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Daily Mail
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sarah Michelle Gellar shares her wild idea about the upcoming Buffy reboot
Sarah Michelle Gellar has a few ideas about what she'd like to see included in the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot. The actress,48, who recently reunited with her Buffy co-star Alyson Hannigan on a red carpet, opened up about her hopes for the highly anticipated show in an interview with Vanity Fair. 'It will be lighter than the last few seasons of the original,' the Emmy winner who played the title role for seven seasons told the publication while attending the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival. 'We will try to find a balance between new and old characters,' she said of the series being helmed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao. The actress and executive producer then opened up about something that could thrill Buffy fans of all ages. 'My dream is to bring back everyone who has died, but space will have to be made for new stories as well. Gellar hinted there could be opportunities to expand the Buffy universe again. 'One of the surprising aspects of Buffy is that it's always been a crossover series,' she explained. 'We're trying to figure out how to modernize the themes of the series, especially what it means to feel like an outsider in a world dominated by social media,' she explained. The action star added that she feels 'lucky' not to have had to deal with that when she first took on the role. 'What we want to explore are the space-time boundaries that affect society today.' Gellar explained why it took her so long to agree to a reboot. 'I didn't want to reintroduce something we had already seen. I waited for the right time to come,' she said. The versatile star explained that Zhao, who is a self-admitted fan of the show 'proposed the project to me, and I accepted.' 'The gestation was long. It's been three years, and we're still working on it,' Gellar said. Sharing her hopes for the reboot, the actress revealed 'My dream is to bring back everyone who has died, but space will have to be made for new stories as well' The actress and executive producer said the tone 'will be lighter than the last few seasons of the original' Scripts are being written by Poker Face scribes Nora and Lilla Zuckerman Little is known about the reboot, except that Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 15, will star as a new Vampire Slayer, alongside Gellar's Buffy. 'From the moment I saw Ryan's audition, I knew there was only one girl that I wanted by my side,' the welcoming star wrote on social media in May. 'To have that kind of emotional intelligence, and talent, at such a young age is truly a gift. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room.'
Daily Mail
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Buffy The Vampire Slayer fans in meltdown over possibility beloved character will join reboot
Buffy fans were left overwhelmed with excitement at the possibility of one of their beloved characters reprising their role. On Friday, Sarah Michelle Gellar, 48, made a joint Instagram post with one of her former co-stars and called each other their '#OG' in the caption. On the same day, they also teamed up to talk about working together again — to the excitement of their longtime fans — for an off-screen project and important cause. The actress, who played the titular role of the series, got together with her former co-star Alyson Hannigan, 51, and left fans thrilled at the chance that the upcoming reboot will see them together in Sunnyvale again. The pair also made a joint appearance on the TODAY show and visited SiriusXM together to talk about raising awareness for meningitis — and they also discussed the legacy of Buffy. Hannigan portrayed Willow Rosenberg to Gellar's Buffy Anne Summers in the series, which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. Many of their fans took to social media, hopeful that the pair working together off-screen could lead to their characters reuniting in the forthcoming Hulu revival series. This comes nearly two decades after the show ended. On the TODAY show, when one of the talk show hosts asked them what they would tell their younger selves, Gellar brought up the cultural 'impact' of the supernatural drama series. 'I think I would've said to take it in a little bit,' she said. 'I think I was so focused on the job and the movies and all that, that I don't think I really understood the impact that the show had.' She said that it took her about a decade later for her to realize that Buffy had so much 'meaning.' 'I think it was only like 10 or 12 years afterwards when I saw that the show still meant so much and all these new generations were discovering [it] and that it had that meaning,' she continued. 'And I was like, "Wow," and maybe I needed that distance to understand it, so maybe I couldn't tell my younger self,' Gellar added. 'Because, let's be honest, when you're younger, you can't really tell them anything — which actually is, like, one of the reasons Alyson and I are here today, right? It's those times where it's up to us to protect our children and sometimes we need that help. We need that community.' Many heaped praise on how 'great' they look, while some fans said the duo seemingly did not age in the last 20 years. They made silly faces and pointed at each other in one of the many cute snapshots On the same day they visited the TODAY show, they also stopped by SiriusXM Studios in New York City The pair also made a joint appearance on the TODAY show and visited SiriusXM together to talk about raising awareness for meningitis — and they also discussed the legacy of Buffy In reaction to their photobooth-inspired, black-and-white selfies, Buffy fans took to X to speculate about the revival series. Many heaped praise on how 'great' they look, while some fans said the duo seemingly did not age in the last 20 years. 'Does this mean Willow will be in the Buffy revival omg.' The post received nearly 3,000 likes and over 400 retweets as many joined in in excitement. 'Yes please,' one fan tweeted while the original user responded that it is a 'neeed.' Another fan wrote: 'What ever you think about Willow she have [sic] to be in the reboot...' 'Does this mean Willow will be in the Buffy revival omg.' The post received nearly 3,000 likes and over 400 retweets as many joined in in excitement 'Yes please,' one fan tweeted while the original user responded that it is a 'neeed' Another fan wrote: 'What ever you think about Willow she have [sic] to be in the reboot...' '100% this is a clear indicator Willow is SO back,' another fan tweeted 'It's a MUST,' one person added One X user added, 'My heart dropped when I opened Insta omg!!!' In addition to the plethora of 'omgs,' one user tweeted: 'THIS IS SO ICONIC WHATTT' 'Please dear god let it be,' one fan wrote alongside the prayer hands emoji One X user added, 'My heart dropped when I opened Insta omg!!!' '100% this is a clear indicator Willow is SO back,' another fan tweeted. 'It's a MUST,' one person added. In addition to the plethora of 'omgs,' one user tweeted: 'THIS IS SO ICONIC WHATTT.' 'Please dear god let it be,' one fan wrote alongside the prayer hands emoji.
