Ryan Kiera Armstrongthe lead of the long-awaited Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, has spoken out after Hulu pulled the plug on the mission.
“I’m positive a lot of you might have already heard the information by now,” Armstrong, 16, started in an Instagram Story posted on Saturday, March 14. “I needed to return on right here and say thanks for all the assist that you just guys have given me and this present all through the final couple months. It’s been actually particular.”
Combating again tears, Armstrong advised her followers that she was “actually proud” of the proposed Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale pilot, although she was “unhappy that (followers) received’t be capable of see it.”
“It doesn’t take away from the wonderful expertise that I had,” she famous.
Armstrong thanked authentic Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar and her artistic companions — writers Lilla Zuckerman and Nora Zuckerman and director Chloe Zhao — for growing the now-scrapped mission.
“I additionally need to say thanks to all of the followers who believed on this new chapter, and who believed in me, so thanks guys,” she mentioned. “Thanks to the solid I labored with. You guys are superior.”
The actress went on, “I suppose all I need to say is we introduced this again for you guys and Buffy is such an enormous a part of all of our lives. It’s not going anyplace! Who is aware of what the longer term will maintain?”
Earlier within the day, Armstrong shared a Polaroid of herself on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale and described herself as “your slayer.”
Gellar, 48, broke the information on Saturday that Hulu had handed on transferring ahead with Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydaleafter initially ordering a pilot in early 2025.
Sarah Michelle Gellar in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
twentieth Century Fox Movie Corp; Courtesy Everett Assortment“So I’m actually unhappy to must share this, however I needed you all to listen to it from me – sadly Hulu has determined to not transfer ahead with Buffy: New Sunnydale,” Gellar introduced by way of Instagram. “I need to thank (director) Chloe Zhao as a result of I by no means thought I might discover myself again in Buffy’s trendy but inexpensive boots and because of Chloe I used to be reminded how a lot I really like her and the way a lot she means not solely to me however to all of you. And this doesn’t change any of that.”
She then teased, “I promise if the apocalypse truly comes you’ll be able to nonetheless beep me.”
Gellar had lengthy resisted returning to the Buffy franchise earlier than she lastly signed as much as star and produce “the following chapter within the Buffyverse” in 2025. The collection would have launched Armstrong as a younger slayer mentored by Buffy.
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Final August, Gellar completely advised Us Weekly that it was “extremely emotionally overwhelming” to be engaged on a brand new Buffy mission.
“It’s only a place I didn’t know that I might discover myself,” she admitted to Us. “Whereas it was new, it was additionally extremely acquainted, and I really feel very fortunate.”
The basic TV collection was primarily based on the 1992 movie of the identical identify, starring Kristy Swanson because the slayer. The Buffy TV collection aired for 5 seasons, from 1997 to 2001, on The WB earlier than transferring to UPN for its ultimate two seasons. (The WB and UPN later merged to develop into The CW in 2006.)