Ryan Kiera Armstrong breaks down in tears after being requested by Gellar if she’ll be her “chosen one” in a upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival, as former present stars react to the information.
In each technology, there’s a chosen one — and, in 2025, her title is Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
On Thursday, unique Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar took to Instagram to share video of the second she personally knowledgeable Armstrong that she’s been chosen to star within the present’s upcoming revival at Hulu.
Ready on your permission to load the Instagram Media.
“I need to introduce you to @ryankarmstrong,” Gellar captioned the put up. “From the second I noticed Ryan’s audition, I knew there was just one woman that I needed by my aspect. To have that type of emotional intelligence, and expertise, at such a younger age is actually a present. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room. Welcome to #NewSunnydale #btvs.”
Within the emotional video, Gellar calls Armstrong up over Zoom — telling her that there was one thing she “needed to be sure you had been okay with.”
“How do you’re feeling about serving to me save the world? You wanna be my chosen one? Will you stand by my aspect and save the world?” Gellar then asks, as Armstrong begins to interrupt down in tears.
Getty
Sarah Michelle Gellar Speaks Out on Buffy Revival: ‘This Will Be For You’
View Story
“Ryan, all of us love you and from the second we noticed the tape, there was no one else in our eye that might do it, that we needed to do it with and I’m so excited to face by your aspect and have you ever be my accomplice on this journey,” Gellar provides, as Armstrong makes it clear she may be very a lot accepting the job.
“You earned it … you might be our chosen one,” Gellar tells her, earlier than Armstrong thank the OG for “trusting me.” The 15-year-old actress is then joined by her father, who says he is aware of “that that is precisely the place she’s presupposed to be proper now, with you on this insane, insane new journey.”
Getty
IKWYDLS Director Says She ‘Harassed’ Sarah Michelle Gellar with ‘Loopy’ Pitches to Convey Her Again
View Story
Armstrong most not too long ago starred on the Disney+ sequence Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and appeared alongside Zac Efron within the current Firestarter remake.
Among the many first to react to her casting had been just a few different unique sequence stars, together with Charisma Carpenter. “‘Ya wanna be my chosen one?’ 💕 ‘Thanks for trusting me’ she stated. 😭 Congratulations to her and her household. 💐” wrote the actress.
Added Emma Caulfield, who performed Anya, “TEARS!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️”
Ryan herself additionally commented on the put up, writing, “CRYING. 💕”
Everett Assortment/Getty
