Long before he sat at the helm of one of the most successful movies in history—that would be The Avengers, in case news hasn’t gotten to that cave you’ve been hiding out in—Joss Whedon was working his magic on the television screen with a little tale called Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Originally a movie in 1992 starring Kristy Swanson and, since it was 1992, Luke Perry of Beverly Hills 90210 fame, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a tongue-in-cheek vampire romp about a girl named—you’ll never guess—Buffy, who was chosen to fight vampires led by Rutger Hauer…and Pee Wee Herman.
I’m absolutely not joking.
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It was cheese in the purest sense, but managed a cult following and five years later, Whedon took his talents to the WB (now the CW) and cast Sarah Michelle Gellar in the lead role and had it pick up where the movie had ended. No one really thought it would be a hit, as it was a midseason replacement and completely unlike anything on television at the time.
And then something crazy happened.
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