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There was some confusion, however, about whether the show would be a straight reboot or some sort of revival. The reboot, which was referred to as “contemporary, building on the mythology of the original,” never had an official network home. Owusu-Breen previously wrote for ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where Whedon was an EP as well.
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Original series creator Joss Whedon was also aboard this reboot as an executive producer, with Monica Owusu-Breen (Midnight, Texas) serving as writer and showrunner. The undead population of Sunnydale can breathe a collective sigh of relief as a new slayer won’t be rising anytime soon.Ī reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this time featuring a Black actress as its titular heroine, has been in development since 2018 - but executive producer Gail Berman says the project is now “on pause,” as revealed in Friday’s episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s TV’s Top 5 podcast. That turned out to be true, with another EP saying last week that the reboot is “on pause.” Buffy herself suggested Zendaya as her successor, but there was speculation that the reboot wouldn’t happen now because Joss would be an EP and he’s persona non grata. Details about the storyline were scant and then came the revelations that Joss Whedon is a terrible person. If Spike were southern, where would he have met Drusilla (Juliet Landau)? Would she have become a southern Belle? It’s probably for the best Whedon stuck to Brit punk vampires.Back in 2018, we learned that a reboot of cult fave Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in development and would feature a Black actress as the Slayer. “It’s not surprising that he said, ‘No, that other accent is very cute but I want what I want.’” “So I did that as well but Joss Whedon wanted an English punk rock vampire,” Marsters said. In the end, he did what Whedon told him to. Marsters brought his southern accent to the Buffy, the Vampire Slayer audition. “When they asked me later during the Buffy audition, what other accent? I thought, ‘Well…’” James Marsters couldn’t sell Joss Whedon on his southern accent “So I thought wow, a vampire, that would be a fun accent to use that one,” Marsters said. RELATED: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: Cordelia Was Supposed to Be Played by a Black Actress James Marsters | Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage Spike was hundreds of years old so he could have adopted an accent centuries ago, which would become anachronistic in the ’90s. So they think you’re Black.’” Marsters said. “He said, ‘The accent that you’re using would’ve been a white accent, say, 150 years ago but in modern times, only Black people would use that accent now. The southern accent could have worked for ‘Buffy, the Vampire Slayer’Īpparently, the accent Marsters had chosen was at one time a universally southern accent, but over time had migrated into the Black community. So it’s playing differently than I wrote it but it’s actually working very well.’” Marsters said.
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“He said, ‘Well, they can’t see your face and you’re using that accent. He ended up playing more than just southern. It turned out the accent Marsters chose was even more transformative than he realized. RELATED: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: James Marsters and Amber Benson Weigh in on the Upcoming Reboot I remember asking the director why are we getting these laughs.” James Marsters | Frank Mullen/WireImage
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“Again, I was playing a killer and the killer was on the phone with the lead of the play and we were getting all of these laughs that we didn’t plan on having. “I had done a play where I used like a Louisiana accent, like deep on south, way on down Louisiana like that,” Marsters told Rosenbaum. Prior to his audition for Whedon, Marsters performed in a play where he used a very different accent. Marsters would join the cast for the second season in the fall. James Marsters was southern in a play before he did ‘Buffy, the Vampire Slayer’īuffy, the Vampire Slayer premiered on The WB in the spring 1997. Rosenbaum asked him about Spike’s voice, and Marsters told the whole story about why he originally wanted to try a southern accent for Spike. Marsters was a guest on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of Youpodcast on July 14. RELATED: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Creator Joss Whedon Once ‘Terrified’ James Marsters By Backing Him ‘Up Against a Wall’ Spike could have sounded very differently if Marsters had gotten his way in his first audition for Buffy creator Joss Whedon. He had the platinum hair and British accent so down that some fans were surprised to learn that actor James Marsters was American. Spike entered Buffy, the Vampire SlayerSeason 2 like the Billy Idol of vampires.