{"id":89502,"date":"2025-08-17T12:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/89502\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T12:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:31:07","slug":"charisma-carpenter-addresses-whether-she-will-be-in-buffy-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/89502\/","title":{"rendered":"Charisma Carpenter Addresses Whether She Will Be In ‘Buffy’ Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCharisma Carpenter<\/a> addressed fan speculation she would be returning to the queen bee character that first catapulted her to fame in the forthcoming reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn a TikTok vide<\/a>o posted today, the actress \u2014 who appeared as Cordelia Chase in both the mothership series and Angel spinoff \u2014 debunked any rumors she would be in the new show.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHey, I get asked this a lot: \u2018Are you doing the reboot?\u2019 And I thought I would address it,\u201d she began in response to a comment. \u201cI am not in the reboot. I am not in the pilot. I don\u2019t even know if the show has been picked up to go to series. I assume it will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCarpenter then addressed the launch of her new Buffy rewatch podcast titled The Bitch Is Back<\/a>, the name of which she dispelled was associated with any kind of return to the Buffyverse.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was not intended to sound coded in any kind of way, alluding to the fact that I was admitting to being in the reboot,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople were also then commenting, \u2018Oh is this\u2026 Are you saying?\u2019 like it was an easter egg \u00e0 la\u00a0Taylor Swift. Not at all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tShe concluded, \u201cI have not had a conversation with any of the powers that be to include Cordelia at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCarpenter\u2019s statement comes after previous comments she made last month saying she was \u201cso hopeful\u201d to be included in the new iteration<\/a>, given what she considered an \u201cunjust\u201d ending for the mainstay character.<\/p>\n

\n\tCarpenter\u2019s Cordelia was one of the original characters in the supernatural drama for the first three seasons. She continued playing the role in the\u00a01999 Angel\u00a0spinoff for an additional four seasons before being killed off in the fifth and final season. <\/p>\n

\n\tAs evidenced by star Sarah Michelle Gellar\u2019s dual resurrections, deaths in Buffy aren\u2019t as absolute. Previously, the actress, who is also executive producing the offshoot, expressed her desire to bring back characters on the show who had died while ensuring \u201cspace [is] made for new stories as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sequel series, which currently has a pilot order at Hulu, will feature Oscar winner and self-described Buffy fanatic Chlo\u00e9 Zhao directing from a script penned by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face). In addition to Gellar and new slayer Ryan Kiera Armstrong<\/a>, cast members include Faly Rakotohavana, Ava Jean, Sarah Bock, Daniel Di Tomasso and Jack Cutmore-Scott, as well as guest star\/recurring cast members Merrin Dungey,\u00a0Audrey Hsieh,\u00a0Audrey Grace Marshall<\/a> and Kingston Vernes. Chase Sui Wonders will also have a\u00a0one-off guest-starring role<\/a>\u00a0in the pilot.<\/p>\n