Buffy Reboot

If you are a Buffy fanatic, I suggest you stop reading now, because I will be discussing who I think would make a good Buffy in the new Whedon-less reboot.

Let the gnashing and wailing happen someplace else, because I think this will be fun.

I know that Whedon is the backbone of the franchise, but let's be honest: Buffy ran on television for seven seasons, twelve if you count the five seasons of Angel. This franchise has one of the most devoted fan followings ever, and the woman who pitched this and is taking charge of the reboot is a loyal Buffy denizen. A loyal Batman fan took over the franchise and raised it to new heights, why can't it be done for Buffy?

Oh, and lest we forget it was an awesomely bad movie before it was a dark and sinister television series. (emphasis on awesome)

I'm on board, so long as casting choices are made intelligently.

This time around, they're not going to look at Buffy in high school, but rather as an adult and in more adult situations (there are only so many locker room and library fight scenes you can dream up, right?) so the age range for Buffy is blown wide open, although we all know she's going to be on the youngish side and extraordinarily gorgeous, because that's how Hollywood rolls, right?

So, my number one choice in my fantasy cast for Buffy is Kristen Bell. This name is being batted around a lot, and I really like it. One, I like Kristen Bell. I think she's feisty. There's also something sharp about her, and I think Heroes only grazed the surface of her abilities (it's not that rom-coms have really stretched her, you know?)

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There's a lot of interest out there in Amanda Seyfried, though I cannot imagine where it comes from. Maybe because the Red Riding Hood reboot is more gory than we all expected? I don't know. I'm not holding my breath for her to be a big action star now, in any case...

If we're leaning toward something edgier and darker, I like Emma Stone. Though the blond cheerleader look is pretty important, and I don't know how she would look blond. Some people just can't handle it, you know? ;)

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One more name to think about it Yvonne Strahovski. I know she's pretty busy with Chuck, but she's fantastic at the kicking butt thing. And let's face it, she is gorgeous, and Buffy is supposed to be so disarmingly pretty that nobody thinks she can even defend herself. I know this is in a slightly different direction than Buffy normally goes, but this kind of satire is hard to pull off:

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And yet Strahovski does it very, very well.

So, those are my three picks for Buffy in the new reboot. Who do you want to see? And please, don't bother telling me that you don't want to see it, it's getting done whether we're on board or not, so let's have some fun with it, shall we?



Please post your ideas in the comments- whether you agree with me or not!