Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals next 'chosen one' in 'Buffy'

[ad_1] Ryan Kiera Armstrong has staked the position of the brand new slayer on the town within the upcoming “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” revival.

The 15-year-old actor will co-star with authentic sequence lead Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The 2 actors shared the information Could 15 in a joint Instagram put up that includes a video that confirmed Gellar breaking the casting information to Armstrong.

“How do you are feeling about serving to me save the world?” 48-year-old Gellar requested Armstrong within the clip.

“Good,” responded Armstrong, who appeared uncertain of Gellar’s which means.

“Do you need to be my Chosen One”?” Gellar requested her, which prompted Armstrong to cowl her mouth as she burst into tears.

“Will you stand by my aspect and save the world with me?” Gellar requested whereas Armstrong, sobbing nonetheless, nodded her head.

“Ryan, all of us love you,” Gellar stated, “and from the second all of us noticed your (audition) tape, there was no person else in our eyes that would do it, that we wished to do it with, and I'm so excited to face by your aspect and have you ever be my associate on this journey.”

“That is so thrilling. Oh my gosh,” stated Armstrong, wanting across the room in disbelief. “Sure, sure. For certain, sure. Um, thanks. I’m so excited.”

“Welcomed to New Sunnydale,” Gellar instructed Armstrong, who then referred to as her dad into the room.

“What do you assume? Are you prepared for this journey?” Gellar requested Armstrong’s father.

“I do know that is precisely the place she’s speculated to be proper now,” the proud dad responded.

Gellar wrote within the caption of her put up, “I need to introduce you to @ryankarmstrong. From the second I noticed Ryan’s audition, I knew there was just one lady that I wished by my aspect.

“To have that form of emotional intelligence , and expertise, at such a younger age is really a present. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room. Welcome to #NewSunnydale #btvs,” she added.

Armstrong’s Instagram bio now reads, “slayer.”

“I’m so past grateful and excited to share that i'm going to be aside of the BTVS universe!!! i'm so excited for this journey with you @sarahmgellar i'm in awe of you,” Armstrong wrote in a separate put up on Instagram.

The teenager went on to thank others concerned within the upcoming sequence in addition to her “superb dad and mom” who, she wrote, “have allowed me to do my dream.”

“I WONT LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!” she added.

At 15, Armstrong already boasts a powerful performing resume. She performed the lead position within the 2022 horror flick “Firestarter” (a remake of the 1984 movie starring Drew Barrymore) and portrayed the daughter of Nicolas Cage’s gunslinger character in the 2023 Western “The Previous Approach.”

Armstrong additionally appeared within the characteristic movies “Wildflower,” “The Artwork of Racing Within the Rain” and “Black Widow” and appeared as a daily on the tv sequence “Anne with an E” and Season 10 of “American Horror Story.”

Gellar, who has lengthy resisted the thought of a “Buffy” spinoff, confirmed in February that she was concerned in a reboot, helmed by Oscar-winning “Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao.

The unique “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which additionally starred Alyson Hannigan, Michelle Trachtenberg, David Boreanaz, Emma Caulfield and Anthony Head, aired from 1997 to 2003 and instructed the story of a teenage lady within the fictional Sunnydale, California, whose future was to struggle vampires and different demons to be able to save the world.

The “Buffy” sequence, which was created by Joss Whedon, was based mostly on the 1992 film of the identical identify, starring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens and Luke Perry.