Eliza Dushku Reveals Why She Never Got Her Own Buffy Spin-Off

When Sarah Michelle Gellar hung up her stake seven years ago, there were a whirlwind of rumors about how the franchise might live on with out its blondie beauty.
The most intriguing of the rumors was that Eliza Dushku would reprise her role as the twisted sister slayer Faith in her own spin-off series. That never came to be and a lot of fans were pretty disappointed.
Now, Eliza explains why the show never happened in a new interview, blaming timing and her gut for the demise of the show. She reveals:

├óΓé¼┼ôAfter I finished the show, I├óΓé¼Γäód withdrawn from school and followed up with a couple of films like “Bring It On”, but I├óΓé¼Γäód had such an awesome experience working with Joss I was ready to go down that road again. So I met with Joss and Tim Minear and spoke about the potential for a Faith spin-off. But Buffy had just gone on seven years and Joss was really straightforward: he couldn├óΓé¼Γäót play the kind of day-to-day role he had on Buffy ├óΓé¼ΓÇ£ he had his family. I love Tim Minear, I trust him wholeheartedly and it wasn├óΓé¼Γäót that I felt without Joss it wasn├óΓé¼Γäót right, but it was a contributing factor. On top of it, I had just played this character for almost five years, it felt like time to explore a different role. So I ended up making a decision that, though looking back I don├óΓé¼Γäót regret, in hindsight maybe the talks could have continued a bit longer. It├óΓé¼Γäós a question I├óΓé¼Γäóve been asked a gazillion times: ├óΓé¼╦£Why├óΓé¼Γäód you do Tru Calling and not the Faith spin-off?├óΓé¼Γäó Thing is, even Joss was part of helping me make that decision. He said: ├óΓé¼╦£I think you have to follow your gut, which is trying something different, and we├óΓé¼Γäóll stay friends so this isn├óΓé¼Γäót goodbye, this is until next time.├óΓé¼Γäó├óΓé¼┬¥

Yeah, next time didn’t work as well as you thought it might have. Should have stuck with doing a Faith spin-off. People would have really liked that.
Course, if someone could kick some sense into the Buffster and get a movie underway, we’d consider that an apology!
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