You said you don’t like playing the same character twice. Does that mean you wouldn’t do a sequel to “Ice Princess?” What about the possibility of a “Buffy” movie?

I’m sure that there was tons of talk. I’d heard something here and there. The thing that I never want to play a character again… I don’t mean any disrespect for the creators and producers of my previous projects because I never pick a project carelessly. I always have some heart attached to it. “Buffy” was my all-time favorite show before I was on it. So I loved Dawn. She was an awesome character and that was where I was at that point in my life. I was, you know, 14-17, which is hugely different. I’m almost 20 now. I’ll be 20 in October, so reprising a character is something… Never say never. As opposed to a sequel for this — the story would have to be amazing because I really feel so proud of what we have on the screen right now. It’s not a Disney kitschy movie. It’s a heartfelt, loving story. And to have anything less than that as a sequel would be doing a disservice to the original story. So you never know.

What if “Buffy” creator Joss Whedon came up with an idea for a “Buffy” movie in which Dawn was in a completely different place and much older? Would you be interested then?

You never know. Again, like I said, you’d have to see the material and also I have so many projects that I want to do right now after “Ice Princess” and all that, that you have to make sure it fits into that vein because I believe every actor’s path is sort of set. You don’t want to veer too much away from moving on and growing as an actor.

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At the Once More With feeling screenings, whenever Dawn speaks everyone screams, “shut up Dawn”.
Apparently many Buffy fans hated Dawn. Personally I didn’t “hate” her but I found her VERY annoying.
Although I liked her much more in the 7th season.

I agree, I thought she was extremely annoying at first (except i liked the introduction of her without any explanation etc) but she grew on me. I would happily have her back if they would just shoot an 8th season

I always felt there was more story that Joss wanted to tell about Dawn as the ‘Key.’ I agree, she started to come into her own in the 7th season, but it was almost as if she had become a new character.  A story arc where she reaches some milestone in her life and she begins to question the whole ‘Key’ origins would have been an insteresting parallel to adoption tales.  Then again, didn’t the do something like that in Heroes

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I just watched some of Season 7 today, and you’re right, Dawn’s character is radically different.  She appears to have gained a new maturity and much knowledge almost overnight.  It’s disjointed.  The only point at which she really seems like the old (annoying but tolerable) Dawn is when she kicks Buffy in the knee cap after returning from her kidnapping by Xander.