Sarah Michelle Gellar shared the moment she asked Ryan Kiera Armstrong to star alongside her in the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot; Gellar will be reprising her role as

In this generation, and Hulu's pilot for a Buffy reboot, that chosen one is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Armstrong has been cast in a lead role in the pilot, which will see Gellar reprise her role as Buffy Summers.

Previous reports suggested the Slayer's name would be Nova and she would have a pair of friends - Hugo and Gracie. Hugo was described as an "out and proud" nerd from a wealthy family, while Gracie was described as an acolyte of Gellar's Buffy. However, Gellar later debunked these reports, calling them "fake."