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   “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Sarah Michelle Gellar explained why she’s   
   changed her mind about doing a reboot of the popular 90s show, after   
   previously making it clear it would never happen.   
      
   “So….. you might have heard some news this week, but I realize you haven’t   
   heard from me,” Gellar wrote in a lengthy post on Instagram. “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.”   
      
   “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,” she   
   added. “We’d always been aligned on that, but this time I heard something   
   different in her voice. I eventually agreed to go (mainly just to meet Chloé)   
   and our twenty minute coffee quickly turned into a four hour adventure.”   
      
   “We laughed, we cried, but mostly we both talked about how much this show   
   means to us,” Gellar continued. “While I didn’t agree to anything at that   
   meeting, 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.”   
      
   The 47-year-old actress said that for years she’s heard the fans calling for   
   a “Buffy” revival and said she never could commit to it — unless she was sure   
   to “get it right.”   
      
   Gellar promised that “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,” the actress said. “And as   
   much as you do. Thank you to all the fans who never stopped asking for this.   
   This will be for you.”   
      
   The post from the “Cruel Intentions” star comes following news earlier this   
   week that a “Buffy” reboot was in the works, with Gellar reprising her iconic   
   role as the vampire slayer, Buffy Summers, Variety noted.   
      
   The series was inspired by the 1992 cult classic movie “Buffy the Vampire   
   Slayer,” which starred Kristy Swanson in the title role and featured Luke   
   Perry, Donald Sutherland, and Paul Reubens, among others.   
      
   The series kicked off on the WB in 1997 and ran for seven seasons and 144   
   episodes, with the final two seasons airing on the UPN, ending in 2003.   
   Gellar took on the lead role and was surrounded by such stars as Alyson   
   Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, David Boreanaz, James Marsters, and Kristine   
   Sutherland.   
      
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