Whether or not combating vampires or placing collectively a classy outfit, Buffy Summers at all times slayed, however sadly, star Sarah Michelle Gellar didn’t preserve 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 instructed 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 little bit midseason substitute 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 (reminiscent of 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 tendencies 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 he or she’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 costume 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 residence, 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 more room now, the Wolf Pack alum remains to be attempting to not maintain onto an excessive amount of.
“Even now, it’s humorous, I just lately did an enormous 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 attempting to determine what to carry onto.”
Regardless of her metropolis gal strategy, the star mentioned she was positive to maintain one memorable piece in her closet. “Buffy’s costume on the finish of the primary season was primarily based on a costume and Emmy costume 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 youngsters 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 youngsters ask “day by day” about changing into […]
The costume, which she wore as she accepted her Daytime Emmy Award in 1995 for her position on All My Youngsters, even nonetheless suits. In 2020, the actress pulled the with a photograph of herself carrying the robe.
“All dressed up and no the place to go. ‘I say we get together,’” she captioned the photograph, quoting her character within the season 1 finale.
The clothes, nonetheless, might be all her youngsters get to see of the later BtVS seasons. “We skipped season 6 as a result of they have been actually younger,” Gellar mentioned. “It was not acceptable.”
The Merciless Intentions star beforehand instructed Us that she let her daughter and son watch the early episodes of Buffy however finally determined to not present them the darker components.