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Sarah Michelle Gellar is weighing in on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival series that is nearing a pilot order at Hulu.
The star of the series would see Gellar reprise her role as Buffy Summers in a potential sequel that would have Chloé Zhao directing the pilot.
In a post on social media, Gellar detailed how the potential revival series came to be.
“Three years ago, I got a call from my dear friend and mentor, Gail Berman. She told me that she wanted me to sit down with Chloé Zhao to hear her take on a potential Buffy revival,” Gellar recalled on Instagram. “I was blown away that Chloé even knew who I was, but, as I’ve always done, I told Gail that I just didn’t see a way for the show to exist again. We’d always been aligned on that, but this time I heard something different in her voice.”
Gellar said she agreed to take on the meeting “mainly just to meet Chloé,” and a “twenty-minute coffee quickly turned into a four-hour adventure,” adding, “We laughed, we cried, but mostly we both talked about how much this show means to us.”
Although nothing was agreed to at that meeting, Gellar noted, “I did shock myself by agreeing to continue the conversation. These conversations did, in fact, continue over the next few years and eventually we added the incredible Nora and Lilla Zuckerman to our little tribe until ultimately, one day, we landed on an idea.”
“I have always listened to the fans and heard your desire to revisit Buffy and her world, but it was not something I could do unless I was sure we would get it right,” she continued. “This has been a long process, and it’s not over yet. I promise you, we will only make this show if we know we can do it right. And I will tell you that we are on the path there.”
“I feel so lucky to be on this journey with these four unbelievably talented women, all of whom love “Buffy” as much as I do. And as much as you do. Thank you to all the fans who never stopped asking for this. This will be for you.”
