'Buffy' Reboot Casts Ryan Kiera Armstrong as its New Slayer Alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

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'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' is back, and this time, she's passing the stake. 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong will be the new face of the slayer in Hulu's upcoming 'Buffy' reboot. Sarah Michelle Gellar, who's also an executive producer on the reboot, breaks the casting news to Armstrong in a recent video posted to Instagram.

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00:00Buffy the Vampire Slayer is back, and this time she's passing the stake.

00:04Star Wars Skeleton Crew actress Ryan Keira Armstrong will be the new face of the Slayer

00:08in Hulu's upcoming Buffy reboot. Don't worry, fans will still get to see Sarah Michelle Gellar

00:14reprise her role as Buffy Summers in this new series. Gellar, who's also an executive producer

00:19on the reboot, breaks the casting news to Armstrong in a recent video posted on Instagram on Thursday.

00:24I just wanted to ask you, and I wanted to make sure that you were okay with,

00:27hey. How do you feel about helping me save the world? Good. You want to be my chosen one?

00:34Gellar also wrote in the caption,

00:36From the moment I saw Ryan's audition, I knew there was only one girl that I wanted by my side.

00:40To have that kind of emotional intelligence and talent at such a young age is truly a gift.

00:45The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room. While she'll be playing a new Slayer,

00:50other details on Armstrong's role and the show itself are being kept under wraps.

00:54Buffy's final season in 2002 to 2003 did away with the idea of only one Slayer could exist at a time,

01:01bringing in a host of potential Slayers as part of the show's endgame. Gellar may have offered up

01:06one detail in the Instagram video with Armstrong. I'm so excited. Welcome to New Sunnydale.

01:12Telling her new co-star, Welcome to New Sunnydale, the town where most of the original series took

01:17place was obliterated in the series finale, leaving a giant crater. So,

01:21New Sunnydale could suggest a rebuilt city. For more updates on this story,

01:26be sure to head over to TheHollywoodReporter.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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