Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed that she knew some acquainted names on the audition roster for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.
The actress who performed Buffy Summers within the unique sequence, which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, just lately chatted with Us Weekly along with her former Buffy costar Alyson Hannigan, who portrayed Willow Rosenberg. Through the interview, Hannigan confessed, “I do know anyone who auditioned for one thing on the present.”
Nonetheless, Gellar additionally knew some folks. “I do know anyone who was on the present whose little one auditioned on the present,” she revealed. “I do know just a few folks from the present whose kids got here in.”
“It higher not have been one in every of my youngsters,” Hannigan quipped in response.
Although the Wolf Pack star didn’t reveal the names of who auditioned, final week it was introduced that Star Wars: Skeleton Crew actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong has been solid in a lead function in Hulu’s pilot for the reboot. The brand new present may even see Gellar reprise her function as Buffy Summers.
“From the second I noticed Ryan’s audition, I knew there was just one woman that I needed by my aspect,” Gellar mentioned in an announcement concerning Armstrong’s casting. “To have that form of emotional intelligence, and expertise, at such a younger age is actually reward. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room.”
Most particulars on Armstrong’s function, in addition to the present itself, are being saved underneath wraps. The unique sequence, which additionally starred Nicholas Brendon, Anthony Head, James Marsters and Emma Caulfield Ford, adopted Buffy Summers, destined to slay vampires, demons and different infernal creatures, as she offers along with her life combating evil, with the assistance of her pals.
A premiere date for the reboot has but to be revealed.