Charisma Carpenter addressed fan hypothesis she could 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 present, the actress — who appeared as Cordelia Chase in each the mothership collection and Angel spinoff — debunked any rumors she could be within the new present.
“Hey, I get requested this lots: ‘Are you doing the reboot?’ And I believed I’d tackle 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 collection. I assume it is going to be.”
Carpenter then addressed the launch of her new Buffy rewatch podcast titled The Bitch Is Back, the title of which she dispelled was related to any sort of return to the Buffyverse.
“It was not supposed 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 had been additionally then commenting, ‘Oh is that this… Are you saying?’ prefer it was an easter egg à la Taylor Swift. Under no circumstances.”
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 in 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 function within the 1999 Angel spinoff for a further 4 seasons earlier than being killed off within the fifth and remaining 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 want to carry again characters on the present who had died whereas making certain “area [is] made for brand spanking new tales as effectively.”
The sequel collection, which presently has a pilot order at Hulu, will characteristic Oscar winner and self-described Buffy fanatic Chloé Zhao directing from a script penned by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face). In addition to Gellar and new slayer Ryan Kiera Armstrong, forged members embrace Faly Rakotohavana, Ava Jean, Sarah Bock, Daniel Di Tomasso and Jack Cutmore-Scott, in addition to visitor star/recurring forged members Merrin Dungey, Audrey Hsieh, Audrey Grace Marshall and Kingston Vernes. Chase Sui Wonders may also have a one-off guest-starring role within the pilot.
