Sarah Michelle Gellar will all the time be a badass heroine to Buffy the Vampire Slayer followers — however engaged on the present's reboot has introduced up loads of blended emotions.
“It's extremely emotionally overwhelming,” Gellar, 48, completely instructed Us Weekly on August 27 of stepping onto the Buffy reboot set greater than 20 years after she hung up her stake. “It's only a place I didn't know that I might discover myself.”
The actress defined, “Whereas it was new, it was additionally extremely acquainted, and I really feel very fortunate.”
Gellar — who was selling the launch of eBay's '95 Shop, which opened on Wednesday, September 3 — performed teenage vampire slayer Buffy Summers on The WB's Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 1997 to 2003.
Greater than 20 years later, Us confirmed in February that Gellar could be reprising her position in Hulu's upcoming follow-up collection. The revival, nevertheless, is described as, “the subsequent chapter within the Buffyverse” and can comply with a brand new slayer performed by Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
Gellar, for her half, could have a recurring position, based on Selection, and can function an government producer on the mission.
“All I can say is identical factor I hold telling everybody: we're doing it slowly and punctiliously as a result of there's no level in doing it until we are able to do it proper,” Gellar completely instructed Us in August. “So we're going to be sure that every part is in place earlier than it's one thing that we're able to share.”
Whereas the actress didn't give away a lot concerning the upcoming present, she revealed that the workforce “received't change any of the DNA of the present,” together with its campy vibes.
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“I imply, for me, Buffy was about your discovered household,” Gellar stated, noting that the reboot will hold that message on the forefront. “I feel now greater than ever, discovered household is extremely essential. All of us want a spot the place we really feel like we may be ourselves and be honored for being ourselves and liked for who we're. And that to me is — that's the purpose.”
Chloé Zhao, who's the director for the brand new Buffy, confirmed on Sunday, August 31, that they “simply wrapped the pilot,” telling The Los Angeles Occasions that it's “set 25 years later.”
Though the brand new slayer-focused TV present might be a contemporary tackle Buffy, followers have nostalgia for the ‘90s, which Gellar was a really massive a part of cultivating. That's why, the TV star teamed up with eBay to announce its ‘95 Store, which is a retail expertise in New York Metropolis and on-line the place followers can store iconic trend staples from that decade in addition to collectibles and classic objects.
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“That's the entire level of the eBay ‘95 store is that there's something concerning the ‘90s that holds one thing actually essential for thus many individuals,” Gellar instructed Us. “Both people who reside by way of it or folks which might be simply discovering the ‘90s. And so to have the ability to have the store and on the identical time give again to Make-A-Want Basis and make different youngsters' desires come true, who won't be as lucky as all of us. I feel that's actually particular.”
She continued, “And I really like that eBay is staying true to their roots. We're having the popup in New York, which is tremendous enjoyable. If anybody can get there, it's actually going to be an excellent expertise, however when you can't get there, then it's on the web for everyone. Similar to eBay. And everybody could have the identical entry to have the ability to have a bit of those actually particular objects.”
The eBay ‘95 Store, which officially kicked off on Wednesday — the pop up was on Thursday, September 4, within the Massive Apple — options bids beginning at 95 cents for the public sale portion. All proceeds from Wednesday's public sale went to Make-A-Want.
“It's not simply that [there is] a Gianni Versace jacket from the ‘90s, it's a jacket that Prince truly had on his physique. That's unbelievable that these things are significant,” Gellar teased to Us of what was obtainable to buy. “The ‘90s was eBay. [That] was actually the primary place the place you could possibly buy objects safely on the web. It was just like the one place the place it's like, ‘OK, if I get it from right here, I do know it's actual. I do know there's a solution to authenticate.'”
The objects additionally included Barbies, a Michael Jordan autographed jersey, Pokémon playing cards, a 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 and, after all, Buffy the Vampire Slayer items.
“The Buffy objects that we have been in a position to public sale, we truly discovered on eBay,” Gellar revealed. “Speak about meta. I went on eBay to seek out the objects to place within the eBay ‘95 store.”
eBay's seven-day online auction of the “biggest hits” will run by way of Tuesday, September 9, with reside bidding operating till 9 a.m. ET.
