Sarah Michelle Gellar talks Ringer
Airing September 13th is the return of Sarah Michelle Gellar to the CW, the network she built with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for Ringer. She talked to Collider recently about the show, Buffy, and being the face of the CW once more.
“I was very burned out after Buffy. It was exhausting. It took me from essentially 18 on the pilot to being 24 and married when we finished. That show was my life. I was doing movies on the hiatuses and on weekends, but I needed to explore and live that gypsy lifestyle. So, I traveled and worked with amazing actors, like Andy Garcia, Alec Baldwin, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Lee Pace. It was this great learning experience. And then, I started watching a lot of television. I was always in these foreign countries and I would get TV shows on DVD, and I started to realize that all of the amazing roles for women were on television. I was spoiled by Buffy because I thought that was the way it was everywhere, and it’s not. I started to watch Damages and all of these amazing, female-driven shows, and it was something that was always in the back of my mind. Then, once I had my daughter, I realized that I was done living the romantic lifestyle, and nothing offers that more than television. If I hadn’t had the time away, I wouldn’t have been able to appreciate the experience that I’m appreciating now. But, that could just be my advanced age, too.”
“I’m so proud of the show and I’m enjoying it so much. I hope it takes off with fans, but if for some unknown reason it doesn’t, I’ve had the best time. I don’t regret a minute of it. I’m proud of the show, of the work we did, and of its legacy, so that’s nothing but good things. Sure, as an actor, you want to play different things, but I was also really fortunate. A lot of times, when you start a show at a young age, you get stuck. You get six years of high school, but I didn’t have that. Buffy grew. I didn’t feel that I was trapped because I got to do so much. And then, I went and played all these other characters for awhile. How many times, in any actor’s life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like that? I think that’s only fortunate. I don’t see the negative. And, if people think that I can save the world and kick butt, I’m okay with that.”
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