Uh, not to be non-sequitur girl, but they had a whole segment about this* on Triple J this morning and since I was listening while being stubbornly asleep (damn clock radio) I thought it was all a horrible, horrible hallucination. But it's apparently not, at least in the sense that someone bothered to actually print it, or post it, or whatever. My brain keeps running in little loop between "It's utterly absurd given what everyone involved has previously said" and "But where do you get an idea like that, if there's no basis whatsoever?" and then back again. Stupid paradox of the tabloids.

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Edit - Thanks, Angus.

Leigh--you have to put the URL on a line by itself to get the auto-link thing working.

And this is clearly a crock, although in fact Holly Valance would have made a great Buffy!

the Star is a comic, even by Redtop standards. Safely ignored.

"It's utterly absurd given what everyone involved has previously said" and "But where do you get an idea like that, if there's no basis whatsoever?"

That was me when I heard.

Personally, I'd say it's part beat up (Apparently she's launching in the States in a couple of months, and I'd put dollars to doughnuts that this is her PR people just trying to put a few clicks on the internet site as the Americans say "who's that?" and go searching) and part miscontrustion of the other "rumour" I read today which was about casting for the movie (apparently scheduled for release in Summer 2004. um.. yeah?!?)

Me? I'm with Wil Anderson on the "This is wrong wrong wrong" side of the fence. (Which is okay really, 'cause the fence she do block my view of HV.)

What Jim said.

Although the only time I've seen Holly Valance on anything, she seemed like a nice lass. Good luck to her, and all that. But The Star is rubbish. Hell, the article ended with:

Gellar has turned down a seventh year in the show, which is watched by millions of people around the world

so it's not exactly the most trustworthy of sources, surely?

Well, of course it would be wrong wrong wrong to "replace" SMG with anyone at this point. But Holly is gorgeous, she can act (shut up! she can so!!) and I can see her pulling off the action stuff, so in some parallel universe I think she'd be great!

t edit Plus I make a point of disagreeing with anything Wil Anderson or any other JJJ announcer thinks.

Unfortunately she has that problem where she looks like a frog. And a surprised one at that. Maybe the frog was surprised at getting offered the role of Buffy.

But Holly is gorgeous, she can act (shut up! she can so!!) and I can see her pulling off the action stuff, so in some parallel universe I think she'd be great!

I don't know from the acting, but I'm perfectly willing to credit it - don't watch Neighbours these days, but she wouldn't be the first talented actor to have done a stint on a soap. However, I saw her playing the piano and singing that song, and I thought she was jolly good. Props to her. (I mean, she's only wee, isn't she? Still in her teens?) But the prospect of her appearing on BtVS or any spinoff? Not big, imutterlyuninformedho

Me? I'm with Wil Anderson on the "This is wrong wrong wrong" side of the fence. (Which is okay really, 'cause the fence she do block my view of HV.)

Snerk, yes, I think I need a fence as well, if only to bash my head against. I'm glad Wil was appropriately horrified, as the only bit I heard properly through my sleep haze was the theorizing on re-casting other Neighbour's actors as either Anya or Spike. *shudder* So wrong on so many levels.

Also, movie? Hasn't that poor dead horse suffered enough?

Edited to add:

Unfortunately she has that problem where she looks like a frog. And a surprised one at that. Maybe the frog was surprised at getting offered the role of Buffy.

Hee hee hee...Um, being petty and vicious isn't that big of karmic deal is it? Cause I'd hate to come back as a frog or something myself and end up bitter at the irony elves.

Okay Children, I think we're done picking on Angus' secret television guuuuuuurlfriend....

Hasn't that poor dead horse suffered enough?

Apparently not, for it was out enjoying the air again today.