Joss Whedon supplied the voice of the Mutant Enemy mascot which said "Grr...Arrgh" heard at the
end of every episode.
In episode 2.8 "The Dark Age" there is a photo of a young Rupert Giles holding a bass guitar. The
production crew faked the photo by superimposing his head onto a photo of Sid Vicious.
Other actresses considered for the lead role as Buffy also included Katie Holmes and Selma Blair.
Julie Benz tried out for the part of Buffy and ended up in the part of Darla.
Both James Marsters (Spike) and Nathan Fillion (Caleb) originally auditioned for the role of Angel
when the show was first being cast in late 1996.
Camden Toy has played multiple demons and vamps on Buffy and Angel. He's played one of the Gentleman (Hush),
the first Ubervamp (Bring on the Night), Gnarl (Same Time, Same Place), and Prince of Lies (Why We Fight).
Kristine Sutherland plays piano, Armin Shimerman plays trumpet, and they've joked about jamming
together. Alyson Hannigan was in band in middle school but she played the clarinet NOT the
flute.
Marc Blucas played pro basketball in the European League; Nicholas Brendon and David Boreanaz
both planned on pro sports careers but suffered joint injuries in college which forced change
of plans.
Sarah Michelle Gellar has asthma.
Nicholas Brendon likes to grow a goatee when he's not working so soemtimes Kelly Donovan looks
more like his twin borhter's charcaters than Nicky does. Kelly has sometimes gone blonde to keep
people from thinking he's Nicky.
David Boreanaz's chicken phobia stems from seeing a news report on cock-fighting when he was very
young. (His father is a TV weatherman and weekend news anchor so David grew up around a lot of
real film.)
Julie Benz was once a nationally ranked figure skater. (That much I KNOW; I think she was
ranked as high a 6 in US once but I'm less sure of that.)
Charisma Carpenter was once interviewed on American Justice about a real-life crime attempt she
and two male friends were the victims of. A gunman stoped them and told Charisma to tie up her
friends but when all 3 refused to cooperate he fled. Cordelia was sort of Charisma's last
attempt at a show biz breakout; if her career hadn't taken of after S-1 of BtVS she was
seriously considering becoming an English teacher.
The scar Spike supposedly got from Nikki Wood in their fight in New York City is actually
a real scar James Marsters got from a mugging...in New York City.
Sarah Michelle Gellar uses her middle name because when she first joined the actors' unions there
was already a Sarah Gellar enrolled. Anthony Stewart Head doesn't use his middle name when in
British casts; when he came to America to play Giles, he found there was another Anthony Head
already on the union roles.
Mercedes McNab's father was a professional soccer player. And (unlike Harmony aka Cacophony)
she's a trained singer.
Both Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green appeared in the 1988 Movie "My Stepmother is an Alien",
Alyson as the Daughter of Dan Aykroyd, and Seth as her first date. (thanks to Godling1)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was almost called "Slayer."
Angel's duster cost $1000.00 and Spike's cost $1600.00.
All the books in the orginal Sunnydale High School library are real books.
The Factory set was torn down to make room for the mansion set on a Buffy soundstage.
A 30 second advertising spot during Buffy costs $76,000
Iyari Limon (Kennedy) was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, but has lived in the U.S since she was 1 year old.
David Boreanaz & Nicholas Brenden both had roles on Married...with Children in 1993.
It takes eight days to film a one hour episode of Buffy.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan and Charisma Carpenter all wear the same shoe size.
An episode of Buffy costs $1.4 million to make.
Sarah Michelle Gellar was #8 on Google.com's most searched women in 2002.
David Boreanaz was one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" for 1999.
Seth Green voiced the character of Chris Griffin on the cartoon sitcom, "The Family Guy".
Steven Spielberg saw Julie Benz on Angel and ended up personally casting her for his
miniseries, "Taken".
According to Amy Acker, in a scene from the episode "Offspring", Alexis Denisof had no pants
on while sitting behind his desk.
J. August Richard's real name is Jaime Augusto Richards III. His nickname is Bolo, which means
"fat one" in Spanish. He says it's because he was a huge baby.
Cordelia was named after a mean girl that Joss's wife went to school with.
David Fury (Angel writer) played a goat sacrificing worshipper in "Reprise".
David Boreanaz is afraid of chickens.
Alexis Denisof doesn't like stickers, price tags, and especially the kind on fruit.
Cordelia was originally supposed to be played by Bianca Lawson (Kendra).
J. August Richards gets free coffee at whatever Starbucks he goes to.
Joss's real first name is Joe, but thought it was too common, so changed it to Joss,
which means "lucky" in Chinese.
Christian Kane had a crush on Charisma Carpenter.
Alexis Denisof is a huge Star Trek fan.
Sarah Michelle Gellar auditioned for the role of Cordelia and read over 17 times until she got the
part of Buffy.
Seth Green was in a scene in the original Buffy movie. It ended up on the cutting room floor.
Sarah Michelle Gellar & Anthony Stewert Head both appeared on Spenser, for Hire in 1986.
SMG has a rabbit named Harley and a Maltese named Thor and a cat.
James Marsters once ran his own film company.
David Boreanaz has a dog named Bertha Blue.
Charisma Carpenter was a San Diego Charger Cheerleader.
Nicholas Brendon has a twin brother named Kelly.
Alyson Hannigan's favorite movie is "Toy Story" written by Joss Whedon.
Alyson Hannigan and Sarah Michelle Gellar both have tatoos. Alyson has tribal dolphins on her
ankle and a Japenese kanji on her lower back. Sarah has one on her back of the chinese symbol
for integrity, and one on her ankle of the hindu symbol for integrity.
Buffy was turned into a rat in the episode "Bewitched, Bothered, & Bewildered" so that Sarah
could have time off from filming to fly to New York to host Saturday Night Live.
Seth Green & Robia LaMorte have both appeared on Beverly Hills 90210.
Emma Caulfield was on 90210 as well. (thanks to Aeryn)
Juliet Landau & Seth Green both were in the 1990 Christian Slater movie, Pump up the Volume.
Juliet Landau & Robin Sachs (Ethan Rayne) were in a movie together in 1997, called Ravager.
Credit for some info goes to [salvation]
and [to shanshu in l.a].