Whether or not combating vampires or placing collectively an elegant outfit, Buffy Summers all the time slayed, however sadly, star Sarah Michelle Gellar didn’t maintain all of these iconic ’90s and ’00s seems to be.
“I’ve a few items, however we weren’t allowed to maintain the wardrobe in these days,” Gellar, 46, solely informed Us Weekly whereas selling her partnership with UScellular for the World Day of Unplugging.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuted on March 10, 1997, as a bit of midseason alternative TV present on The WB, and 27 years later, it’s nonetheless a cult hit. The fantasy present aired for seven seasons, spawned the spinoff Angel and nonetheless conjures up new works (similar to Audible’s Slayers, which reunited a number of forged members final fall). Buffy‘s success was initially a shock, and now, the truth that her 14-year-old daughter Charlotte is embracing the identical developments Buffy as soon as donned has Gellar doing a double take.
“Isn’t that loopy?” the actress mentioned. “When my daughter got here again and she or he’s like, ‘Do you continue to have any chokers?’ I used to be like, ‘What?’ Or she’ll come out with the white T-shirt with the gown over it.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar in 2023 and 1998. Presley Ann/Getty Photographs for Christian Siriano; Getty Photographs
But Charlotte gained’t discover too many Buffy wardrobe items in her mother’s closet. “I feel rising up in New York Metropolis, I grew up in a small condominium, and so we didn’t have room,” Gellar defined to Us. “There was by no means storage. I by no means grew up with the concept of holding onto these items.”
Though she and husband Freddie Prinze Jr. (with whom she additionally shares son Rocky, 11) have extra space now, the Wolf Pack alum continues to be making an attempt to not maintain onto an excessive amount of.
“Even now, it’s humorous, I not too long ago did a giant purge and I’ve been saving my purses and stuff for my daughter,” Gellar mentioned. “However I’m like, ‘By the point she will get older, she doesn’t even going to need half my stuff.’ So I’m making an attempt to determine what to carry onto.”
Regardless of her metropolis gal strategy, the star mentioned she was certain to maintain one memorable piece in her closet. “Buffy’s gown on the finish of the primary season was based mostly on a gown and Emmy gown that I wore, and I’ve that,” she shared.
Proud dad and mom! Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. have been gushing about their children since beginning their household in 2009. The actress gave delivery to their daughter, Charlotte, that 12 months, adopted by son Rocky in 2012 — and the little ones are anxious for a youthful sibling. Gellar’s kids ask “every single day” about changing into […]
The gown, which she wore as she accepted her Daytime Emmy Award in 1995 for her function on All My Youngsters, even nonetheless suits. In 2020, the actress pulled the with a photograph of herself sporting the robe.
“All dressed up and no the place to go. ‘I say we social gathering,’” she captioned the picture, quoting her character within the season 1 finale.
The clothes, nevertheless, might be all her children get to see of the later BtVS seasons. “We skipped season 6 as a result of they had been actually younger,” Gellar mentioned. “It was not acceptable.”
The Merciless Intentions star beforehand informed Us that she let her daughter and son watch the early episodes of Buffy however ultimately determined to not present them the darker components.
