Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar has little or no time for individuals who don’t like a reboot.
In a brand new interview with USA Today, the star mentioned she thinks each reboots and revivals serve a goal within the leisure ecosystem, creating “work that not simply stands the check of time (and) that folks nonetheless bear in mind, however they nonetheless get pleasure from.”
“I’ve been lucky sufficient that I’ve had work that folks bear in mind from all completely different instances,” Gellar mentioned. “In case your artwork that you just’ve created continues to be significant and in addition because the world modifications that it nonetheless has emotional resonance to the followers, that’s all we might ever ask for.”
Up to now, Gellar has been squirrely concerning the thought of coming again to Buffy, however time modifications all individuals. And it’s not the primary time she has returned to an outdated function, showing earlier this yr within the newest I Know What You Did Final Summer season as Helen Shivers from the unique movie. Gellar is aware of audiences will be harsh on reboots and sequels, however she advised USA Right this moment that criticism is greatest averted by making these comebacks good on their very own deserves, “capturing the DNA of the unique” with out an excessive amount of rehashing.
That’s the plan for the brand new Buffy sequence, which sees Ryan Kiera Armstrong in the primary vampire slayer function and Gellar as a recurring supporting character. The actor individually advised IGN that the brand new sequence felt particular as a result of it’s not simply taking part in the hits: “The center of Buffy was all the time about discovered household—that sense of belonging and being cherished for who you might be—and that’s extra vital now than ever. The truth that individuals nonetheless carry such love for the present in any case these years is extremely particular.”
The untitled Buffy sequel just lately wrapped filming on its pilot, and the total sequence is ready to air on Hulu.
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