00:00Sarah Michelle Gellar says she wants to bring back everyone who died in the original Buffy
00:04the Vampire Slayer series for the reboot. The actress who led the original show for seven
00:09seasons from 1997 to 2003 is reprising her role as Buffy Summers in the new Hulu series.
00:15Actress Ryan Kiara Armstrong of Star Wars Skeleton Crew has also been cast in the reboot as a new
00:21young slayer. During a recent interview with Vanity Fair Italia, Gellar said this about the
00:25forthcoming series. It will be lighter than the last few seasons of the original. We will try to
00:30find a balance between new and old characters. My dream is to bring back everyone who has died,
00:35but space will have to be made for new stories as well. The Dexter Original Sin star also shared that
00:40she wants to make sure the reboot includes modern themes, issues, and storylines. She said,
00:45we're trying to figure out how to modernize the themes of the series, especially what it means
00:49to feel like an outsider in a world dominated by social media. What we want to explore are the
00:54space-time boundaries that affect society today. Most details surrounding the reboot,
00:58which Hulu is referring to as the untitled Buffyverse pilot, are being kept under wraps.
01:03Gellar is also executive producing the series. For more on this story and all the latest news,
01:08go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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