Buffy was turned into a rat in Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered so that Sarah Michelle Gellar could film Saturday Night Live. They filmed all her scenes first, and then she headed off to New York.

In the episode Innocence, when Buffy hoists the rocket launcher to her shoulder, about to obliterate the Judge, Joss Whedon says in his DVD commentary that, “I’ve never loved her more”.

David Fury mentioned in his DVD commentary for Real Me how uncomfortable Sarah Michelle Gellar feels with laughing on screen, seen in Real Me when Buffy laughs at the thought of Harmony having minions. We also see it when she laughs with Giles in the episode Grave. Fury says, “it’s …

In Beauty and the Beasts, Buffy walks up to Faith, who is listening to headphones. Faith whips around and hits Buffy in the jaw, thinking she’s an enemy. Eliza said of the scene:
“In one scene I had my walkman on, and Buffy came up behind me and put her hand …

Sarah Michelle Gellar married actor Freddie Prinze, Jr. on September 1, 2002, in Mexico. It is rumoured that Freddie was originally penned in to play Dracula. I can’t find any true evidence for this except for an old interview with Joss Whedon, of which I can’t find the original source. …

Emma Caulfield told a group of Buffy fans at the Starfury Fusion Event (Blackpool, England, 2004) about practical jokes on set:

“If there was a practical joke to be played it was Alyson’s doing, on my 29th birthday she thought it’d be a great idea and a lot of fun …

Alyson Hannigan starred in the film My Stepmother is An Alien, and Seth Green played her on-screen boyfriend. Jim Doughan, who played the Driver’s Ed. teacher in The Witch also had a part in the film.

When interviewed by the BBC, Drew Greenberg, who wrote the episode Smashed, mentioned that Alyson Hannigan had difficulty with doing the Italian spell in that episode:
“The only issue that Alyson may have had, was the Italian spell that she had to do at the beginning. She was unhappy …

Sarah Michelle Gellar played Buffy Summers. Sarah was born on April 14, 1977. She was ‘discovered’ by an agent when she was just 4 years old whilst eating in a local restaurant. She then starred in various commercials as a child actor and in 1993, she was cast as Kendall …

Anthony played Rupert Giles. Anthony was born on February 20, 1954. His father was Seafield Head, a documentary filmmaker who created Verity Films, a British production company. His mother was Helen Shingler, who was an actress. She played Madame Maigret in Maigret. Tony’s brother Murray Head, is also an actor …

The first ever band to play at the Bronze was Sprung Monkey in Welcome to the Hellmouth. They play “Things Are Changing” from their album Swirl as Buffy leaves the Bronze looking for Willow, and “Believe”, from the same album, as Buffy enters the Bronze for the first time. They …

Whilst dressing for the Bronze in Welcome to the Hellmouth, Buffy holds up a black dress and says “Hi! I’m an enormous slut!” The network executives apparently didn’t approve of the use of the word ’slut’. It was only after Joss Whedon explained that it was in the context of …

David Boreanaz was the last major cast member to be cast for the first episode Welcome to the Hellmouth. Marcia Shulman, the casting director for Buffy at the time, was having problems finding the right guy. She auditioned hundreds of men but eventually a friends of hers saw David walking …

Actors in the original Buffy movie included Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, David Arquette, Hilary Swank (who has since won an Oscar), and Paul Reubens (better known as Pee Wee Herman). Seth Green (Oz) was in the movie but his scenes were cut.

Joss Whedon said of Cordelia in his DVD commentary:
“Cordelia… is the classic evil high school bitch… The idea here was to set up that she would see Buffy as someone she identified with. In the movie, Buffy started out, basically, as Cordelia… the idea that Cordelia, the popular, mean, superficial …