How Wolf Pack’s Sarah Michelle Gellar Is Helping the Next Generation of Teen Stars: ‘Never Be Afraid’

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Leading the pack. Sarah Michelle Gellar is not only a star and executive producer on the new Paramount+ series, Wolf Pack — she’s using her power to make sets better for the next generation of young actors.“I think our experience is wasteful if we can’t impart what we’ve learned and create a better world,” the actress, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly. “It’s what we try to do as a parent for our kids, and it’s the same thing that I would want from a set.”Gellar started acting in commercials as a child and landed her role as the scheming Kendall Hart on the soap opera All My Children when she was 15 and filmed the pilot for her career-defining role, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, at age 18.

In recent years, the New York native has expressed that her experience on the Joss Whedon hit, which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, was not ideal.Amid toxic workplace and abuse allegations from Buffy and Angel alums — including Charisma Carpenter — against Whedon in early 2021, Gellar supported those who were speaking out while remaining mum on her own experience.“While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don’t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon,” Gellar wrote via Instagram at the time.

She told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month that she’ll “never” share details about her experience on that set because it wouldn’t benefit anybody.Instead, she’s focusing on the future.

That means working to ensure that the young Wolf Pack actors work in a safe professional environment.“I think it’s really just about being collaborative and hearing their voices.