Sarah Michelle Gellar wants Zendaya to replace her in Buffy reboot
Sarah Michelle Gellar has ‘voted’ for Zendaya to be her successor in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot. In an interview with Evan Ross Katz for his introspective new book, Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts, the pop icon was asked who should take over her iconic role. “I vote Zendaya,” she revealed, to which Julie Benz – who played Darla on the groundbreaking fantasy drama – replied, “That would be amazing.” Zendaya is best known for her role as Rue, a teenage drug addict, on HBO’s teen drama Euphoria, for which she became the youngest recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
The actress has also starred in The Greatest Showman, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man trilogy, Malcolm & Marie and Dune.
Gellar slayed (pun intended) as the title character from 1997-2003, and was nominated for several awards for her performance including a Golden Globe.
Buffy is often regarded as one of the best female characters of all time. The series focused on a teenage girl bestowed with supernatural abilities to defeat vampires, demons and the forces of darkness.
