The &34;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&34; alum is working on an update to that series. Sarah Michelle Gellar defends reboots: 'It means that your work resonates'

The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum is working on an update to that series.

Sarah Michelle Gellar defends reboots: 'It means that your work resonates'

The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum is working on an update to that series.

By Raechal Shewfelt

September 4, 2025 7:11 p.m. ET

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Sarah Michelle Gellar says she's in favor of reboots. Credit:

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Sarah Michelle Gellar, who's worked on reboots to '90s favorites *I Know What You Did Last Summer *and* Buffy the Vampire Slayer *this year, says the opportunity to return to her former roles is an honor.

"I've been fortunate enough that I've had work that people remember from all different times, and as an actor, you just hope you do work that not just stands the test of time (and) that people still remember, but they still enjoy," Gellar tells* USA Today* in an interview published Thursday. "If your art that you've created is still meaningful and also as the world changes that it still has emotional resonance to the fans, that's all we could ever ask for."

The original 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' TV series starred Sarah Michelle Gellar.

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She adds**, **"It means that your work resonates. And that people are still wanting more from a performance you made that many years ago."

Gellar, 48, should know. For starters, in July, she made a eerie cameo in the new *I Know What You Did Last Summer*, as her deceased character from the original, Helen Shivers. The original horror movie, which costarred Gellar's future husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Ryan Phillippe came out in 1997. It was about a group of friends who accidentally hit someone with a car later being stalked by someone who knows their secret.

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Then, in August, Gellar shared video on social media that showed her at a gym, training to reprise her role as Buffy Summers on a new TV series. It's a part she originally played for seven seasons between 1997 and 2003. While the premiere date for the new show has not been released, it's been announced that actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong will be the new star.

Gellar did see a downside to reboots, though.

As the actress who's also known for her parts in *Cruel Intentions* and TV's *All My Children *sees it, "people are really hard on" them, although they "never get mad every time … someone does a new adaptation of Shakespeare or Brontë or any of the classics. At the end of the day, there's only so many stories in the world and they all sort of are derivatives."

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The trick is to make them close enough to the old thing without making it a straight-up repeat.

"I think as long as they're good and it's not just a rehashing," Gellar tells the newspaper. "As long as the work is put in, it's all about the DNA. If you can capture the DNA of an original, I think you're golden."**

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