The Slayer’s first interesting move when she went to Sunnydale was her choice in friends. On arriving at her new school she was instantly befriended by the most popular girl in school, Cordelia. Instead she chose the shy and nerdy Willow Rosenberg to be her companion. Buffy stated to Giles …

Brian Thompson played Luke in Welcome to the Hellmouth and The Harvest and The Judge in Surprise and Innocence. Brian has played a shape shifting character on two different shows: The X-Files and Birds of Prey. Brian has also been in Charmed (as Cronus in ‘Oh My Goddess’), Falcon Crest, …

Eric Balfour (who played Jesse) played Gabe in Six Feet Under. He was born in Los Angeles in 1977. He began a career in TV and on film aged 15, when a talent scout cast him as a series regular on the musical show Kids Incorporated. Eric has since been …

Mark Metcalf, who played the Master, was born in Findlay, Ohio, in 1946. He has had numerous roles in TV and film, most notably in National Lampoon’s Animal House as Niedermayer and as The Maestro in Seinfeld. Mark has also been in Teen Angel, Ally McBeal, Star Trek: Voyager, Melrose …

Nicholas Brendon was 25 years old when he was first cast as the 16 year old Xander Harris. He was only a year younger than Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar) who played his teacher.

Kristine Sutherland’s (Joyce) favourite Buffy episodes are Ted, Band Candy and When She Was Bad.

Kristine Sutherland revealed a blunder she made during filming of her first scene in Welcome to the Hellmouth:
“It was the very first scene of the very first episode, where I was dropping Buffy off at school. I had done TV before but never really been involved in a series, so …

Kristine Sutherland (Joyce) said of Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn):
“She was such an extraordinary presence on the set. She’s so open and energetic and present that the relationship just happened. It was really nice - it was the kind of thing that you couldn’t really script. It had to happen or not …

Joyce died of an aneurysm, which is coincidental as Kristine Sutherland’s own mother once had an aneurysm. Kristine believes that Joss Whedon wasn’t aware of it when he wrote the scene:
“At one point, after Joyce had the brain surgery, people had the idea that I would have my head shaved …

Kristine Sutherland revealed Joss’s initial plans for the Summers family, at the beginning of season four:
“I knew that Joyce was going to die suddenly. Initially when we talked, before I went to Italy, Joss’s idea was that Joyce adopted a five or six year old girl. It was interesting how …

Kristine Sutherland had planned to leave the show, or make less appearances, during season four to spend more time in Italy. She was told by Joss Whedon that he had big plans for her in season five. She said in an SFX magazine interview:
“I never asked Joss, but …

The Mayor of Sunnydale had a fear of germs because Buffy producer David Greenwalt has a fear of germs, and the writers wanted to rib him for it.

The original “no weapon forged” that was to be used to defeat The Judge in Innocence was to be a tank. The rocket launcher was David Greenwalt’s idea. Though its cost seemed beyond their means, they knew they just had to have it.

David Greenwalt sang Cordelia’s theme tune in the Angel episode ‘Birthday’.

David Greenwalt was a writer, director and executive producer on Buffy, and the co-creator, director, writer and executive producer on Angel. David was a director on The Wonder Years, and a writer and producer for The X-Files and Doogie Howser MD. David’s UPN show Jake 2.0 (which starred Christopher Gorham, …