34. Whedon had a special nickname for Gellar due to how much pain she had to deal with on screen. He said: “We used to call her Jimmy Stewart, because he was greatest American in pain in the history of film.”
35. Originally, viewers were never supposed to see Buffy’s family, but it was soon realised that this wouldn’t be convincing enough.
36. Buffy’s younger sister, Dawn, was originally meant to have special powers of her own. Producers had planned for her to be able to communicate with the dead, but this was decided against before filming commenced.
37. Whedon claimed Buffy’s mother was the hardest character for him to kill off.
38. The Buffy stories continue in the form of comic books. Some of the TV writers also work on the comics.
39. The show almost became an animated series, but no one wanted to pick it up.
40. While she was on the show, Gellar purposefully tried to keep out of the public eye so young fans wouldn’t see Buffy with a drink or cigarette in her hand.
41. Eliza Dushku (Faith) grew up a Mormon and therefore refused to ever do any nude scenes in the show.
42. The rest of the cast only found out Buffy the Vampire Slayer was ending when Gellar announced it in the media.