{"id":29272,"date":"2023-01-27T13:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T12:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1776068"},"modified":"2023-01-27T14:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T13:03:05","slug":"sarah-michelle-gellar-explains-key-similarity-between-buffy-and-wolf-pack","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sarah-michelle-gellar-explains-key-similarity-between-buffy-and-wolf-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Michelle Gellar explains key similarity between Buffy and Wolf Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Slayer is back in a new role. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 27 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s a dream come true for Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a> fans \u2013 Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/a> has returned to the supernatural genre with her new show Wolf Pack<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Yep, the Slayer herself is back on our screens in a new series from Teen Wolf<\/a> creator Jeff Davis, that sees a California wildfire awaken a terrifying supernatural creature.<\/p>\n

Gellar plays arson investigator Kristen Ramsay, leaving plenty of room for the action she\u2019s so well known for.<\/p>\n

After believing that she would never return to the genre, the actress has pointed out the key similarities between Buffy and Wolf Pack that made it impossible for her to say no.<\/p>\n

Speaking about why Buffy was so enduring, she explained at a Q&A in London: \u201cI wish I knew all the reasons because I could bottle that and make everything that successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an actor you hope what you do resonates and means something and you hope it stands the test of time. And that test of time is getting harder and harder because we\u2019re looking at shows through such a different lens.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo even movies that we love, now they\u2019re sexist, they\u2019re too whatever, whatever lens we\u2019re looking at them [through]. So that\u2019s hard.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.<\/span><\/figcaption> Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cBut I think the beauty of Buffy was she represented every single one of us, right? Whether it was a girl and her first love, whether it was someone coming out to their parents, whatever that emotion was, there was something that resonated for everybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, to make the full parallel, that, to me, is what the show represented. Each of these characters [in Wolf Pack], Everett\u2019s dealing with this huge anxiety that his parents don\u2019t think is real. Well, that\u2019s what every teenager feels \u2013 \u2018My parents don\u2019t know me, they don\u2019t understand.\u2019 There is this disconnect.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have Bella [Shepard]\u2019s character who wants no technology. Well, guess what? That\u2019s not the answer, either. Because that is how we connect\u2026<\/p>\n

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Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kristin Ramsey in Wolf Pack.<\/span><\/figcaption> Paramount+\/MTV Entertainment Inc.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cTyler\u2019s character really is that boy trying to become a man, separating from the parents, looking for, \u2018what do I have in common with you, you\u2019ve raised me, does that make me who I am?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery one of us has a part of those characters. And I think that\u2019s what ultimately makes something successful. It\u2019s not the monster. It\u2019s not the witty dialogue. It\u2019s, does this mean something to me?<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what I realised in the last couple of weeks, too, is that supernatural really does allow you to tell the most super human stories, because life\u2019s really hard right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on Edo van Belkom\u2019s 2004 book of the same name, Wolf Pack follows a group of teen werewolves who find each other after a wildfire leads to a horrifying turn of events in California.<\/p>