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Sarah Michelle Gellar says she wants to bring back everyone who died in the original 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' series for the reboot. The actress, who led the original series for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, is reprising her role as Buffy Summers in the new Hulu series. Actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong of 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' has also been cast in the reboot as a new young Slayer.
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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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