Ryan Kiera Armstrong is the brand new chosen one: “Buffy ”reboot casts younger star as new vampire slayer

Sunnydale has discovered a brand new chosen one: Ryan Kiera Armstrong has joined the forged of the brand new Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot reverse authentic star Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The 15-year-old star, greatest recognized for roles within the movie Firestarter and Star Wars sequence Skeleton Crew, has been forged as the brand new slayer in Hulu's untitled pilot. Extra particulars about her function and the synopsis for the sequence/pilot are nonetheless below wraps, however Gellar is connected to reprise her function as Buffy Summers in addition to govt produce.

Chloé Zhao, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Nomadland and Eternals, will direct the pilot.

Gellar shared a candy video on Instagram on Thursday that featured her informing an emotional Armstrong that she has been tapped because the chosen one. Her father, fellow actor Dean Armstrong, additionally makes an look in the direction of the tip.

"I do know this course of has been onerous," Gellar prefaced within the clip, earlier than asking the younger Armstrong, "How do you are feeling about serving to me save the world? You wanna be my chosen one?" From the second Gellar noticed Armstrong's audition, she captioned the put up, "I knew there was just one woman that I needed by my facet."

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"To have that type of emotional intelligence, and expertise, at such a younger age is really a present," Gellar added. "The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room."

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Gellar stated to an overcome Armstrong, "I hope it's a sure," to which the younger actor replied, "Sure! Sure! For positive." After she referred to as her dad into the room, he stated to Gellar, "I do know that that is precisely had been she’s presupposed to be proper now with you on this insane insane new journey."

The 1997 vampire drama, primarily based on the 1992 movie of the identical identify, starred Gellar's titular slayer as one in a protracted line of ladies vampire slayers chosen to defeat vampires, demons, and different sources of evil within the fictional California city of Sunnydale. It concluded in 2003 after seven seasons. The present's embattled creator, Joss Whedon, who has been accused of abuse and misconduct, shouldn’t be connected to Hulu's new iteration.

Armstrong broke out within the biz at simply the age of 8, starring reverse Amanda Seyfried in 2019's The Artwork of Racing within the Rain. Different notable credit embody reveals Anne with an E and American Horror Story, in addition to movies like It Chapter Two, Marvel's Black Widow, and The Tomorrow Conflict.

Watch the candy second Gellar informs Armstrong she booked the gig above.

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