In the spirit of all these pop culture TLs.
Once upon a time, I did a thread in soc.history.what-if in which Joss Whedon went to Troma Films in 1985 to make his script for Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a "B" movie (Hey, that path worked for his idols John Carpenter and Wes Craven, he could make it work too). In my own words, the movie consisted of a cast of "wannabes, has-beens, porn stars, and ex-cons" that included the likes of Traci Lords as Buffy (her only role from that era still legal to show in the U.S.), Jim Carrey as Benny, Vincent Price as Merrick, and Steve Buschemi as Lothos.
Then, four years later, he pitches the idea of a spinoff of it to Fox executives at the same time that Aaron Spelling is pitching Beverly Hills 90210. Fox decides they like the former idea better, but have Spelling Television executive produce it. (Not impossible, after all, this is the network that tuned The Toxic Avenger and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes into Saturday morning cartoons.) Unfortunately for Mr. Spelling, his daughter auditions and gets cast, so he can't simply screw it over and call it a day without alienating family.
Here is a preliminary cast:
Buffy: Kristy Swanson
Joyce: Beverly D'Angelo
Giles: Eric Idle or Tim Curry
Willow: either Gabrielle Carthiers, Mayim Bialik, or Alyson Hannigan
Xander: Anthony Michael Hall
Amy Madison: Ami Dolnez
Cordelia: Shannon Doherty
Harmony: Tori Spelling
Jonathan: Troy Slaten
Principal Flutie: John Lithgow
Principal Snyder: Rene Auberjornois
Angel: Bill Wadhams
The Master: Mark Metcalfe
Darla: Jenny Garth
The Annointed One: Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Jenny Calendar: Christine McGlade (Changed from Roma Gypsy to [Druidic] Irish Traveler)
Drusilla: Angelina Jolie
Spike: Paul MacGann
Ethan Rayne: Derek de Lint
Faith: Holly Marie Combs
Wesley Windham-Price: Tom DeFranco
Mr. Trick: Don Cheadle
The Mayor: David Rasche or Joss Whedon himself
Reilly: Kevin Kubasheskie
Adam: Kevin Sorbo
Tara: Kelly Rutherford
Dawn: Jolene Blaylock
Ben: Matthew Lillard
Glory: Rose McGowan
Warren: Charlie Schlatter
Andrew Wells: Leonardo DiCaprio
Questions? Comments? Flames?
Once upon a time, I did a thread in soc.history.what-if in which Joss Whedon went to Troma Films in 1985 to make his script for Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a "B" movie (Hey, that path worked for his idols John Carpenter and Wes Craven, he could make it work too). In my own words, the movie consisted of a cast of "wannabes, has-beens, porn stars, and ex-cons" that included the likes of Traci Lords as Buffy (her only role from that era still legal to show in the U.S.), Jim Carrey as Benny, Vincent Price as Merrick, and Steve Buschemi as Lothos.
Then, four years later, he pitches the idea of a spinoff of it to Fox executives at the same time that Aaron Spelling is pitching Beverly Hills 90210. Fox decides they like the former idea better, but have Spelling Television executive produce it. (Not impossible, after all, this is the network that tuned The Toxic Avenger and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes into Saturday morning cartoons.) Unfortunately for Mr. Spelling, his daughter auditions and gets cast, so he can't simply screw it over and call it a day without alienating family.
Here is a preliminary cast:
Buffy: Kristy Swanson
Joyce: Beverly D'Angelo
Giles: Eric Idle or Tim Curry
Willow: either Gabrielle Carthiers, Mayim Bialik, or Alyson Hannigan
Xander: Anthony Michael Hall
Amy Madison: Ami Dolnez
Cordelia: Shannon Doherty
Harmony: Tori Spelling
Jonathan: Troy Slaten
Principal Flutie: John Lithgow
Principal Snyder: Rene Auberjornois
Angel: Bill Wadhams
The Master: Mark Metcalfe
Darla: Jenny Garth
The Annointed One: Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Jenny Calendar: Christine McGlade (Changed from Roma Gypsy to [Druidic] Irish Traveler)
Drusilla: Angelina Jolie
Spike: Paul MacGann
Ethan Rayne: Derek de Lint
Faith: Holly Marie Combs
Wesley Windham-Price: Tom DeFranco
Mr. Trick: Don Cheadle
The Mayor: David Rasche or Joss Whedon himself
Reilly: Kevin Kubasheskie
Adam: Kevin Sorbo
Tara: Kelly Rutherford
Dawn: Jolene Blaylock
Ben: Matthew Lillard
Glory: Rose McGowan
Warren: Charlie Schlatter
Andrew Wells: Leonardo DiCaprio
Questions? Comments? Flames?
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