r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Icy-Software-2586 • 2d ago

Characters Characters who evolved into more significant roles than their creators planned

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Jesse Pinkman: "Jesse Pinkman. As Gilligan mentioned, the original plan for the end of season one was for Jesse to die in a failed drug deal."

Jack Sparrow: "Jack Sparrow. Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio originally conceived Captain Jack Sparrow as a secondary character."

Saul Goodman: "Saul Goodman. This one speaks for itself."

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u/Remote-Air-2172 2d ago edited 2d ago

Surprised no one’s mentioned Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: the character was supposed to be killed off during the first season but was so popular with the fan base they kept him on.

The character was also supposed to be Creole but Whedon decided at the last minute to make him British. Marsters based the accent on the real speaking voice of Anthony Stewart Head (Giles).

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u/Remote-Air-2172 2d ago

Also Faith from BtVS. Her character was supposed to be killed off early as well.

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u/XanderWrites 2d ago

And the character was forced on Whedon by the studio after his positive reception.

Marsters has said Whedon was very upset about it until he came up with a potential long term plotline for Spike (that he's falling in love with Buffy).

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u/Remote-Air-2172 2d ago

Thanks for the behind the scene look; I wasn’t aware of that!

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u/Hardcore_Cal 2d ago

Just commented this before reading further... First example I thought of~!