A REBOOT of Buffy The Vampire Slayer is reportedly within the works with the unique forged more likely to return.

After beforehand vowing by no means to make a comeback as Buffy Summers, Sarah Michelle Gellar has apparently had a change of coronary heart.

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With blood-sucking baddies, age hole romances and lesbianism, it was the 90s supernatural sequence that packed numerous chunk.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer earned cult standing amongst many followers, however loads has occurred because it first aired a long time in the past.

Nonetheless, hassle has blighted the celebs of Buffy all through the years for the reason that present got here to an finish.

From scandalous affairs to saucy snaps that went unsuitable, legal convictions and one tragic untimely loss of life, we reveal what occurred subsequent to the forged.

Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy Summers

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Enjoying Buffy Summers helped flip Sarah Michelle Gellar right into a Hollywood main woman.

She went on to bag roles in Merciless Intentions, Scooby Doo, The Grudge and Scream 2.

She additionally made numerous TV cameos together with in The Simpsons, American Dad, Intercourse And The Metropolis, Star Wars Rebels and The Huge Bang Concept. 

Away from the cameras, the 47-year-old has been married to Freddie Prinze Jr – who performed Fred within the Scooby-Doo movies – for a decade and has two kids, Charlotte and Rocky.

In 2018, Sarah got here below fireplace when she shared saucy lingerie pictures on Instagram and mentioned she would put the snaps round her home “as a reminder to not overeat” on Thanksgiving.

Consuming dysfunction teams claimed her feedback voiced damaging ideas about meals and glamourised being “skinny”, and he or she later apologised.

Final yr, Sarah joined a variety of actors who referred to as out Buffy creator Joss Whedon for allegedly making a “poisonous” surroundings and verbally abusing forged – which he has adamantly denied.

On Instagram, she wrote: “Whereas I’m proud to have my title related to Buffy Summers, I don’t wish to be perpetually related to the title Joss Whedon.”

Regardless of beforehand vowing by no means to return to the present, she made an enormous U-turn and will reportedly reprise her function.

Deadline reviews that she is going to star in a pilot episode helmed by Oscar profitable director Chloe Zhao for streaming service, Hulu.

Nicholas Brendon – Xander Harris

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Nicholas Brendon, 53, who performed Xander Harris within the sequence, was rushed to hospital in August 2022,

This was after the actor suffered a second “cardiac incident” inside a yr.

His sister first revealed the well being scare however later confirmed he’s “doing effective”.

The information got here as an enormous shock to followers, who noticed snaps of the star on a stretcher wired as much as hospital machines.

The actors life took a flip for the more serious as he fought a prolonged battle with alcoholism and melancholy following the hit function.

Nicholas was arrested a number of occasions for offences together with vandalism, theft, property destruction, drug use and violence.

He is additionally had a number of rehab stints – together with after home violence circumstances.

Final yr Indiana police discovered a number of baggage containing “crystal/powder residue” in his automobile, together with some in secret compartments, after he was pulled over for driving erratically. 

Nicholas, who has been divorced twice, performed Kevin Lynch in Prison Minds and appeared in limited-release movies together with Huge Homosexual Love and Coherence.

The star’s sister linked his current coronary heart points to spinal surgical procedure in 2021 and claimed he suffered comparable issues after the operation.

Eliza Dushku – Religion Lehane

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Eliza Dushku was simply 16 when she landed the function of slayer Religion Lehane and needed to search authorized emancipation to work the lengthy hours required.

Already a profitable little one actor, she went on to work on motion pictures together with Convey It On, in 2000, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again, earlier than reuniting with Joss Whedon on the TV sequence Dollhouse.

However she struggled with drug and drink abuse from the age of 14 and, at one level, admitted her habit turned so extreme her brother banned her from seeing her younger niece. 

She has now been clear for over a decade.

In 2018, Eliza publicly accused stunt coordinator Joel Kramer of molesting her when she was 12 and dealing on the Arnold Schwarzenegger film True Lies.

She claims that after an grownup pal confronted Kramer, Eliza was injured in a stunt, breaking a number of ribs. Kramer denied the accusation of sexual misconduct.

In 2019, she was given an £8m settlement by CBS after being sacked from the TV sequence Bull over her allegations that the lead, Michael Weatherly, behaved inappropriately.

Weatherly was filmed making feedback about spanking Dushku over his knee, soliciting a threesome and alluding to sexual assault in his “rape van” however after she complained to producers she was fired.

Weatherly publicly apologised for the feedback.

The 44-year-old actress is married to businessman Peter Palandjian and so they share two sons, Philip, three, and one-year-old Bodan.

Alyson Hanigan – Willow Rosenberg

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Alyson Hannigan was shocked to land the a part of nerd-turned-powerful witch Willow Rosenberg as a result of her audition was “horrible” and he or she forgot all her strains.

Thankfully, it led to different large roles together with Lily Aldrin in How I Met Your Mom and band geek Michelle Flaherty within the American Pie franchise. 

Nonetheless, her half within the coming-of-age intercourse comedy movies usually leaves her cringing when followers quote her line: “This one time at band camp, I caught a flute in my p****.”

Alyson recurrently has to interrupt them mid-sentence as a result of she’s “terrified” of getting to elucidate what the intercourse act is to her two daughters.

The 50-year-old is married to Alexis Denisof, who was additionally in Buffy, regardless of him initially turning her down as a result of he didn’t wish to date a co-star.

David Boreanaz – Angel

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David Boreanaz performed Buffy’s fundamental love curiosity Angel, a vampire turned non-public investigator, and even bought his personal eponymous spin-off.

He went on to star within the music video for Dido’s 2003 hit White Flag and performed Seeley Sales space within the drama Bones for 12 years.

In 2010, David’s private life got here below scrutiny when it emerged he had an affair with Tiger Wooden’s alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel.

The 55-year-old’s spouse Jamie Bergman was pregnant with their second little one on the time however he claimed it saved his marriage.

He instructed TV Week that she was initially “indignant” however the fling served as “a bonding expertise in the long term”.

David has continued to behave, together with within the army drama SEAL Crew, and runs the nail polish enterprise Chrome Ladies along with his spouse.

Emma Caulfield – Anya Jenkins

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For 5 years Emma Caulfield, now 51, performed Anya Jenkins – a vengeance demon who turned human.

She supplied comedian reduction as a result of her character being so blunt and likewise having a worry of rabbits. 

After Buffy, she starred in a number of movie flops earlier than returning to TV within the reveals Prime Suspect, As soon as Upon A Time, Robotic Rooster and most not too long ago Marvel’s WandaVision, final yr.

Away from the cameras, she ended her four-year marriage to Cornelius Grobbelaar in 2010 and 6 years later, gave beginning to a daughter with now husband Marke Leslie Ford.

James Marsters – Spike

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James Marsters performed Spike, who had one of many present’s most dramatic transformations – from seasoned vampire slayer killer to Buffy’s ally, love curiosity and saviour. 

Nonetheless, he claimed creator Whedon was “pissed off” by the peroxide blond bloodsucker’s recognition as a result of he needed to kill him off and, in a single occasion, allegedly pushed him in opposition to a wall and yelled at him.

Later, the 62-year-old spoke out when Torchwood star John Barrowman apologised for indecently exposing himself on TV units.

James admitted “I’ve seen his penis”, however whereas he didn’t consider it “made anybody really feel uncomfortable” he described it as “inadvisable”.

In his private life, the actor divorced Liane Davidson, the mom of his 26-year-old son, in 1997.

Six years later he adopted his niece, who’s now a maths PhD scholar, however the star hardly ever talks about her as a result of her disinterest in fame and present enterprise.

Final yr, James’ decade-long marriage to Patricia Rahman got here to an finish – the divorce was filed for shortly earlier than their tenth wedding ceremony anniversary. 

Charisma Carpenter – Cordelia Chase

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Charisma Carpenter’s character Cordelia Chase was a well-liked however shallow scholar at Sunnydale Excessive earlier than she determined to assist Buffy in her quest to rid the world of evil.

After being killed off, she appeared in one other supernatural present, Charmed, in addition to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sons Of Anarchy, and two Expendables movies as Lacy.

In 2004, she was photographed nude for Playboy and mentioned it was a bid “to really feel fascinating and horny” having gained weight whereas pregnant together with her solely son, Donovan, then two. She additionally mentioned it was “a great monetary transfer”.

Charisma, who was in AskMen’s High 99 Most Fascinating Girls record twice, was married for six years till 2008.

Final yr, the 54-year-old accused Whedon of being “casually merciless” and “abusing his energy” on Buffy, together with firing her from spin-off Angel when she turned pregnant, which he strongly rejected. 

Anthony Head – Giles

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Anthony Head performed the all-knowledgeable Giles, a watchful mentor and father determine to the vampire slayer.

After the present, he starred in Little Britain, Silent Witness, Spooks, Netflix hit The Stranger and a variety of movies.

The 70-year-old, who lives in Somerset, has been married to animal whisperer Sarah Fisher for 40 years and has two actress daughters.

Daisy has appeared within the movie Underworld: Blood Wars and Netflix’s The Sandman and Emily starred in The Inbetweeners and Emmerdale.

Seth Inexperienced – Daniel ‘Oz’ Osbourne

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Seth Inexperienced starred as guitar-playing teen Daniel ‘Oz’ Osbourne, who for a time was Willow’s boyfriend and later found he was a werewolf. 

He went on to look in a spread of TV hits from That ‘70s Present to Sesame Avenue, How I Met Your Mom, The Simpsons and Star Wars spin-offs

The 50-year-old’s performed Dr Evil’s son in Austin Powers and voices Chris Griffin in Household Man and Howard The Duck in Guardians Of The Galaxy.

Seth has been married for 12 years to actress Clare Grant, who he labored with on the reveals Robotic Rooster, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Holidays.

On a number of events, the star has taken flack for feedback about faith together with that God is “a delusion created over time to disclaim the concept we’re all chargeable for our personal actions”.

Michelle Trachtenberg – Daybreak Summers

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Buffy’s sister Daybreak Summers was performed by Michelle Trachtenberg and after the sequence, she went onto one other large present aimed toward youngsters.

She performed Georgina Sparks in Gossip Lady for 5 years till 2012 – and earlier this yr, it was confirmed she is going to star within the second season of the present’s revival.

Michelle, 39, additionally made claims about Whedon performing inappropriately on set in 2021 – he didn’t reply to her allegations.

Robin Sachs – Ethan Rayne

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Robin Sachs performed Ethan Rayne – a wizard who was the sworn enemy of Giles as a result of he helped out demons on an ‘odd-job’ foundation.

Away from Buffy, he took components in Ocean’s Eleven and sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest, which co-starred Sigourney Weaver and Tim Allen. 

The actor, who was twice divorced, sadly died from a coronary heart assault 4 days earlier than his 62nd birthday in 2013.

Tom Lenk – Cyrus / Andrew Wells

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Tom Lenk performed two components in Buffy – a vampire named Cyrus and Andrew Wells, a demon summoner who ultimately turned good.

After the present, the 48-year-old reunited with former co-star Alyson in How I Met Your Mom and had a variety of small components within the movies Date Film, The Quantity 23 and Transformers. 

Since then, he’s appeared in TV reveals Bones, NCIS: New Orleans, American Horror Story, Batwoman and he starred in a present on the Edinburgh Fringe Competition.