27 things you never knew about Buffy (5)

1. Britney Spears was originally in line to play dream girl robot April in the season five episode 'I Was Made To Love You', but scheduling conflicts forced her to drop out and actress Shonda Farr took the role instead.

2. An alternative first season could have featured Katie Holmes as Buffy and Ryan Reynolds as Xander. Both were offered the roles, with Reynolds reportedly turning it down because he couldn't bear to relive his own grisly high school experience.

3. Buffy's death was foreshadowed two full seasons in advance. In the season three finale 'Graduation Day', Buffy and Faith share a coma dream in which Faith cryptically says: "Little Miss Muffet, counting down to 730". At this time, Buffy had two years (730 days) left to live. The line also foreshadows the arrival of Dawn, who is likened to Little Miss Muffet a few times throughout season five.







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4. One of the weirdest bits of behind-the-scenes drama involved stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt, who was fired from the show and subsequently took to fan message board The Bronze in order to vent his frustrations about Joss Whedon and Sarah Michelle Gellar. He did so by writing an elaborate metaphorical story set in a medieval kingdom, in which he cast himself as a humble knight, Whedon as the corrupt king, and Gellar as a spoiled princess. You can read the entire baffling thing, along with Whedon's response, here.

5. Joss Whedon has described Oz (Seth Green) as "the only character that was really ever based on somebody I knew", the person in question being a very cool college acquaintance who played guitar.

6. Before Willow began dating Tara in season four, Whedon had toyed with the idea of making Xander gay instead.


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