4 months ago
Sarah Michelle Gellar is clearing things up astir nan Buffy nan Vampire Slayer continuation bid she’s moving connected pinch Chloé Zhao.
Hulu ordered a aviator for nan bid that Gellar starred successful for 7 seasons, and successful a caller interview, revealed that nan title of nan caller show is Buffy nan Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale.
“It’s not a sequel, it’s not a reboot — it’s a continuation,” Gellar said connected nan Shut Up, Evan podcast.
Gellar said nan bid will reply nan questions of wherever Buffy “is now successful this world and what is this world that Buffy lives successful pinch her and without her,” adding, “So it’s not a reboot, it’s not picking up pinch each of nan aforesaid characters correct away. It is not for illustration a sequel… That’s why nan sanction was moreover important to maine — Buffy: New Sunnydale. It’s Buffy, but it’s besides thing else.”
Although Gellar didn’t uncover thing new, she did opportunity she “learned a difficult instruction successful life” astir nan saying, “never opportunity never,” arsenic she was initially opposed to re-taking nan character.
“I will eat my words, and I’m OK pinch that — I learned my lesson,” she said. “I ne'er saw really and why it could beryllium arsenic bully [as nan original series]. I’m not trying to beryllium better. I conscionable want to clasp and grant nan representation and what we created. I cognize sometimes that representation is conflicted for group astir really they’re expected to consciousness astir it, but a batch of group put their blood, sweat, and tears into making what I deliberation is an incredibly awesome show, and I’m incredibly proud of it.”
Gellar noted Zhao’s passion for nan project, which yet led her to motion up to revisit Sunnydale.
“Chloé Zhao came to maine and not conscionable her passion, because I’ve seen group pinch passion before, but she knew really to spell into nan world. She knew what nan world was, and she knew nan way,” Gellar said. “And that was nan first clip I said, ‘Maybe, could I perchance do this? And this went connected for 3 years now … maine and Chloé going backmost and forth, saying I could do it, saying I can’t, and really spending nan clip to create what it is and why it is.”
Gellar said they are still processing nan bid and “still moving connected that, why and how,” adding, “I cognize this seems for illustration it’s taking a agelong time, and it’s because unless we are judge that it is precisely what we group retired to do and that it makes consciousness to do it, we don’t want to waste you nan bequest by not. When I cognize it’s perfect, past it will beryllium retired there, but I won’t do it unless I cognize it tin beryllium that.”
