There is only one symbol that could get it Sarah Michelle Gellar a possibility to consider Buffy the Vampire Slayer Revival: Dolly Parton.
“I mean, if Dolly Parton calls me, I’m always available for a call from the queen,” Gellar, 47, said exclusively Us weekly while attending the Front Row Fashion Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles on Friday, April 26.
Based on the 1992 film of the same name, Buffy premiered in 1997 as a midseason replacement television show on The WB before moving to UPN for its final two seasons. The show followed Buffy Summer (Gellar) as she fulfilled her destiny to destroy vampires, demons and othersand other forces of darkness. Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, Nicholas Brendon And David Boreanez also played along.
Parton, for her part, served as an uncredited producer on the show through her company Sandollar Productions. Earlier this year, Parton, 78, teased that the supernatural series – which remains a cult classic among fans – could make a comeback in the future.
“They’re thinking about bringing it back and redesigning it,” Parton said Business Insider in January. “They’re still working on that.”
While the “Jolene” singer might seemingly change her mind, Gellar has previously spoken out strongly against returning to the role of Buffy. Last year the actress said diversity that while she was “very proud” of the show, a revival was “not necessary.” However, she is “all for it.” Buffy The story continues without her.
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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame“Because there is a history of female empowerment,” she continued. “I like the way the show ended: ‘Any girl who has the power can have the power.’ It’s perfectly designed for someone else to have the power. But as I said, Buffy’s metaphors were the terrors of youth. I think I look young, but I’m not a teenager.”
Although Gellar doesn’t want to jump into Buffy’s high heels again, she keeps the memories of her time alive BTVS She cares deeply for her and has even started watching the supernatural drama with her children: daughter Charlotte, 14, and son Rocky, 11, who she shares with her husband Freddie Prinze Jr.
In 2021, Gellar said Us that the family watched through season five before hitting pause because they had to “somehow cherry-pick” the darker episodes that may not be suitable for younger children. (Buffy dies at the end of season five, while season six features “Seeing Red,” the episode in which James Marsters’ Character Spike attempts to rape Buffy in her bathroom.)
“We’re slowly working through it,” she said. “And then they got distracted by other shows.”
However, Charlotte and Rocky are much more interested in Buffy than in any of Gellar’s other works. “They never want to watch what I do,” she said. “They are never interested. I got the first five episodes and had to watch them because we were doing a panel the next day. I hadn’t seen it yet, so we all sat down to watch the first episode. And then I said, “Okay guys, time to shower,” and they all came back down [to watch the rest].”
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Gellar added that the duo even got up early the next morning to get ready for school and finish the show. “They were adamant that they wanted to see the rest,” she said. “That never happens.”