It is very, very obvious that they need to use Anthony Head for this in some recurring capacity. Everyone else was really young and is now going to look noticeably old; Anthony Head is still Anthony Head.
I agree that it's an enormous risk, though. If anyone other than Whedon did it it'd be a fail. If SMG does anything I suspect it'd be as some flashback former slayer role or some such.
I have to wonder why it's this he's re-booting, and not Firefly. Buffy ran its course and then some - I think most people would agree it should've ended around season 5. There was a lot that didn't work and it peaked in seasons 2-3. Firefly had so much more content left to explore. It's possible that he simply thought Firefly couldn't be done without the original cast, but I dunno, that would have made much more sense to me.
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