Sarah Michelle Gellar shared an emotional birthday message to her late Buffy the Vampire Slayer sister, Michelle Trachtenberg.
“Whenever you turned 16, it was exhausting to not nonetheless see you because the little lady I met on All My Youngsters. Whenever you turned 21, I needed to educate myself to not see you because the little sister anymore,” Gellar, 48, wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, October 11, alongside throwback Buffy footage of the 2 actresses. “I can't think about what 40 would have been like.”
She continued, “This I do know… it will be full of love. Glad birthday @michelletrachtenberg.”
Gellar set her publish to Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa's equally emotional duet, “See You Once more.”
Gellar and Trachtenberg first met once they each starred on All My Youngsters within the early Nineteen Nineties. Years later, they reunited on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Gellar starred because the titular Buffy, whereas Trachtenberg portrayed Buffy's youthful sister and a magical key, Daybreak.
Us Weekly confirmed in February that Trachtenberg died on the age of 39.
“It's with nice disappointment to substantiate that Michelle Trachtenberg has handed away,” a rep for the Gossip Woman alum informed Us in an announcement on the time. “The household requests privateness for his or her loss. There aren't any additional particulars at the moment.”
Trachtenberg is survived by her mother and father, her sister and her boyfriend, expertise agent Jay Cohen. Her explanation for demise was later dominated because of problems of diabetes mellitus.
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michelle Trachtenberg in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer' season 5. Richard Cartwright / twentieth Century Fox Movie Corp. All rights reserved. / Courtesy of Everett Assortment
Shortly after information broke of Trachtenberg's demise, Gellar was among the many stars to share her condolences.
“'Michelle, hearken to me. Hear. I like you. I'll at all times love you,'” Gellar wrote by way of Instagram that month, quoting one in every of Buffy's strains earlier than sharing what Trachtenberg had mentioned within the musical episode. “The toughest factor on this world is to dwell in it. I can be courageous. I'll dwell… for you.' 💔💔💔🗝️.”
Simply weeks earlier than Trachtenberg's demise, Gellar had confirmed her involvement in a brand new Buffy reboot.
“It's extremely emotionally overwhelming,” Gellar later informed Us Weekly solely in August of returning to her teenage position. “It's only a place I didn't know that I might discover myself. Whereas it was new, it was additionally extremely acquainted, and I really feel very fortunate.”
Whereas few particulars in regards to the new Buffy have been revealed, a logline has described the venture because the “subsequent chapter within the Buffyverse” starring a brand new slayer performed by Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Gellar, for her half, is ready to function an govt producer and may have a recurring onscreen position.
“All I can say is similar factor I maintain telling everybody: we're doing it slowly and punctiliously as a result of there's no level in doing it except we are able to do it proper,” she informed Us. “So we're going to guarantee that every thing is in place earlier than it's one thing that we're able to share.”
Gellar additional teased that the revival “received't change any of the DNA of the present.”
“I imply, for me, Buffy was about your discovered household,” Gellar added. “I feel now greater than ever, discovered household is extremely vital. All of us want a spot the place we really feel like we will be ourselves and be honored for being ourselves and liked for who we're. And that to me is — that's the purpose.”
It's at the moment unknown whether or not the brand new collection can pay tribute to Trachtenberg's Daybreak.
