Sarah Michelle Gellar fully supports a 'Buffy' reboot and knows exactly who she wants to take over the role: 'I vote Zendaya'

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Sarah Michelle Gellar fully supports a 'Buffy' reboot and knows exactly who she wants to take over the role: 'I vote Zendaya'
Zendaya speaks onstage during the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles, California.Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Essence
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    Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed who she would like to see star in a reboot of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

    "I vote Zendaya," she told author Evan Ross Katz in an interview for his new book, "Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts," which is a retrospective looking back on the classic show.

    Sarah Michelle Gellar fully supports a 'Buffy' reboot and knows exactly who she wants to take over the role: 'I vote Zendaya'"Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts" by Evan Ross Katz$26.10 FROM AMAZONOriginally $29.00 | Save 10%$26.68 FROM BOOKSHOPOriginally $29.00 | Save 8%
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    Gellar played the teenage vampire slayer throughout the series' entire seven-season run from 1997 to 2003 ("Buffy" first on The WB and later moved to UPN for its final two seasons). The show, from creator Joss Whedon, was based on Whedon's 1992 film of the same name.

    Sarah Michelle Gellar fully supports a 'Buffy' reboot and knows exactly who she wants to take over the role: 'I vote Zendaya'
    Zendaya in "Dune."Warner Bros.

    Buffy faced a variety of dark forces in addition to vampires including demons, werewolves, and other monsters. The show was a huge hit that retains a devoted following years after it went off the air. It has inspired podcasts, fan fiction, and other art from those who love getting lost in its ghoulish universe.

    In the book, Gellar's "Buffy" costar Julie Benz agreed with her choice. "That would be amazing," she replied of Gellar's Zendaya fan-casting.

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    Zendaya is no stranger to on-screen heroics. She appeared in 2021's sci-fi epic "Dune" and will also star in "Dune Part II," due out in 2023. She also plays this generation's version of Peter Parker/Spider-Man's love interest MJ in "Spider-Man: No Way Home."

    Sarah Michelle Gellar fully supports a 'Buffy' reboot and knows exactly who she wants to take over the role: 'I vote Zendaya'
    Sarah Michelle Gellar in 2017.Getty

    Zendaya has also been battling foes of the more spiritual sort on the HBO drama "Euphoria" where her character, teenager Rue Bennett, struggles with drug addiction.

    Gellar is not the first actress to endorse Zendaya continuing the legacy of their franchise. Vivica A. Fox told NME in 2020 that she would be pleased with the actress assuming the role of her on-screen daughter in a future "Kill Bill" sequel.

    "Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts" is available now on Amazon and Bookshop.

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