——= Chloé Bach arts@theotherpress.ca Whatever happened to the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? 5, cuss Alyson Hannigan Starring as Buffy’s best friend Willow Rosenberg, 34-year-old Alyson Hannigan, aside from the American Pie series hasn’t been able to translate her television success to big-time film productions. Since the conclusion of Buffy, Hannigan has appeared sporadically in television shows such as Angel and Veronica Mars before landing a full time gig on How I Met Your Mother in 2005. In 2006, Hannigan had a role in the heavily-panned Date Movie. In 2003, Hannigan and fellow Buffy star Alexis Denisof were married in California. It was announced in October of 2008 that Hannigan was pregnant with the couple’s first child. Unlike Sarah Michelle Geller, who has found moderate success in movies, even remote roles have usually eluded Hannigan. There have been talks about bringing the Buffy cast back together for a feature movie, and Hannigan has stated that she would be open to the project. David Boreanaz David Boreanaz, 39, starred as Buffy’s vampire love interest Angel for the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. His character became so popular that he eventually was granted his own spin off show, Angel, which ran from 1999-2004. Almost immediately after Ange! ended, Boreanaz took up the lead role of Special Agent Seeley Booth on Bones, where he still stars. His movie career hasn’t been a smashing success and he recently completed a direct-to-DVD animated movie, Justice League of America: The New Frontier, where he played Hal Jordan, The Green Lantern. He also has a supporting role in the upcoming film Our Lady of Victory. Since Angel ended he has done some independent film work as well. Today, Boreanaz lives in California with his supermodel wife Jaime Bergman and their six-year-old son. He is an avid fan and booster of the Philadelphia Flyers and has been a major supporter of theirs for years. Nicholas Brendon After playing Xander Harris in the entire run of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Brendon, 37, has done practically nothing since its conclusion. When Buffy ended in 2003, Brendon didn’t appear in any films until 2007 when he co-starred in a minor independent film about Nazi mystics called Unholy. Once per year since 2003, Brendon appeared in little known guest roles on fringe television shows. In 2007, he and his wife of six years split up; while in 2004 he voluntarily entered rehab for chronic alcohol abuse. Despite a total lack of any significant film accomplishments since Buffy, Brendon has been extremely active in the Stuttering Foundation of America. He was the foundation’s inaugural chairman, a post he held from 2000 until 2003. Brendon currently has nothing waiting in the wings and has said in recent interviews that if a Buffy movie were to get off the ground he would be willing to reprise his role as Xander. Sarah Michelle Gellar The star of one of the most popular shows of all time, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar has had some trouble expanding out of the horror genre. She’s starred in major horror flicks such as The Grudge and in 2002 married fellow actor Freddie Prinze Jr., whom she starred with in the Scooby-Doo and I Know What You Did Last Summer franchises. Now 31, Gellar has recently announced her decision to return to television with her upcoming starring role in a new HBO series called The Wonderful Malady’s. Aside from her mildly successful movie career, Gellar has remained a major figure in Hollywood because of her reputation from Buffy. She’s had a recurring role on Robot Chicken, created by former Buffy co-star Seth Green, and has made a cameo appearance on The Simpsons. She’s graced the cover of Seventeen (six times), Maxim Magazine and in March 2008 she was the feature of Gotham Magazine. There have been rumors of a Buffy movie but so far those are still unconfirmed.