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Incidentally, the lockdown is what got her two kids -- daughter Charlotte, 11, and son Rocky, 8 -- \"so into\" the show, which ran from 1997 to 2003.

Gellar admitted on \"The Kelly Clarkson Show\" this past fall, \"I had never thought to show it to them,\" noting they kept requesting to watch her earlier exploits.

She also joked that \"my son finally thinks I'm cool.\"

Incidentally, ABC Audio asked Gellar last year her thoughts on a reboot of the series. She said, \"We left it open that any girl in the world 'who had the power, should have the power, can have the power, will have the power.' And I think that does leave it open to continue a story because that's how it works right?\"

She added, \"Don't reboot Buffy -- if you want to continue the story of Buffy's legacy, of The Slayers, of all of those -- we’ve left that open for you.\"

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