Buffy the Vampire Slayer and waiter—before breaking into acting and overcoming his stutter. He landed his Xander Harris role following only four days of auditioning. Ryan Reynolds and Danny Strong also auditioned for the part. Strong later played the role of Jonathan Levinson, a recurring character for much of the series run. Alyson Hannigan was the last of the original six to be cast. Following her role in "My Stepmother Is an Alien", she appeared in commercials and supporting roles on television shows throughout the early 1990s. In 1996, the role of Willow Rosenberg was originally played by Riff Regan for the unaired "Buffy"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics Horse Comics compiled select stories in comic books so that people could find them more easily. After the publication of these volumes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Nine and Ten were released. Dark Horse Comics published many comic stories during the airing of the TV series. After the TV series came to an end, a new comic season was published by Joss Whedon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, as well as , a spin-off of this series. When Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight was finished, Dark Horse Comics decided to publish a new comic season of Buffy.