Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals how Robin Williams' death made her take acting break
msn.comSarah Michelle Gellar "needed to take a break" from acting after Robin Williams' death. The 45-year-old actress played the late comedian's daughter in sitcom 'The Crazy Ones' - his final TV role before he took his own life aged 63 in August 2014 - and she decided to step back to process his death and focus on her own family.
She told PEOPLE magazine: "I've been working my entire life. "When I had kids — and it was right after Robin passed away — there was just so much going on in my life and I just said, 'I need to take a break. ' " The 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' legend - who has children Charlotte Grace, 12, and Rocky James, nine, with husband Freddie Prinze Jr. - explained how her bond with Williams inspired her to be at home with her kids.
She added: "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. " As her children grew up, she found herself "starting to really miss" acting, but she was determined to wait for "the right opportunity" for a comeback project.
She found it in upcoming Paramount+ drama 'Wolf Pack', which sees her appear as arson investigator Kristin Ramsey while serving as executive producer.
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