Fans looked forward to seeing these little cameos and Danny's became a very recognisable face. I wonder if that helped or hindered getting more substantial roles in Hollywood?

"I don't know if it helps or hurts," Danny admits, "because I never know if the people I am auditioning for are familiar with the show. The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it."

The auditioning process can often be somewhat unusual in itself and Danny has experienced some odd casting calls.

"My strangest auditioning experience was when I was reading for a TV show, and right when I started the audition, the casting director left the room and yelled at me from the hallway to keep reading.

"So I am sitting there with the reader saying my lines while the casting director is yelling from the hallway, �keep reading Danny, you're doing great.� By the time she came back in the room, I had finished the scene. The next day I was told that I had a call-back for the director - it was truly bizarre."

Towards the end of season three, Joss Whedon recognised Danny's potential as Jonathan and gave the actor a more substantial role in the controversial episode Earshot.

Having acquired the ability to read minds after being infected by a demon, Buffy mistakenly believes that Jonathan is about to vent his frustrations on the students of Sunnydale High School with the aid of a rifle. In fact, Jonathan is actually contemplating suicide and, in a powerful scene with Sarah Michelle Gellar, gets to show what it's like to be overlooked and under appreciated in life to the point where you finally snap.