10 Casting 'What Ifs' From Buffy The Vampire Slayer
2. Freddie Prinze Jr.
Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar are one of Hollywood's dream couples. They met in 1997, during the filming of I Know What You Did Last Summer, married in 2002, and have been together ever since, having had two children together.
Asides the handful of times they have shared the screen together, another on-screen pairing so very nearly came to fruition. Prinze Jr. came close to starring in a one-off appearance in Buffy at the beginning of Season 5 as the ultimate vampire, Dracula.
The season opener 'Buffy vs. Dracula' sees Buffy lock horns with the dark prince (which could have been the dark Prinze, as it turns out), prior to the main season arc involving Glory and Dawn getting properly started. Prinze Jr. was seriously considered for the role, but eventually the part went to Rudolf Martin. Martin also stars as Dracula in the 2000 TV film Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula.
Given the dark and romantic attraction between Dracula and Buffy, which becomes a flash point of tension between her and then-boyfriend Riley, to see Prinze Jr. in the role would have been memorable, to say the least. Then again, perhaps he was just too charming for the part.