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Sarah Michelle Geller hints at a return of hit show Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Geller has teased fans as she hinted the show could be making a return, 20 years after it was last broadcast.

The 45-year-old actress played the role of the monster slayer for seven seasons, which ran from 1998 until 2003, with many fans living in hope of a reunion series.

Sarah said she would be all for the idea of bringing the show back, as long as there were "more stories to tell".

However, fans might be disappointed to learn that she ruled herself out of being part of any revival and said she is too old to take the lead.

"I've always said that if there's more stories to tell, I say why not do it, like if there's a great mythology somewhere.

Sarah said a revival could work with the right story (Heart Breakfast)
She played Buffy from 1998 until 2003 (Copyright (c) 2003 Shutterstock)

"The show ended spoiler alert if you haven't seen the ending urr... 20 years ago… as you guys like to remind me, she gives the power to everybody.

"The whole idea was any girl in the world who wants the power should have the power so it's open for any body to do it," Sarah said during an interview on Heart Breakfast.

She added: "I don't think I will because like we said earlier, you know Buffy, the whole idea was this adolescent and what that's like, and I think I look young, but I don't think I pass as an adolescent."

The actress is well known for playing the leading role (Copyright (c) 2003 Shutterstock)
Sarah said she would be too old for the role now (Getty Images)

Sarah took a break from acting following the death of her The Crazy Ones co-star Robin Williams, who died in 2014 at the age of 63.

Speaking about her decision, she said: "I need to be here for these early formative years of my kids' life. I needed that break to be the parent that I wanted to be."

She added that she is now happy to return to work with the new Paramount+ drama series Wolf Pack.

"I started to really miss it," she told People.

Last month, Sarah opened up about the "hostile" atmosphere she was often met with behind the scenes of Buffy.

She claimed that women were "pitied against each other" and were deemed "threatening" if they formed friendships.

Sarah told The Wrap: "For so long, I was on a set that I think was known for being an extremely toxic male set.

"And so that was ingrained in my head that that was what all sets were like, and that women were pitted against each other — that if women became friends, then we became too powerful, so you had to keep that down."

Listen to Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden weekdays from 6:30am – 10am across the UK and on Global Player .

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