Sarah Michelle Gellar Wants To Bring Back Every Dead Buffy Character In Reboot — Who Do You Want To Return?

The Chosen One has shared some fresh teases about Hulu's highly anticipated reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

During the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival, Sarah Michelle Gellar let a few new details slip as to what fans can expect from the forthcoming series. "It will be lighter than the last few seasons of the original," the actress said at the festival, per Vanity Fair. "We will try to find a balance between new and old characters. My dream is to bring back everyone who has died, but space will have to be made for new stories as well."

Dead characters? Returning?! Guess anything goes if you're living on a Hellmouth.

Gellar also discussed the creative team's attempt to modernize the series for today's social media-obsessed world.

"One of the surprising aspects of Buffy is that it's always been a crossover series," she added. "We're trying to figure out how to modernize the themes of the series, especially what it means to feel like an outsider in a world dominated by social media. What we want to explore are the space-time boundaries that affect society today."

Gellar was lured back into Buffy's knee-high leather boots by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), whose original pitch forms the reboot's basic premise. "For so many years, I said no to a possible return of the series," said Gellar. "I didn't want to reintroduce something we had already seen. I waited for the right time to come. Then Chloé, a big Buffy fan, proposed the project to me and I accepted. The gestation was long. It's been three years and we're still working on it."

The Buffy follow-up was officially announced back in February with Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face) attached as writers, showrunners and executive producers. Zhao is attached to direct and executive-produce, with additional EPs including Gellar, Gail Berman, Fran Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui and Dolly Parton. (Berman, the Kuzuis and Parton all executive-produced the original series.) Gellar will reprise her former role in a recurring capacity rather than a leading one.

In May, Ryan Kiera Armstrong was announced as the series' new slayer. 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.

So, let's talk, Scoobies. Which characters need to be back for Buffy 2.0? Let us know all of your thoughts by dropping some comments below!