Casting Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot

8. Maya Hawke - Anya Jenkins

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Anya Jenkins served as Buffy's ultimate breath of fresh air. A vengeance demon forced to live the rest of her life as a human, she was at once unfiltered, hilarious, and charming, played to perfection by Emma Caulfield.

Maya Hawke, daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, not only has talent rushing through her veins, but has thanks to her role in season three of Stranger Things to be a natural in front of the camera.

Also, as Robin, Hawke is wonderfully sarcastic, secretly caring and bursting with wit - all primary qualities needed to best portray Anya.

You need look no further than the last act of season three, where Robin is high on unknown drugs - the sequence is hysterical, sure, but in its final moments allows Hawke to show off her dramatic chops, proving that if anyone was to recreate Anya's heartbreaking speech in "The Body," it might just be her.

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