Buffy The Vampire Slayer Behind-The-Scenes Facts<\/p>\n
Yet the making of Buffy had some moments that rivaled some of its onscreen plots in terms of drama and intensity. Here are 18 surprising behind-the-scenes Buffy facts that might have you reconsidering the show in a whole new way.<\/p>\n
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was actually terrified of cemeteries.<\/p>\n
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Joss Whedon<\/a> threatened to quit after receiving criticism of Willow and Tara’s romance.<\/p>\n 3.<\/p>\n The season five finale, “The Gift,” was supposed to be the show’s final episode.<\/p>\n 5.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds<\/a> was offered Xander, but also declined.<\/p>\n 6.<\/p>\n Sarah Michelle Gellar originally auditioned for Cordelia Chase.<\/p>\n 7.<\/p>\n In the beginning, the show was on a serious budget and was largely filmed in a warehouse and in real schools.<\/p>\n 8.<\/p>\n The cast hated filming the library scenes.<\/p>\n 9.<\/p>\n Gellar and David Boreanaz sometimes ate gross things before love scenes.<\/p>\n 10.<\/p>\n Eliza Dushku’s grandmother called to complain about the show.<\/p>\n 11.<\/p>\n Sarah Michelle Gellar worked hard to preserve Buffy’s squeaky-clean image offscreen.<\/p>\n 13.<\/p>\n Gellar struggled while filming Season 6.<\/p>\n 14.<\/p>\n James Marsters originally auditioned with a Southern accent.<\/p>\n 15.<\/p>\n Marsters was devastated by what Spike did to Buffy in the episode “Crush.”<\/p>\n 16.<\/p>\n Joss Whedon has been the subject of harassment accusations.<\/p>\n 17.<\/p>\n Some stars found out about Gellar’s exit and the show’s ending from a magazine.<\/p>\n 18.<\/p>\n And finally, Dolly Parton was technically an executive producer.<\/p>\n Which of these facts surprised you the most? Are you excited for the upcoming reboot<\/a>? Let us know in the comments, and stream Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu<\/a> and Disney+<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffy The Vampire Slayer Behind-The-Scenes Facts Yet the making of Buffy had some moments that rivaled some of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":423836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[171,2095,173,20330,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-423835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-evergreen","10":"tag-tv","11":"tag-tv-shows","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115660676496286755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}