{"id":2239077,"date":"2026-01-17T20:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2239077"},"modified":"2026-01-17T20:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:16:15","slug":"sarah-michelle-gellar-reveals-which-of-her-movies-she-was-really-was-upset-about-at-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sarah-michelle-gellar-reveals-which-of-her-movies-she-was-really-was-upset-about-at-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals which of her movies she was &#8216;really was upset about&#8217; at first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2F119102101.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This movie didn\u2019t exactly slay for Sarah Michelle Gellar. <\/p>\n<p>The actress, 48, revealed that, at first, she wasn\u2019t thrilled with how the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/06\/17\/scooby-doo-wasnt-supposed-to-be-a-kids-movie\/\">2002 live-action movie, \u201cScooby-Doo\u201d turned out.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gellar played Daphne, alongside her husband Freddie Prince Jr. as Fred, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy and Linda Cardellini as Velma. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar and Evan Ross Katz chat on his podcast. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube \/ Evan Ross Katz<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a whole trajectory with this movie,\u201d the \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d star explained while on the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8CTfvM9aHZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cShut Up Evan\u201d\u00a0podcast<\/a> earlier this month. \u201cBecause there was a time where I really was upset about it. And it was not the movie I set out to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, in hindsight, all these years later, I totally appreciate it,\u201d Gellar continued. \u201cAnd I love it and it\u2019ll totally make me laugh. But there was a time where it was a disappointment in the sense of, you know, what we were sold was not what it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBasically, there were those \u2018Brady Bunch\u2019 movies and it was kind of like a satirical version of it and that\u2019s what this was pitched as,\u201d the \u201cRinger\u201d alum detailed. \u201cFred was sleeping with all the groupies and I had this great line where we get into this fight and I slam the door in his face and I say, \u2018And that ascot makes you look gay.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne in \u201cScooby-Doo.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar in a scene from \u201cScooby-Doo.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was all the things you think about while watching,\u201d Gellar confessed. \u201cThere were more stoner jokes \u2013 all the things that you think. Then, in the end, they decided for their audience, and by the way, they were right in that sense, that this movie worked better as a kids movie and to make it a family movie you have to take those things out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSwans Crossing\u201d star said she was young, \u201c22 maybe, and I wanted to make the sexier, more esoteric version, but that\u2019s not what the audiences wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I appreciate it,\u201d Gellar admitted, \u201cbut at the time I was a little like, \u2018That wasn\u2019t what i wanted to make.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr. in the 2002 film. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A shot from the live action comedy adventure \u201cScooby-Doo 2.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Diyah Pera<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two years after \u201cScooby-Doo\u201d the gang got back together in 2004 for \u201cScooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While on the podcast, the Emmy winner told host Evan Ross Katz a \u201clittle known fact\u201d about filming the first flick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shot \u2018Scooby-Doo\u2019 one at the same time as I was shooting \u2018Buffy.\u2019 They were both Warners,\u201d Gellar recalled. \u201c\u2018Buffy\u2019 shot in LA and \u2018Scooby\u2019 shot in Australia. So I flew every two weeks back and forth from Australia.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar in \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d season 1. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo Season 5, I came back and shot Buffy\u2019s big death but I was shooting that whole sequence while traveling back and forth from Australia,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Gellar starred on \u201cBuffy\u201d for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. During her time on the series, she married Prinze, 49, in 2002. The couple shares daughter, Charlotte, 16, and son Rocky, 13. <\/p>\n<p>During her sit-down, Gellar also touched on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/13\/entertainment\/sarah-michelle-gellar-reveals-emotional-reason-why-she-left-hollywood\/\">why, at one point, she \u201ctook a lot of years off\u201d from acting<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar in \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">The Kobal Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar and Robin Williams in \u201cThe Crazy Ones.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Richard Cartwright<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2013, the New York native starred in the CBS sitcom \u201cCrazy Ones\u201d alongside Robin Williams. The pair played father-daughter duo Sydney and Simon Roberts, respectively, for one season.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in 2014, the \u201cMrs. Doubtfire\u201d actor\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/24\/robins-wish-looks-at-comedian-robin-williams-tragic-final-days\/\">died by suicide at age 63<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started\u00a0\u2018Crazy Ones\u2019\u00a0when my\u00a0son\u00a0was three months old,\u201d Gellar reflected. \u201cI mean, I was breastfeeding the entire time and then Robin passed away and everything just sort of hit me. It was like the postpartum hit me. And that loss was so huge and I felt a little directionless for the first time in my\u00a0life.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. pose with their kids. <span class=\"credit\">sarahmgellar\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added, \u201cAnd I thought maybe that\u2019s my sign that like I\u2019m not living in the moment enough because they can go away so quickly. And at that point, I just said I needed to take a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, Gellar knows she made the right decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so glad I did on so many levels. I\u2019ll never get that time back with my kids,\u201d she gushed. \u201cI didn\u2019t miss a show, a performance, a first step, a lost tooth. Like, there was every moment I was able to be there for, and that\u2019s not something you can do as a working actor. Our days are long. We travel a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These days, Gellar is \u201cready to work now that my kids are older.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This movie didn\u2019t exactly slay for Sarah Michelle Gellar. The actress, 48, revealed that, at first, she wasn\u2019t thrilled with how the 2002 live-action movie, \u201cScooby-Doo\u201d turned out. Gellar played Daphne, alongside her husband Freddie Prince Jr. as Fred, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy and Linda Cardellini as Velma. 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