Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Sarah Michelle Gellar makes major U-turn on show reboot – 21 years after final episode
BUFFY the Vampire Slayer’s Sarah Michelle Gellar has made a major U-turn on the possibility of doing a show reboot.
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer took the world by storm when it made its debut back in 1997.
It earned cult status among fantasy fans but a lot has happened since it first aired 25 years ago.
Sarah had always said she would never return to the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, leaving at its natural conclusion, but she now appears to be having a change of heart.
Her views were prompted by watching the recent Sex and the City and Dexter series reboots and seeing how they have grown from the original.
Sarah has said she would be open to taking on the role of Buffy Summers again in a reboot.
Speaking on The Drew Barrymore Show, Sarah was asked whether she’d consider a return to her old character.
She said: “It’s funny. I always used to say no, because it’s in its bubble, and it’s so perfect.”
“But watching Sex and the City [sequel series, And Just Like That] and seeing Dexter, and realising there are ways to do it, definitely does get your mind thinking, ‘Well, maybe.’”
She added: “It could be anything. It’s a universe. And it makes you realise that in this world, we need those heroes, I think, more so than ever.”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ran between 1997 and 2003 and was based on Joss Whedon’s 1992 movie with the same name.
It followed Buffy Summers as she relocated to Sunnydale High School, where she had to battle various supernatural forces.
Playing Buffy Summers helped turn Sarah into a Hollywood leading lady.
She went on to bag roles in Cruel Intentions, Scooby Doo, The Grudge and Scream 2.
She also made various TV cameos including in The Simpsons, American Dad, Sex And The City, Star Wars Rebels and The Big Bang Theory.
Fans were devastated when the iconic series came to an end in 2003 after seven installments.
But last year, the iconic 90s show returned for a spin-off audio series with a twist, Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, which focuses on James Marsters’ character Spike.
The show is available as a nine part audio only series on Audible.