Sarah Michelle Gellar changes her mind on “Buffy” reboot, 'maybe' open to it: 'We need those heroes more so than ever'

Into every generation, a slayer is rebooted.

Though she has shot down the idea in the past, Sarah Michelle Gellar has some new thoughts on re-entering the hallowed Buffyverse. Talk turned to rebooting Gellar's iconic series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer when Gellar dropped by fellow scream queen Drew Barrymore's talk show to promote her new series, Dexter: Original Sin, a prequel to the original Showtime series.

“It’s funny. I always used to say no, because it’s in its bubble, and it’s so perfect,” Gellar told Barrymore. “But watching Sex and the City [sequel series, And Just Like That] and seeing Dexter [Orignal Sin], and realizing there are ways to do it, definitely does get your mind thinking, ‘Well, maybe.'”

Gellar notes that the possibilities are endless; it doesn't have to be a prequel or a sequel, because there's so much to play with.

“It could be anything,” she continued. “It’s a universe. And it makes you realize that in this world, we need those heroes, I think, more so than ever.”

Gellar's been asked multiple times over the years if she would consider hopping in a reboot, and she's always demurred. In 2021, she said she didn't think she should be the person to do it, claiming she was "way too tired and cranky to put in that work again."

"What worked for Buffy was that the monsters represented, they were a metaphor for the horrors of adolescence," the actress said on Mario Lopez's podcast at the time.

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Then the following year, she went a step further saying that a reboot was completely unnecessary.

“I am very proud of the show that we created and it doesn’t need to be done,” she told SFX Magazine (via MovieWeb). “We wrapped that up. I am all for them continuing the story because there’s the story of female empowerment. I love the way the show was left: ‘Every girl who has the power can have the power.’ It’s set up perfectly for someone else to have the power."

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Complicating matters, the creator of Buffy, Joss Whedon, has been accused of fostering a toxic workplace environment, with Gellar speaking out against Whedon in a 2021 Instagram post.

"While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don't want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon," Gellar wrote. "I am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic currently so I will not be making any further statements. I stand with all survivors of abuse and I'm proud of them for speaking out."

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