Sarah Michelle Gellar thought she was "too old" to play Buffy the Vampire Slayer again: "It’ll be Buffy with a walker"

Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Sarah Michelle Gellar says she never saw herself playing Buffy the Vampire Slayer again, let alone returning for the upcoming Hulu reboot.

"It was not a place that I ever saw myself, so it definitely felt very surreal," Gellar told Variety. "But this is why you never say never, and I'm sure I said 'never' many times, and I’ve learned my lesson because I'm sure someday you’re gonna go back and find all the times I said, 'No, never. I'm too old. It'll be Buffy with a walker.'"

The actor developed the new revival season of Buffy with filmmaker Chloé Zhao and writing duo Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, who serve as head writers. The series takes place in New Sunnydale, where Buffy ends up mentoring a new young slayer named Nova (played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong). The cast also includes Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned) as Hugo; Ava Jean (Law & Order: SVU) as Larkin; Sarah Bock (Severance) as Gracie; Daniel Di Tomasso (CSI: Vegas) as Nova's single father; and Jack Cutmore-Scott (Frasier) as Mr. Burke.

Continued Gellar: "This is a show that will cater definitely to the [original fans]. There will always be Easter eggs because there were Easter eggs in the original…but we also want to introduce it to people that maybe haven’t seen the show."

Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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