If you’re parents, teachers, or gut ever told you that you weren’t living up to your potential, you’ll feel better after tuning into actress Kristy Swanson’s latest rent-check Swamp Shark. Still hot at 40, Swanson was once poised for Hollywood domination after nabbing the lead role of Buffy Summers in the original 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, penned by geek-messiah Joss Whedon.

Unfortunately, Buffy tanked and Swanson was replaced by Sara Michelle Gellar in Whedon’s successful television reboot of the film. Long-story-short, Swanson has since embraced the straight-to-DVD market and often headlines made-for-TV flicks such as Syfy’s Swamp Shark.

Swanson faced-off against a Louisiana “swamp shark” once before in the TBS original Bull shark frightener Red Water, costarring Lou Diamond Philips and rap-legend Coolio. The movie went on to become a ratings smash for the network.

Swamp Shark costars Robert Davi (Predator 2), D.B. Sweeney (“Jericho”), Natacha Itzel (“The Dunwich Horror”), and pretty newcomer Ashton Leigh.

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