From one Slayer to a different, Ryan Kiera Armstrong is studying every part she will be able to from Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Because the pair movies Hulu‘s Buffy the Vampire Slayer sequel sequence, Armstrong revealed the very first thing Gellar instructed her as they started manufacturing, praising the Golden Globe nominee for her behind-the-scenes assist.
“I can’t discuss an excessive amount of about Buffy,” she prefaced to Collider. “She’s simply as pretty as she appears on digicam. She’s such an awesome individual. She went by means of Buffy. One of many first issues she stated to me was, ‘I’ll defend you. I’ll assist information you.’ It nonetheless will get me. I like Sarah.”
Not simply as Buffy’s successor, however as a younger actress within the business, Armstrong has appreciated Gellar’s steerage. “With every part, I’ve somebody to at all times go to now,” she stated.
Initially working for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is in manufacturing for Hulu, with Gellar returning as star and government producer. Armstrong’s casting was introduced in Could.
Chloé Zhao is directing the pilot, written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman. Together with producers Gellar, Zhao and the Zuckermans, Dolly Parton is returning as an government producer on the sequence after producing the unique underneath her Sandollar banner.