Where Are They Now?
HOT GALLERY: Looking Back at the Stars of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Movie
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is so not Twilight. For fans of that supernatural series who have never seen the pop-culture-iconic, hilariously scripted, butt-kicking original teenage girl dealing with a town full of vamps, well, it’s about time you met your maker. This high school epic—and the TV show it later inspired—is ultimately “about growing up,” creator Joss Whedon told Entertainment Weekly. To put the character’s impact into perspective, Buffy ranks No. 3 on EW’s 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years (only Harry Potter and Homer Simpson outrank her; Tony Soprano is No. 4). So where is the original Buffy cast now? By Nina Hämmerling Smith
David Arquette as Benny in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The youngest sibling in a showbiz family, Arquette had appeared in a couple of short-lived TV series (the original Parenthood and the film offshoot The Outsiders) when he was cast in Buffy as Benny, the buddy (turned vampire) of Buffy’s romantic interest, Pike. Check out this home video from William Forsche, the special makeup effects artist on the movie, of Arquette and a couple of his blood-sucking costars getting into character. (Who knew that vampires liked to smoke?)
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