I completely agree with this. I don't know who this girl is, having never watched The Flash or Black Sails, but this interview makes her sound so full of herself. I don't want her being Buffy either.I was starting to be ok with the idea of the reboot, as it was going to be different characters, not the same ones played by different actors!!
I don't know who this girl is but after reading the interview I certainly don't want her to be Buffy! She sounds as stereotypical as they come, Buffy is an inspiration to as all but if this is the attitude it inspires I have really misread it.
Plus a super fan shouldn't play the character it's unhealthy I don't see how it couldn't get to your head, and her head seems pretty big as it is already
I would argue that Buffy was always more about social commentary, so Buffy being a person of color in the reboot would actually make a lot of sense based on the current political climate. The whole point of Buffy being the white blonde girl to begin with was to start with a stereotype and flip it on its head. Now that we have plenty of cute white heroine that turns out to be a badass, I think it's only fitting that Buffy now takes the lead and gives us something new once again.Well, maybe the Producers have caught JK Rowling Syndrome, where Buffy was never explicitly said to be white. Maybe she was always written as black, you never know. ;-). Buffy has never had an older sister, she's either been an older sister or an only child. I suppose she could play an older sister, of ambiguous age, or an aunt. Family is one of those things the series never really touched, and it's a way black people differ from white people.
Casting a middle age woman as the Slayer indeed does not make sense because of the mythology and lore associated with the Slayer. Casting a black woman as the Slayer, nothing wrong with that, and actually supports what Buffy was always about, empowering women.Re: Casting a middle aged woman to play Buffy '21 would be absurd. Almost as absurd than casting her to play middle aged Buffy '96 in a revival, and defending the choice to cast a middle aged black actress as Giselle Loren's most famous role on the grounds of "who said she wasn't black?" Which is a similar answer JK Rowling gave regarding casting a black actress for Hermoine in a stage play, rather than say something reasonable like, "Casting in theater works differently that casting in film, film is trying to create an immersive experience, whereas theatre is watching men on a stage pretend to be wizards." Absurd. To be serious for a moment, I agree. Buffy '21 should be as different from Buffy '96 as possible.
Lol Buffy was a single child until Joss decided he'd give her a sister. At the time it was his way of dealing with Buffy being perceived as self involved by having her care for someone else. That way was easier than giving her development.Well, maybe the Producers have caught JK Rowling Syndrome, where Buffy was never explicitly said to be white. Maybe she was always written as black, you never know. ;-). Buffy has never had an older sister, she's either been an older sister or an only child. I suppose she could play an older sister, of ambiguous age, or an aunt. Family is one of those things the series never really touched, and it's a way black people differ from white people.
Most of the cast in Buffy were in there 20's anyway. Charisma was 28 when she was cast as16 year old Cordelia. Sarah was actually the youngest at 19.Casting a middle age woman as the Slayer indeed does not make sense because of the mythology and lore associated with the Slayer. Casting a black woman as the Slayer, nothing wrong with that, and actually supports what Buffy was always about, empowering women.
Have not others said they were interested? I seem to recall. Or at least I thought they did.I just hope having an actress publicly say she is interested in the project gets the ball rolling and a reboot is actually made.