Sarah Michelle Gellar says it was ‘not straightforward’ being a young actress in Hollywood

Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar has admitted she has had some disagreeable experiences in her profession. 

In an interview with The New York Times, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star recalled her early days in Hollywood, saying it was “not easy”. However, the 45-year-old actress stopped in need of sharing extra particulars. 

“Growing up in New York, I had a little bit of street sense going into it, which is helpful,” she shared. “But no, it was not easy. And I’ve had my fair share of experiences, I have just chosen not [to tell them] – I don’t win by telling my stories, emotionally, for me.”

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“I look at people that tell their stories, and I’m so impressed,” she stated. “But in this world where people get torn apart, and victim blaming and shaming, I just keep my stories in here.”

Gellar bought her begin in the trade on the young age of 4, earlier than happening the star in the hit teen motion pictures Cruel Intentions and I Know What You Did Last Summer. But it was her starring position on the teenager sequence Buffy that continues to be her most iconic position up to now. 

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The actress performed the titular position of Buffy Summers in the sequence from 1997 to 2003, and it appears it hasn’t all the time been harmonious on the set of the Joss Whedon sequence. In 2020, 17 years after the sequence wrapped, co-star Charisma Carpenter got here ahead with allegations of abuse towards Whedon.

In a prolonged assertion, Carpenter – who performed Cordelia Chase – claimed in a prolonged twitter assertion that Whedon exhibited “casually cruel” behaviour, together with threatening to fireplace her, calling her “fat” when she was 4 months pregnant, asking her if she was going to “keep” her child. Whedon has denied all of the allegations. 

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As Carpenter’s claims made headlines, Gellar launched her personal assertion in assist of her co-star.

“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 in a assertion posted to Instagram on the time. 

She stated she wouldn’t be making any additional statements on the matter, since she is “more focused on raising my family”. But she added, “I stand with all survivors of abuse and am proud of them for speaking out.”

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