel...

Yeah, that's what I meant, except I would've added in revisiting years
before as they informed 'current' storyline.

fred_h_haddad...

Illyria was not becoming Fred. Illyria is a totally different person.

KC...

The "once" part makes sense, she once played Fred. The "future" part
sounds like she will play Fred at some point in the future and that's
not going to happen.

Julie...

Yeah, that was my take on it too. Got my hopes up there, for a minute.

recurring role on late-era "Alias" and also made a guest appearance
last season on "How I Met Your Mother."

lorincantrell...

Let's see....it's on Fox....it's produced by Tim Minear....it has
Nathan Fillion and Amy Acker....

That means I will very likely fall in love with this show immediatley,
which also means that Fox will put it on Friday nights, air it out of
order, and cancel it when it doesn't pull American Idol numbers the
first airing. This show is so doomed.