July 12 2012
Recasting Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Pajiba lists their choices for the actors who should play the likes of Buffy, Oz, Spike etc in a big-screen version of the show.
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LadyJay | July 12, 06:05 CET
Ciella | July 12, 06:26 CET
Heres what I had before I gave up though
Drusilla
Aubrey Plaza
Buffy
Brittany Snow
Dawn
Analeigh Tipton
Willow
Jane Levy? Felicia Day?
Lockescythe | July 12, 06:26 CET
I can't really think of anyone who could play the internal multitudes that comprise Spike. Except James.
But Hayden Panatierre was my choice for Buffy. Is she too old now?
Xane | July 12, 06:27 CET
Krysten Ritter
Cordelia
Kat Dennings
Faith
Lockescythe | July 12, 06:33 CET
garyyager | July 12, 06:36 CET
| July 12, 07:10 CET
Chloe Moretz as Faith
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Ripper
Chord Overstreet as Xander
Ellen Page as Jenny Calender
Adam Sandler as Angel (just kidding)
alexreager | July 12, 07:21 CET
[ edited by Dana5140 on 2012-07-12 16:26 ]
Dana5140 | July 12, 07:26 CET
Jelly | July 12, 07:43 CET
RichiePalmer | July 12, 07:46 CET
LOVE Jennifer Lawrence for Buffy. Channing Tatum may be able to pull off the dramatic chops for Angel, although I've never seen him brood, and also he's Channing Tatum - a little overexposed to pull of the mysterious angle that David Boreanaz had in spades by being a newcomer.
Donald Glover would be a brilliant Oz... I never pictured him as Xander but he could definitely do it, that would be interesting.
Dominic Monaghan as SPIKE!? No. How about Benedict Cumberbatch? Although he couldn't do the Billy Idol 'do without looking ridiculous, he'd nail the complexity, humor, sexuality, and darkness of Spike. Or Tom Hiddleston. I seriously think he has the range that he could do Wesley or Spike brilliantly.
WhatsAStevedore | July 12, 07:49 CET
That is definitely how I feel about Buffy herself at least.
I think some of the older cast members could be well known people; Hiddleston as Giles would be great. I also think Radcliffe as Weasley would be hilarious.
ALSO: Young Aziz Ansari as Xander? He is too old now, but I want to see him in a more dramatic role because I think he would be brilliant. Also, watching The Newsroom, I want Dev Patel to be in everything.
[ edited by insistondoubt on 2012-07-12 18:26 ]
insistondoubt | July 12, 07:50 CET
alexreager | July 12, 08:17 CET
Jenifer Lawrence, as much as I like her, probably can't pull off the Buffy speak.
I really like Jena Malone and I could see her pull off Willow. Just watch her in Donnie Darko(also, please watch Donnie Darko) and I bet you could see her do Willow well. Still differently, but well.
Andrew Garfield... I adore him and I'm sure he could play a Xander-esque character well, but I don't think he could do Xander well. Stiles on Teen Wolf, yes. Xander... I don't know if I buy it. This guy is insanely adorable though. I never much liked Xander (the constant Angel hating and his sabotaging as a result always irked me... But I never forgave him for leaving Anya at the altar), and because Andrew Garfield is just so damn likeable, I don't see him as a Xander. Maybe he could be a good Oz to Jena Malone's Willow though. Oh, my mind is racing with how cool that would be.
I DO think Donald Glover would be a great, great Xander, but I don't buy him as Oz.
Tom Hiddleston is great. Tom Hiddleston is also much too young to play Giles.
Mitholas | July 12, 08:44 CET
@alexreager I do love chord overstreet but can't see him as Xander
@lockscythe I know Felicia Day was Vi in the original but she could certainly pull off Willow
I'm going to think about if I had to totally recast who I would go with and get back to you all!
Wait! I got one! Andrew Lincoln as Giles!!
thesadeianwoman | July 12, 08:52 CET
Dana5140 | July 12, 09:30 CET
Unless it was a musical.
mr_waterproof | July 12, 09:53 CET
And if they do that then you could also cast Amber Benson as Jenny Calendar ('cos of, you know, the singing).
alittlebitbison | July 12, 10:56 CET
Dana5140 | July 12, 11:12 CET
alittlebitbison | July 12, 12:08 CET
Jaci | July 12, 12:47 CET
insistondoubt | July 12, 13:00 CET
Just, no. His blank stare and just . . . I really dislike him. He would not be on my list to play Angel at all.
. . . You know, I think Chris Evans would rock Angel.
Tom Hiddleston as Wes,not Giles. He would so rock the arguably best character arc in the Buffyverse.
Elf | July 12, 14:07 CET
Buffy: Brie Larson, Spike: Tom Hiddleston, Joyce: Katie Finneran, Wesley: Brian McElhaney, Faith: Naya Rivera and while I love Bryan Cranston as the mayor, I could also see Harry Anderson in the role.
Other actors to consider: Erin Karpluk, Paget Brewster, Craig Ferguson…
But all these were just first shot names.
MoonRose | July 12, 14:11 CET
Because ManPretty.
Elf | July 12, 14:14 CET
MoonRose | July 12, 14:16 CET
Elf | July 12, 14:46 CET
ETA: Also, Tom Hiddleston as Giles made me lose I.Q. points. Words can't describe how awesome that would be. :)
[ edited by deepgirl187 on 2012-07-12 23:53 ]
deepgirl187 | July 12, 14:52 CET
Craig Oxbrow | July 12, 15:03 CET
And I second the Chloe Moretz as Buffy role. Hayden too, I feel she would do Whedon dialogue awesome and she's just the right height range to play Buffy.
eddy | July 12, 15:27 CET
redeem147 | July 12, 15:29 CET
Channing Tatum as Angel - NO
Tom Hiddleston as Giles - Yes
Jena Malone as Willow - YES
Andrew Garfield as Xander - maybe...but leaning towards no.
Donald Glover as Oz - YES
Elisabeth Shue as Joyce - YES
Bradley Whitford as Snyder - Yes
Natalie Tena as Dru - maybe
Dominic Monaghan as Spike - no
Adrienne Palicki as Faith - no
Daniel Radcliffe as Wes - NO
Not going to acknowledge the last one...don't think he'd ever be in a Buffy movie.
His casting choices for Giles, Willow, Oz and Joyce are great. I am one who has always said any further incarnation of the Buffy characters has to be the same actors. BUT...if Hollywood HAD to reboot/remake it...I could definitely live with those.
Lawrence as Buffy and Garfield as Xander...decent but very mainstream and gimmicky choices. Lawrence could maybe pull it off...I don't think Garfield could. Whitford could probably do Snyder.
The hands down WORST choices here are Channing Tatum and Dan Radcliffe as Angel and Wes. Oh my gosh NO. I think Tatum is a horrible actor and Radcliffe is far too young and gimmicky. Palicki can't be BA enough for Faith.
Dru, maybe. But still...I don't think ANYONE could EVER play Spike besides James Marsters. EVER. If someone did, he'd have to be someone I've never heard of, because everyone I'm aware of couldn't do it.
Chris Oz | July 12, 17:17 CET
Another choice I'd like to see for Angel would be Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Tom Huddleston I'd like to see either be Spike or Wes. I'd think he'd nail them both, but he is too young for Giles. This maybe gimmicky, but David Tennent as Giles could be rather wicked. Or Hugh Laurie actually playing his own nationality for once.
Or Micheal Fassbender, because there always should be more Fassbender in the world.
Elf | July 12, 18:07 CET
This.. Full stop. :)
deepgirl187 | July 12, 18:24 CET
I'd think he'd make a fantastic Giles.
Elf | July 12, 18:31 CET
(Casting should be race and gender blind. I think he has the acting chops to portray a blonde teenage girl...)
OneTeV | July 12, 19:11 CET
Buffy: Emma Stone
Xander: Donald Glover
Angel: Jensen Ackles
Willow: Alison Brie
Cordelia: Adrienne Palicki
Giles: Michale Fassbender
Wesley: David Tennant
Spike: James Callis
Drusilla: Summer Glau
Oz: Martin Starr
Faith: Katee Sackoff
Joyce: Anna Gunn
comfortador | July 12, 19:13 CET
steverogers | July 12, 19:37 CET
And I think Emma Stone would be a good Buffy.
Elf | July 12, 20:51 CET
For both Buffys I could see Alison Brie going blonde - she has the range from Community and Mad Men to play both the comedy and the drama, and she was actually a Buffy knock-off in some canceled teen TV show, so she could pull off the slayer-ness.
I also adore Dominic, but I don't think anyone who could also play a hobbit could really get down and dirty with all the nuances of the Spike character.
I don't care if he's Xander or Oz, but Donald Glover should be involved in every fan cast of everything.
If you've seen Jena Malone in Saved!, you know she could play high school Willow, but I don't know if she could do badass wicca lesbian Willow very well.
And while we're naming Hiddleston as every other character, how about him for Buffy? I'm sure he could pull it off!
eilowyn | July 12, 21:21 CET
Simon | July 12, 22:52 CET
When I saw the.. yeah... "Fright Night" remake, one of my few happy takeaways is that I thought Imogen Poots would make a good Buffy. Relative unknown to popcorn movie audiences, which a movie Buffy could use. Although, whoever mentioned her, I agree -- if we wait another few years to make the flick, the search starts and ends at Chloe Moretz.
This article did its best job with the more adult characters, i.e. Hiddleston, Shue. I'm also not really there with Channing Tatum at all. No mention of Enver Gjokaj for Angel, eh? Hmm.
Not seeing the anti-Dominic argument, not really for or against, but I'd be intrigued to see a scene test. Although eilowyn, wouldn't it inversely hold that James Marsters couldn't have played a Hobbit?
Forced to disagree with Summer Glau as Drusilla, if only because the poor woman deserves to play someone that isn't capital K 'crazy' in some form or another ("I don't get people nearly well enough" robot counts). Even "The Cape", sigh. She can be Jenny Calender, though :)
KingofCretins | July 13, 03:19 CET
redeem147 | July 13, 03:24 CET
cardea | July 13, 03:27 CET
Nor should it. Better give it another 10 years or so to settle first.
Madhatter | July 13, 04:41 CET
"Star Wars" went 16 years between new trilogies and managed to leave a pretty much complete chasm between two generations of fans.
(I'm not counting various cartoons and books and such as having the same weight in the whole "public consciousness" thing as having live action content -- to this extent, even the canonical "Buffy" comics aren't helpful, just as the canonical post-"Jedi" SW books weren't. They just don't have the reach)
I honestly don't care if we get --
-- a movie by 20th under the TV license with the same actors told in the existing canon, later on.
-- a movie by 20th under the TV license with all new actors rebooting the existing canon.
-- a movie by Warner under the sequel rights.
-- as long as it's good, fun, and makes people want to go check out the DVDs and comics for context and perspective.
It be time for some live action "Buffy".
KingofCretins | July 13, 04:54 CET
Jensen Ackles would be great as Angel, he can play tormented soul better than anyone I know and let a tear fall and I am hooked. Thinking about it, I would not throw rocks at him as Spike, either. Can we let him play all the parts. lol
rehabber | July 13, 05:36 CET
azzers | July 13, 12:24 CET
Also, Buffy's an iconic character, and if someone else is going to play her, I'd much prefer someone less well-known.
I like the idea of Alison Brie. She's a little old for it, but has a very young face and is hilarious. And maybe this hypothetical Buffy-movie could start when Buffy's a little older (junior or senior year of high school) so the age gap with the actors isn't too extreme.
erendis | July 13, 16:13 CET