Sarah Michelle Gellar says she would replace late friend Shannen Doherty in new film

Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was friends with the late Shannen Doherty for 30 years, has said she would be up for stepping in for the late star in a new sequel to Mallrats.

Doherty and Gellar were friends for three decades, with Gellar supporting Doherty through her illness, and the pair’s families quarantining together during the Covid lockdowns.

After Doherty died, Gellar had written on social media: “How do you possibly find the right words to sum up 30 years of friendship?