{"id":28168,"date":"2023-01-05T11:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T10:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1763957"},"modified":"2023-01-05T12:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:42:24","slug":"buffy-star-sarah-michelle-gellar-puts-an-end-to-hopes-for-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/buffy-star-sarah-michelle-gellar-puts-an-end-to-hopes-for-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar puts an end to hopes for return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 05 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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With rumours and reports of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot having percolated for many years now, Sarah Michelle Gellar has re-affirmed that if such a project were to go ahead, she would not be a part of it.<\/p>\n

The Buffy Summers star was speaking with SFX Magazine<\/a> ahead of her new Paramount+<\/a> series Wolf Pack, when she revealed that she would not be looking for return to her most famous role.<\/p>\n

Gellar said: \u201cI am very proud of the show that we created, and it doesn\u2019t need to be done. We wrapped that up. I am all for them continuing the story, because there\u2019s the story of female empowerment. I love the way the show was left: \u2018Every girl who has the power can have the power.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Sarah Michelle Gellar.<\/span><\/figcaption> Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s set up perfectly for someone else to have the power. But like I said, the metaphors of Buffy were the horrors of adolescence. I think I look young, but I am not an adolescent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buffy originally ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, and was based on a 1992 film of the same name with which it does not share continuity. Alongside Gellar, the series also starred Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter and Anthony Head amongst others.<\/p>

A reboot was announced back in 2018, but since then little news has been heard regarding the development of the series. In 2022, during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>\u2019s TV\u2019s Top 5 Podcast, the original show\u2019s executive producer Gail Berman revealed that the project had been put \u201con pause\u201d.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Gellar said that while she supported the idea of a reboot, she didn\u2019t think she \u201cshould be the one doing it\u201d<\/a>, adding that she\u2019s \u201cway too tired and cranky to put in that work again\u201d.<\/p>