From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/flashback/buffy-star-cl   
   re-kramer-nobody-wants-a-reboot/news-story/86405788c657577c27c56198511033b7   
      
      
   WITH almost every nineties teen TV show getting the reboot treatment, it   
   seems like a new Buffy is almost inevitable. CHARMED. Roswell. Sabrina the   
   Teenage Witch.   
      
   With Hollywood remaking, rebooting or reviving what seems to be every   
   nineties teen show, how long will it be before our favorite Slayer of   
   Vampyrs will be sucked into the corporate machine and spat back out as an   
   inferior version of its original self?   
      
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer ran for seven years from the late nineties to the   
   early noughties and developed a passionate fan base with its witty dialogue,   
   emotionally resonant writing and its initial “high school as hell”   
   allegory.   
      
   The TV show itself was already a reboot of a then-little-seen 1992 movie   
   that its creator and screenwriter, Joss Whedon, practically disowned after   
   its release. After the series ended, the stories continued on in comic book   
   form but a reboot of the show had been floated eight years ago. The idea was   
   nixed fairly quickly, especially after fans reacted badly when it was said   
   to be going ahead without Whedon.   
      
   Asked if Buffy fans want a reboot or sequel now, in this current climate of   
   revival mania, Buffy star Clare Kramer told news.com.au: “No! Nobody wants   
   it.   
      
   “I think people are interested in what is happening with it but I don’t   
   think true Buffy fans want it unless it’s with the original cast which I   
   don’t   
   think will happen. I could be wrong, so people should come find me on   
   Twitter and correct me if I’m wrong.”   
      
           [gorgeous pic of Clare]   
      
   Kramer, who played the scene-stealing Buffy villain Glory, conceded that a   
   potential reboot has been talked about since the show went off the air in   
   2003 and it may be inevitable.   
      
   “When you have a property that’s as popular as Buffy, something will be   
   done   
   with it. I think would take something special, I think it would have to be   
   done with Joss and with Sarah [Michelle Gellar]. I don’t know what the story   
   would be. It has to change yet remain true and loyal to the show’s original   
   values, morals and tone.”   
      
   Kramer will be in Melbourne in two weeks’ time as the official host of Oz   
   Comic-Con where she’ll be moderating panels with the event’s other   
   celebrity   
   guests, including Joe Manganiello, Keitnan Lonsdale, David Ramsey, Julian   
   Dennison and Riverdale star KJ Apa.   
      
   While Kramer is also familiar to audiences for playing Courtney in Bring It   
   On, she is best known for the acid-tongued, fashion-obsessed god Glory,   
   regarded by many fans as Buffy’s best “Big Bad” villain. After her   
   character   
   met her demise in season five’s finale, she returned for one cameo in the   
   first episode of season seven in a line-up of all the show’s previous “Big   
   Bads”.   
      
   But the seconds-long appearance was supposed to have been more significant.   
   When Kramer was called back for the episode, she was told it could lead to a   
   recurring role for Buffy’s final season.   
      
   “I honestly don’t think the writers knew,” she said. “It was very   
   open-ended. Maybe she’ll be used more and maybe she won’t. I think [the   
   producers] wanted a window in case they called back any of those other   
   [previous villains] which they ended up not doing, so in a way, it was a bit   
   of a tease — ‘Put on the Glory clothes, do the Glory voice, but, just   
   kidding!’.   
      
   “I was disappointed that it didn’t pan out to be a more significant part of   
   season seven, but I was still happy to do it.”   
      
       [pic of serious Buffy]   
      
   Kramer said when she first took on the role of Glory, she didn’t realize how   
   passionate Buffy fans were.   
      
   “Buffy fans have very strong opinions, they still do,” she said. “It was   
   something I didn’t understand at the time. I was relatively new in the   
   business at the time and it hadn’t really hit me. The day after my first   
   episode as Glory aired, I was in my pajamas, pumping gas into my car and   
   someone yelled out, ‘Glory, you’re never going to get Buffy!’.   
      
   “That’s when I realized a lot people watch the show and I’m part of   
   something special. But even at that point, I didn’t know it would be a   
   lifelong gift.”   
      
   While Kramer continued to act with small roles in TV shows and in films, she   
   has maintained a steady presence through the growing industry of comic   
   conventions and fan events. She has previously moderated Q&As and panels   
   with Stan Lee, William Shatner and Gal Gadot.   
      
   Clare Kramer will appear at Oz Comic-Con Melbourne on June 9 and 10,   
   http://ozcomiccon.com/   
   and will be posting behind-the-scenes photos on her Instagram and   
   live-tweeting on her Twitter.   
      
      
   David   
      
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