Buffy Star Confirms She Won't Return To Iconic Movie Role

The new film is being directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, someone Sarah Michelle Gellar considers her best friend. The two of them have a running joke that the Buffy actor has “an unofficial job, which is I am continuity.” Given her previous experience with the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise, Gellar is able to aid the director by offering advice such as “‘Well, that would happen, or that wouldn’t happen with those characters.”

For longtime franchise fans, it’s reassuring to know that Sarah Michelle Gellar is still involved with this iconic horror franchise, even if it’s just in an unofficial advisory capacity. She and Freddie Prinze Jr. are the only cast members from the original I Know What You Did Last Summer who are returning for this fourth entry. Their involvement adds a welcome layer of continuity, without which the franchise might struggle to create a new identity (a bit like Scream tried to do without franchise lead Neve Campbell).