The WhedonVerse

WHEDONYERSE Much Ado Anthony Head was originally to play Leonato and Clark Greg, currently in The Avengers, About Nothing tepped into the role. Ths would have been only Head's second role with Whedon. Does Joss Whedon really use the same actors every time? Joss Whedon is said to draw upon the same pool of actors for all of his projects. But appearances may be deceiving. Looking at his projects there are appearances of multiple actor but some connections can not represented here (i.e., Robert Downey Jr. in the three Iron Man movies don't count as these weren't Joss Whedon projects.) The chart displays the names of actors appearing in more than one Joss Whedon project. The flows are aggregated to show the number of actors moving from one project to another. This chart of the WhedonVerse goes to the casting of The Avengers 2,as of 18 APR 2014 (taken from IMDB.com). 12 Nathan Fillion (5/24) There was a large migration of actors between Buffy and Angel (74), some played the same characters on both shows although most did not As time progressed, fewer actors from the original two shows worked on future projects (58). Around 2009 that number thinned out to less than 50% and what remained was a small core of actors that keep popping up. 12 The Avengers 2 is in production and the castsee occasional additions.The chart is as complete as possible as of 17 APR 2014 The Avengers 2 Summer Glau (4/20) What most people overlook are the 2140 actors who have appeared in only one Joss Whedon project. 8 H2 e ol nfE Appearances of actors sorted by number of projects engaged in One Appearance : 2140 Two Appearances : 131 Three Appearances : 27 Four Appearances :2 Five Appearances : 3 Percentage for group Alexis Denisof (5/1 16) 21 92.92% 5.69% L17% Amy Acker (5/88) 0.09% As in any good comic book, a minor characters gets killed, res urrected, and given his own series.And so it is with Agent Phil Couls on.. 0.13% 4 é 12 Actors with Three or More Appearances 2. Five Four Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion Summer Glau, Tom Lenk Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog The Three“ Adam Baldwin, Adam Weiner, Alan Tudyk, Amy Umberger, As hley Johns on, Bob Fimiani, Carlos Jacott, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Colin Patrick Lynch, Damion Poitier, David Fury, Eliza Dus hku, Felicia Day, Fran Kranz, Gina Torres,Jamie McShane, Jeff Ricketts, Jeremy Renner, Jonathan M.Woodward, Kev in Will, Marti Noxon, Michael Nagy, Ron Glass, SamuelL Jackson, Sean Maher. MARVEL Cinematic Tom Lenk Universe * Names shown on chart. ** Names not shown on chart as it got too messy. (4/3 1) Cabin in the Woods A lthough released in 2012, the movie was set for a 2009 releas e. MGMS financ ial problems delayed this until 2012.This places it in 2009, not 2012 regarding actors flows. Summary From outward appearances, many of the same actors constantly appear in Joss Whedon projects. But in fact, only 7.08% of the actors have gone on to appear in two or more projects leaving 92.92% appearing in only one project. It's seeing the same 32 actors in multiple projects that make people think Joss uses the same of people for everything. The Avengers A large amount of The Avengers cast was inherited by Joss from the individual movies. The only movies counted in this graph are the ones Joss had a hand in producing or directing, Source: IM DB.com 17 APR 2014 How To Read This Chart JActor in fourt projects. Bar Colors TV show 74 |Darker shades Tequals more actors. Movie Colored lines show actors with four or Imore credits. IMARVEL cinematic HUniverse. INumber of actors Hin flow. A dot lindicates one actor. 1999 2008 1997 Dates which Projects Started Year spacing not to scale. Spacing is proportional for requirements of the flow diagram. 2002 2004 2005 2009 2012 2013 2015 SpecialInternet show name Awards O Emmy (nominated) The 2140 actors who have worked on only O Emmy (won) name - actor (##) 1997 1999 2002 O Saturn numb er number of episodes/ movies one Joss Whedon project. First year show was televised. O Hugo of projects Created by dave co lumbus-2014