Earlier this year, Hulu announced its plan to produce a Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot. Fans were thrilled to hear that OG slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar had signed onto the project as well. Gellar is definitely best known for her iconic TV role as Buffy Summers, the teenage vampire slayer, despite having starred in numerous TV shows and films since. Some people might question why she’s returning to an old character and risking being pigeonholed, but Gellar is setting the record straight on that
While working on the original Buffy series, Gellar also starred in hits such as Cruel Intentions, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 2, solidifying herself as one of the ‘90s cult classic queens. She’s continued to reliably work in the supernatural and slasher genres, appearing in Dexter: Original Sin and Wolf Pack. Still with a brief cameo in the 2025 sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer and a return to Buffy, USA Today asked Gellar whether or not she feels pigeonholed in her career, and she gave an answer I love:
