Sarah Michelle Gellar Talks About The Legacy of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Buffy The Vampire Slayer is one of those few shows that I revisit often. It was just such a fun series to watch filled with great characters. The best thing about the series was the stories that it told and how relatable they were to so many different people.
During a recent interview with SFX, Sarah Michelle-Gellar was feeling a little nostalgic and she talked about her time on the series and the legacy that she left behind with it, and how she’s proud of her work on the show. She said:
"As an actor, all you ever want to do is a show that affects people, that they love and holds up. That is your legacy. I am so proud of what we created. It’s been a tumultuous couple of years, and understanding the show and its legacy, there is good and bad to all of it. I have gotten to a place now where we can really appreciate the show for what we created. I am so proud that during the pandemic, the show reached a whole new generation of people that still felt that it spoke to them, that it was still timely and it still meant something to them."
She went on to talk about the horror genre in general and how it offers great roles for women, saying: "Horror is one of the few genres where you get to do that. Having a character like Buffy, who is so three-dimensional and hits all those notes… you don’t just want to be the wife or the girlfriend."
There’s been an effort to reboot the series and Joss Whedon was developing it with writer Monica Owusu-Breen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). The project was also going center on a new version of the vampire slayer and it was referred to as “contemporary, building on the mythology of the original.”
The project was put on pause, but if it does eventually move forward, Gellar is not interested in being a part of it. She previously explained why, saying:
"I'm not. I am very proud of the show that we created and it doesn't need to be done. 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. But like I said, the metaphors of Buffy were the horrors of adolescence. I think I look young, but I am not an adolescent."
I’m fine with there being no Buffy reboot. That original series is all I need, and fans can just watch and enjoy that over and over again.
What are your thoughts on Buffy The Vampire Slayer? What things do you like about the series?