Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot Will See Classic Characters Return — Even if They're Dead, Sarah Michelle Gellar Says

Sarah Michelle Gellar wants the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot to bring backmost the show's archetypal formed of characters — including "everyone who has died."

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Gellar said her imaginativeness for the bid would beryllium that it offers a premix of storylines featuring some caller and returning faces, and person a lighter code than the archetypal show's Season 6 and Season 7.

As good arsenic being an enforcement producer, Gellar volition prima successful the series' caller aviator occurrence and past look successful a recurring relation afterwards, arsenic she passes the Slayer baton to caller bid pb Ryan Kiera Armstrong. But it sounds similar she won't beryllium the lone classical formed subordinate returning erstwhile the Buffy reboot arrives.

"It volition beryllium lighter than the past fewer seasons of the original," Gellar said. "We volition effort to find a equilibrium betwixt caller and aged characters. My imagination is to bring backmost everyone who has died, but abstraction volition person to beryllium made for caller stories arsenic well."

Gellar's comments are the archetypal clip we've heard of plans to bring backmost different classical characters arsenic good arsenic herself, and the proposition that deceased characters could instrumentality arsenic good opens up immoderate intriguing possibilities.

Main quality deaths successful Buffy's archetypal tally were rare, though aboriginal seasons saw fan-favourite witch Tara tragically murdered, portion the show's finale offed erstwhile demon Anya.

Buffy spin-off Angel killed disconnected a slew of its formed characters, however, including respective that debuted successful its genitor show. Cheerleader turned seer Cordelia sadly passed successful the series' aboriginal episodes, portion Watcher turned rogue demon huntsman Wesley fell successful the bid finale.

In the satellite of Buffy, decease does not airs a immense occupation for returning characters, with galore actors reprising their roles — oregon opening them — arsenic characters who person died, go undead, oregon been resurrected. Buffy herself died respective times passim the series' archetypal run, and respective of her closest pals (lovers) were vampires.

Gellar precocious recorded a video reuniting with her erstwhile co-star Alyson Hannigan, who played Willow, putting to furniture net rumours of a feud. Fans had hoped this meant Hannigan's quality mightiness besides instrumentality — though there's been nary confirmation arsenic yet.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer primitively aired from 1997 to 2003, starring Gellar, Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan arsenic Xander, Charisma Carpenter arsenic Cordelia, David Boreanaz arsenic Angel and Anthony Stewart Head arsenic Giles. The bid was created by Joss Whedon, who is not connected to the reboot.

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