By LOUIS B. HOBSON -- Calgary SunHOLLYWOOD -- According to Eliza Dushku, there is something much scarier than vampires.
"Try Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans,"says Dushku who played Faith in the popular Buffy TV series.
"Buffy fans are known to pop out of bushes. They are real stalkers. It never ceases to amaze me. They bring dozens of photos for you to sign.
"I haven't been on the show for the past two seasons and they still hound me."
Dushku has heard the rumours that Faith will reappear this season when Buffy moves from the WB network to UPN this year.
"I've seen those stories on the Internet but I've also read that I'm supposed to be playing Wonder Woman in the film version and that I'm replacing Shannon Doherty on Charmed.
"According to rumours, I'm going to be one very busy actress next year, but I haven't had any formal offers."
In Kevin Smith's raunchy new comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dushku plays one of the trio of sexy burglars who are meant to be a spoof on Charlie's Angels.
She will be seen later this year starring opposite Wes Bentley in the horror thriller Soul Survivor and in the drama City by the Sea which reunites her with Robert De Niro.
In the 1993 drama This Boy's Life, she and Leonardo Di Caprio played the actor's young children.
There was a major difference in her relationship with De Niro this time around.
"For one thing I didn't run around kicking him in the shins. I was 11 years old when I did that film. I was just so thrilled he remembered me."