BUFFY star hesitant about making a SLAYER movie

By Patrick Sauriol     October 11, 2004
Source: Moviehole

Recently the Moviehole website interviewed actress Sarah Michelle Gellar about her new movie THE GRUDGE, slated for release on October 22. During the course of the interview Moviehole's reporter asked Gellar what were the chances of her ever committing to do a spinoff movie based on her character BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, a role she played for seven years on television. While Gellar didn't want to never say never, the idea seems to be a remote one right now for the leading lady.

"I have a lot of hesitation about it, since it WAS a movie, and I spent the first year of the show constantly explaining to people, 'no no, it's not like the movie' because there was such a bias to the movie, because it didn't work as a film," explained Gellar to Moviehole. "And that's my initial hesitation and the other is that 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. I believe there wasn't enough Xander, that certain things get left out, and when you make a film you're setting your self up to disappoint people. Part of the reason I believe the show worked was because the story's an arc and you felt for this character's experience, and it wasn't a beginning, middle and end and I don't believe she worked like that. I say that now, and if in a year they could send me the script, 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."

Unless someone backs up a truckload of money...

For the complete interview, check Moviehole.


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