Meet The Buffy Reboot's New Slayer: Ryan Kiera Armstrong To Play The Chosen One Opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar

A Star Wars: Skeleton Crew alum has a real stake in Hulu's potential Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.

Ryan Kiera Armstrong will play the new slayer in the pilot, our sister site Deadline reports, opposite original series star Sarah Michelle Gellar.

You can watch Gellar notify Armstrong she got the part in the video below, courtesy of Gellar's Instagram. "From the moment I saw Ryan's audition, I knew there was only one girl that I wanted by my side," she writes in the caption. "To have that kind of emotional intelligence, and talent, at such a young age is truly a gift. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room."

Armstrong's character's name was not released. In March, TVLine exclusively reported that the character was a brainy and cerebral teen named Nova, though we noted that the intel was preliminary and subject to change.

Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face) are attached as writers, showrunners and executive producers or the potential reboot. Chloé Zhao (who won a directing Oscar for her 2020 feature Nomadland) is attached to direct and executive-produce. Additional EPs include Gellar, Gail Berman, Fran Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui and Dolly Parton. (Berman, the Kuzuis and Parton all executive-produced the original Buffy series.)

Armstrong's TV work includes Anne With an E, American Horror Story and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Her film resumé includes IT: Part Two, Black Widow and The Art of Racing in the Rain. You can see TVLine's Matt Mitovich talk with Armstrong and some of her Skeleton Crew castmates in the video below.

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