Anthony Stewart Head was cast on the first day of auditions, and was the first person to be cast on the show. He said:

“When I went to audition, it felt …

David Boreanaz was the last major cast member to be cast for the first episode 1.01 Welcome To The Hellmouth. Marcia Shulman, the casting director for Buffy at the time, was …

James C. Leary (who played Clem) told the BBC about how he got the part:

“I guess it was in 2001. I was called in April to come to read for …

Vincent Kartheiser spoke to the BBC about being cast as Connor:

“When I first got the sides [casting description] for the audition, it was for a role called Street Kid. They …

Bianca Lawson (Kendra) was originally cast in the role of Cordelia but turned it down. She said:

“Well, there’s a period in a season where you audition for all the pilots, …

Juliet Landau didn’t audition for the part of Drusilla. Joss had seen her in Ed Wood, and asked her to meet him, the casting director (Marcia Shulman) and two executive …

Clare Kramer, who played Glory, talked to the BBC about how she and Charlie Webber (Ben) were cast:

“I got the two pages and thought “Well why not?” I’d heard good …

Juliet Landau has said that after she had been cast, she went to the audition for Spike to read with potential actors for that character. She and James immediately clicked. …

When casting the role of Tara, Joss Whedon was originally looking for someone like ‘old Willow’ - before Willow became as confident as she is now. Visually he wanted someone …

Both Carey Cannon and Randall Slavin, who played the Oracles in Angel had auditioned for roles on Buffy before. In an interview with Buffy Magazine, they said:

Carey Cannon: “I actually …

The actress cast to originally play Willow was Riff Regan, though she only played the part in the original pilot episode. She didn’t work out and Joss started looking for …

Seth Green was given a copy of the script for 2.15 Phases by Joss Whedon, to persuade him to take the role of the character of Oz. He had already played …

David Fury says in his DVD commentary for 5.02 Real Me that Dawn was originally supposed to be much younger than she ended up - about 12 years old. When Michelle …

Jenny Mollen, who played werewolf Nina in Angel’s season five originally auditioned for the part of Eve. She says:

“I actually had auditioned for the role of Eve and the casting …

Christian Kane, who played Wolfram and Hart lawyer Lindsey McDonald on Angel, originally auditioned for the role of Buffy’s Riley Finn. He told EW.com:

“I auditioned for Buffy, for the …

Marc Blucas mentioned in an interview about how he got the part of Riley:

“They had narrowed it down to five or six guys and we all went in to read …

Marcia Shulman was casting director on Buffy. She started out working on Sesame Street before realising she wanted to be a casting director. In the late 80s she was involved …

When Robia LaMorte first read through her audition scene for 1.08 I Robot, You Jane she thought that the character of Giles was one of her teenage students. Robia met with …

Spice Williams played Patrice the demon assassin policewoman in 2.10 What’s My Line? (Part Two) and Debbie in the Angel episode 4.13 Salvage (the woman who tries to kill Faith in prison). …

Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) was the first member of the main Buffy cast to be given a role. He was cast on the first day of casting. According to Marcia …