The supporting cast included a myriad of talents like Paul Reubens, Sasha Jenson, and soon-to-be star Hilary Swank. With the support of Fox, they were able to bring in stars like Kristy Swanson as the titular Buffy, Luke Perry as her wayward sidekick and love interest Pike, Rutger Hauer as the evil vampire Lothos, and Donald Sutherland as Buffy’s Watcher Merrick. Together, the companies brought the budget up to $7 million and were ready to get to work. Her first film, Tokyo Pop (1988), made her a viable investment for Kuzui Enterprises to partner with 20th Century Fox and Dolly Parton’s Sandollar productions to make Buffy happen. As an established producer and script consultant with 10 years of experience, Fran was ready to take the leap into directing. Whedon was getting tired of blonde girls dying in alleys and wanted to create, “a seemingly insignificant female who in fact turns out to be extraordinary.” The idea turned from Rhonda to Buffy the Slayer, and that’s about when Fran Ruben Kuzui discovered Whedon’s script.įran Kuzui with her husband, Kaz Kuzui, had founded Kuzui Enterprises, a Japanese distribution, and production company and they were looking for opportunities for Fran to direct. During this time, he was gearing up to write his first original feature. He stepped in as “script doctor” for films like Speed, Waterworld, and Twister. He was a staff writer on sitcoms like Roseanne and Parenthood. Joss Whedon was building his resume when he came up with the idea. And before she was Buffy, she was “Rhonda, the Immortal Waitress.” She wouldn’t become “Buffy Summers” until 1997. Perhaps vague, in its earliest phase, but ready for GenX and generations to come. And it is in her journey that we find a template. Just two years later, the story of a flighty, teenage cheerleader who’s put upon by destiny to fight the vampires, demons and forces of darkness was introduced into the world. Focusing on spiritual aspects of a woman’s inherent nature and the idea of a masculine identity coming together with a feminine one is just so… dated. But I, and many others, find her vision lack. Maureen Murdock, a student of Campbell, tried her hand at devising what mysteries lie in this quest. In recent decades, it’s become increasingly necessary to understand the existence and importance of a Heroine’s journey. “All she has to do is realize that she’s the place that people are trying to get to.”Īnd to that, I say, in my best ’90s Valley girl accent, ‘As if!” Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces catalogs the archetype of the hero, and the journey of the protagonist must undergo to attend the title of “Hero.”īut what of the women? Campbell has infamously said that women don’t need a journey because the woman is always there. ‘BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER’ MOVIE RETRO: A HEROINE’S JOURNEYĪt this point in our collective consciousness, we all know The Hero’s Journey. BOOM! STUDIOS – YEAR TWO – ANGEL & SPIKE.
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