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Slayers no more
The future of the Buffy actors/actresses... |
The writer from the globe and mail page says:
Perhaps it's fitting that the so-called Seinfeld curse -- the inability of any cast members from that hit TV show to find a niche after the end of the series -- should be revisited on the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's one of those ironic twists that Buffy's gang of teen heroes and their watcher would relish, in between saving the world from vampires and demons. David Boreanaz, who played Buffy's brooding vampire boyfriend Angel, seemingly had the best chance for success, spinning his Buffy character into his own cult show, Angel, for five years. But Boreanaz's recent projects, such as These Girls, reveal he's having problems finding his place in the sun. Will any of them find a role with the same bite?
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Buffy character: The titular Slayer.
Post-Buffy highs: Middling remake of Japanese horror film The Grudge.
Post-Buffy lows: Two outings as Daphne in the Scooby-Doo films.
What's next: Horror films The Return, The Grudge II; The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing.
David Boreanaz
Buffy character: Angel.
Post-Buffy highs: Spinoff series
Angel, TV show Bones.
Post-Buffy lows: These Girls; a cameo in a Dido video.
What's next: Alan Cumming's Suffering Man's Charity.
Alyson Hannigan
Buffy character: Wide-eyed witch Willow.
Post-Buffy highs: Wide-eyed flutist in the American Pie trilogy; the good sense to avoid starring in the straight-to-video Band Camp, the latest instalment of the increasingly unfunny American Pie franchise, named after Hannigan's AP catchphrase.
Post-Buffy lows: Diabolically bad parody film Date Movie, struggling TV show How I Met Your Mother.
What's next: Who knows?
Nicholas Brendon
Buffy character: Xander, charming goof-next-door-type.
Post-Buffy highs: Hmm, we can't think of any.
Post-Buffy lows: Role on TV's short-lived Kitchen Confidential .
What's next: Small horror/thriller pictures Unholy and Alien Fire are in post-production.
Anthony Stewart Head
Buffy character: Giles, all-knowing mentor of Buffy and the gang.
Post-Buffy highs: Stint in British hit series Little Britain; no more Taster's Choice coffee commercials.
Post-Buffy lows: Imagine Me & You.
What's next: Not even IMDB can help tell us.
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