Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon has admitted that, given the chance to mount a modern-day remake of the show, he would make the character Willow (Alyson Hannigan) bisexual.
Willow was an integral part of Buffy’s (Sarah Michelle Gellar) Scooby Gang, and was part of a landmark episode during the show’s fourth season when she fell in love with Tara (Amber Benson), who became her girlfriend.
From that point on, Willow would identify as gay, despite being attracted to males in the first three seasons of the show.
Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Joss says that some of the confusion regarding Willow’s sexuality would be cleared up today, since he was pressured to not make the character, over fears her same-sex attractions would feel like a ‘phase.’
‘There are you things you can’t do, thanks to [the society at the time],’
the Marvel director explained.
‘It [was] like, “OK, you can’t make Willow bi, you can’t say this is a phase, because that’s what people do to deny their existence.”‘
Joss continued:
‘So, if I did it now, I’d be like yes she can be bi. Because some people are! But back then it was like, no…we’re not ready for that.’
Willow actress Alyson also recently opened up about her audition for her star-making role, where she accidentally walked into a door.
We are, of course, living in unprecedented times right now – and Buffy herself Sarah Michelle Gellar has even told fans to ‘beep her’ since, you know, that the apocalypse is coming.
Article Source: Metro.co.uk
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MONSTER TYPE: Hell God
FIRST APPEARANCE: S5.E5 – No Place Like Home
LAST APPEARANCE: S5.E22 – The Gift
GOAL: To Find The Key And Return To Her Dimension
ABILITIES: Immortal, Invulnerable, Super Speed, Feeds On Human Brain Energy
WEAKNESSES: Can Be Killed In Her Mortal State
CAUSE OF DEATH: Suffocated (as Ben)
KILLED BY: Rupert Giles
CREATED BY: Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
CAST: James Marsters, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield Ford, Anthony Head, Danny Strong, James C. Leary, Juliet Landau and Laya DeLeon Hayes
CREATED BY: Joss Whedon
SERIES WRITER: Monica Owusu-Breen
PRODUCED BY: 20th Century Fox
SYNOPSIS: A reboot of the classic series, this will be an in-universe new series following the adventures of a young vampire slayer.
