Trivia Section Three
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lady_windermereBuffy the Vampire Slayer Mag., Issue 71, April 2005.
11) If it hadn't been for age restrictions for the actors working irregular hours, another actress might've been cast as Buffy ahead of Sarah Michelle Gellar. "The only other person, for me, who was a contender for Buffy that I had to eliminate immediately was Katie (Dawson's Creek) Holmes," notes Buffy casting director, Marcia Shulman. "[But] because of the night shoots and length of hours [and because] Katie was not yet 18....I couldn't put her up for the part."
Katie went on to star alongside Marc Blucas in the film First Daughter. It's a bit like Season Four might've been, only set in the White House.
12) The distrucition of the orginal Sunnydale High School for "Graduation Day, Part Two" didn't win the Buffy crew any friends. Sound and vibrations from the explostions, filmed at Torrance High School, California, woke up the many residents and set off car alarms, causing locals to ban and further Buffy episodes from filming there. Producer Garth Davis revealed: "Unfortunately, when we warned [the resedents of Torrance] we were going to blow it up, we neglected to say when, and when it went up at 5am in the morning...Torrance is still upset with us actually." The crew where eventually allowed to return nearly three years later. "We've already heard of one phone call from irate lady saying 'You should be punished for what you did three years ago,'" Gareth noted at the time.
13) You knew that writers/producers Marti Noxon and David Fury have both made cameo appearances in episodes of Buffy singing in "Once More, With Feeling" and "Selfless", but did you know that Jane Espenson briefly appears a sa lunch lady in "Brand Candy" and Andy Hallett (Lorne from Angel) can be seen sitting at teh back of the UC Sunnydale lecture hall in a scene from "Hush"? Joss Whedon's only Buffy cameos are as the radio announcer in "I robot, Jane" and overdubbing Angel's heavy breathing druing the sex scene flashback in "Innocence". He was too embarress to ask David Boreanaz to do it!
14) Angel, Lyle and Tector Gorch and Pike (from the Buffy movie) are all named after characters from the classic Sam Peckinpah film "The Wild Bunch" - a favourite of Joss Whedon's and while it wasn't the inspiration for the characters name, did you know that the late, lamented Queen Mother was affectionately known as Buffy?
15) Everyone knows that Buffy's address it 1630 Revello Drive, but Giles address was only revealed reciently, when Fox auctioned off his $10,000 cheque to Buffy in "Life Serial". The address on that is 3441, Oakhurst Lane, Sunnydale, California. Although you cannot see all of Giles zip code on the cheque it starts 500, which contradicts the Sunnydale Zip code 95037 seen on Buffy's college rejection letter in "As You Were". Mind you that claims she lives at 1630 Crestview! Giles banks at the City Trust & Savings Bank on the corner of Third and Main, by the way.
11) If it hadn't been for age restrictions for the actors working irregular hours, another actress might've been cast as Buffy ahead of Sarah Michelle Gellar. "The only other person, for me, who was a contender for Buffy that I had to eliminate immediately was Katie (Dawson's Creek) Holmes," notes Buffy casting director, Marcia Shulman. "[But] because of the night shoots and length of hours [and because] Katie was not yet 18....I couldn't put her up for the part."
Katie went on to star alongside Marc Blucas in the film First Daughter. It's a bit like Season Four might've been, only set in the White House.
12) The distrucition of the orginal Sunnydale High School for "Graduation Day, Part Two" didn't win the Buffy crew any friends. Sound and vibrations from the explostions, filmed at Torrance High School, California, woke up the many residents and set off car alarms, causing locals to ban and further Buffy episodes from filming there. Producer Garth Davis revealed: "Unfortunately, when we warned [the resedents of Torrance] we were going to blow it up, we neglected to say when, and when it went up at 5am in the morning...Torrance is still upset with us actually." The crew where eventually allowed to return nearly three years later. "We've already heard of one phone call from irate lady saying 'You should be punished for what you did three years ago,'" Gareth noted at the time.
13) You knew that writers/producers Marti Noxon and David Fury have both made cameo appearances in episodes of Buffy singing in "Once More, With Feeling" and "Selfless", but did you know that Jane Espenson briefly appears a sa lunch lady in "Brand Candy" and Andy Hallett (Lorne from Angel) can be seen sitting at teh back of the UC Sunnydale lecture hall in a scene from "Hush"? Joss Whedon's only Buffy cameos are as the radio announcer in "I robot, Jane" and overdubbing Angel's heavy breathing druing the sex scene flashback in "Innocence". He was too embarress to ask David Boreanaz to do it!
14) Angel, Lyle and Tector Gorch and Pike (from the Buffy movie) are all named after characters from the classic Sam Peckinpah film "The Wild Bunch" - a favourite of Joss Whedon's and while it wasn't the inspiration for the characters name, did you know that the late, lamented Queen Mother was affectionately known as Buffy?
15) Everyone knows that Buffy's address it 1630 Revello Drive, but Giles address was only revealed reciently, when Fox auctioned off his $10,000 cheque to Buffy in "Life Serial". The address on that is 3441, Oakhurst Lane, Sunnydale, California. Although you cannot see all of Giles zip code on the cheque it starts 500, which contradicts the Sunnydale Zip code 95037 seen on Buffy's college rejection letter in "As You Were". Mind you that claims she lives at 1630 Crestview! Giles banks at the City Trust & Savings Bank on the corner of Third and Main, by the way.
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Date: 2007-02-14 10:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-02-14 03:37 pm (UTC)And... Katie Holmes? What crack was the casting director smoking? I'm glad KH did not get the role. Can you imagine if she had gotten the role?
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Date: 2007-02-14 05:33 pm (UTC)I don't know KH, never seen her in anything! Not my type of things really.