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Gellar Hesitates Over 'Buffy' Movie
By Kelly Glover, Special to Zap2it.com
October 11, 2004
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) -- Although she has some hesitation about bringing her vampire slaying Buffy character to the big screen, Sarah Michelle Gellar says she hasn't completely ruled out the idea.
After playing "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on the cult hit TV series for seven years, she tells Zap2it.com that making a movie of the series may disappoint fans.
"Clearly, you're going to disappoint people. I mean, I was very happy with the finale, but I still believe that it should have been two hours," Gellar says. "I believe there wasn't enough Xander. I believe that certain things get left out, and when you make a film you're setting yourself up to disappoint people."
Gellar, who is in the upcoming horror film "The Grudge," adds, "Part of the reason I believe that the show worked was because the story had arcs and you felt for this character and you experienced things [with her], and it wasn't a beginning, middle and end."
There already was a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie released in 1992 starring Luke Perry (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Kristy Swanson ("Dude Where's My Car?") That pre-dated the series and it's part of the reason Gellar is wary of making a follow-up film.
"I spent the first year of the show constantly explaining to people, 'No no, it's not like the movie; it's not like the movie,' because there was such a bias to the movie, because it didn't work as a film," she says.
Yet, the 27-year-old actress says she's not giving a definite no at this stage. "I say that now, and a year someone could send me the script and I could think it's great and we could be at the junket a-year-and-a-half from now. But I will say that I have a lot of hesitations about it and it is not something I particularly want to do at this time."
However, bidding goodbye to her beloved Buffy character was a tough time for Gellar. "[It was] the most difficult thing i've ever experienced. It was all I knew. I started that show when I was 18 years old. It was a character I loved," she says. "[The crew] were people I saw nine months a year for eight years of my life it was incredibly difficult."
The TV series created by Joss Wheadon ("Angel") appeared on TV screens from 1997 to 2003 and also starred Alyson Hannigan ("American Pie") and Nicholas Brendon ("Psycho Beach Party.")
Gellar Hesitates Over 'Buffy' Movie
By Kelly Glover, Special to Zap2it.com
October 11, 2004
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) -- Although she has some hesitation about bringing her vampire slaying Buffy character to the big screen, Sarah Michelle Gellar says she hasn't completely ruled out the idea.
After playing "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on the cult hit TV series for seven years, she tells Zap2it.com that making a movie of the series may disappoint fans.
"Clearly, you're going to disappoint people. I mean, I was very happy with the finale, but I still believe that it should have been two hours," Gellar says. "I believe there wasn't enough Xander. I believe that certain things get left out, and when you make a film you're setting yourself up to disappoint people."
Gellar, who is in the upcoming horror film "The Grudge," adds, "Part of the reason I believe that the show worked was because the story had arcs and you felt for this character and you experienced things [with her], and it wasn't a beginning, middle and end."
There already was a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie released in 1992 starring Luke Perry (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Kristy Swanson ("Dude Where's My Car?") That pre-dated the series and it's part of the reason Gellar is wary of making a follow-up film.
"I spent the first year of the show constantly explaining to people, 'No no, it's not like the movie; it's not like the movie,' because there was such a bias to the movie, because it didn't work as a film," she says.
Yet, the 27-year-old actress says she's not giving a definite no at this stage. "I say that now, and a year someone could send me the script and I could think it's great and we could be at the junket a-year-and-a-half from now. But I will say that I have a lot of hesitations about it and it is not something I particularly want to do at this time."
However, bidding goodbye to her beloved Buffy character was a tough time for Gellar. "[It was] the most difficult thing i've ever experienced. It was all I knew. I started that show when I was 18 years old. It was a character I loved," she says. "[The crew] were people I saw nine months a year for eight years of my life it was incredibly difficult."
The TV series created by Joss Wheadon ("Angel") appeared on TV screens from 1997 to 2003 and also starred Alyson Hannigan ("American Pie") and Nicholas Brendon ("Psycho Beach Party.")