Charisma Carpenter addressed fan hypothesis she can be returning to the queen bee character that first catapulted her to fame within the forthcoming reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In a TikTok video posted at this time, the actress — who appeared as Cordelia Chase in each the mothership sequence and Angel spinoff — debunked any rumors she can be within the new present.
“Hey, I get requested this loads: ‘Are you doing the reboot?’ And I assumed I’d handle it,” she started in response to a remark. “I’m not within the reboot. I’m not within the pilot. I don’t even know if the present has been picked as much as go to sequence. I assume it is going to be.”
Carpenter then addressed the launch of her new Buffy rewatch podcast titled The Bitch Is Again, the title of which she dispelled was related to any sort of return to the Buffyverse.
“It was not meant to sound coded in any sort of method, alluding to the truth that I used to be admitting to being within the reboot,” she mentioned. “Individuals have been additionally then commenting, ‘Oh is that this… Are you saying?’ prefer it was an easter egg à la Taylor Swift. In no way.”
She concluded, “I’ve not had a dialog with any of the powers that be to incorporate Cordelia at this level.”
Carpenter’s assertion comes after earlier feedback she made final month saying she was “so hopeful” to be included within the new iteration, given what she thought-about an “unjust” ending for the mainstay character.
Carpenter’s Cordelia was one of many authentic characters within the supernatural drama for the primary three seasons. She continued taking part in the position within the 1999 Angel spinoff for a further 4 seasons earlier than being killed off within the fifth and last season.
As evidenced by star Sarah Michelle Gellar’s twin resurrections, deaths in Buffy aren’t as absolute. Beforehand, the actress, who can be govt producing the offshoot, expressed her need to deliver again characters on the present who had died whereas guaranteeing “house [is] made for brand new tales as nicely.”
The sequel sequence, which at the moment has a pilot order at Hulu, will function Oscar winner and self-described Buffy fanatic Chloé Zhao directing from a script penned by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face). Along with Gellar and new slayer Ryan Kiera Armstrong, solid members embody Faly Rakotohavana, Ava Jean, Sarah Bock, Daniel Di Tomasso and Jack Cutmore-Scott, in addition to visitor star/recurring solid members Merrin Dungey, Audrey Hsieh, Audrey Grace Marshall and Kingston Vernes. Chase Sui Wonders may also have a one-off guest-starring position within the pilot.
