The 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actress talked about the '90s fashion resurgence

NEED TO KNOW

• Sarah Michelle Gellar shared her disdain for certain ’90s trends at the SXSW premiere of Ready or Not 2
• In PEOPLE’s cover story, Gellar talked about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot that was scrapped, despite filming a pilot episode with director Chloé Zhao
• She stars in Ready or Not 2: Here I Come alongside Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton, now playing in theaters

Sarah Michelle Gellar was a staple of the '90s thanks to her leading role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and films like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Cruel Intentions. However, she doesn't want to bring everything from that era back.

Gellar, 48, opened up to PEOPLE at the Ready or Not 2: Here I Come world premiere screening at SXSW in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 13, about the resurgence of the decade in today's trends.

"Well, honestly, it's fashion and it's all back right now," she responded when asked if there were any '90s items she'd want to bring back. 

Gellar then seemingly referenced the new hit FX series Love Story, which centers around Carolyn Bessette Kennedy (Sarah Pidgeon) and John F. Kennedy Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly)— the former of whom worked at Calvin Klein and is currently going viral as a style inspiration all over again. "So thank goodness I saved my Calvin Klein slip dresses," Gellar said. "Thank goodness."

Despite people returning to the decade for their style influence, Gellar also has things she hated fashion-wise. "I have two trends I never want to come back though, which are the eyebrows, the thin eyebrows, and chokers because they just cut your … no one should have no neck," she told PEOPLE.

Gellar also recently graced PEOPLE's cover, where she talked about her relationship with Freddie Prinze Jr. — as the two got married in 2002 and share daughter Charlotte, 16, and son Rocky, 13.

"Our running joke is that every year we have to look up when our anniversary is," she said about her husband. "Thankfully, People.com always reminds us!"

She also discussed the scrapped Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot. Gellar had been working with director Chloé Zhao on the project, but they were told the show wouldn't be moving forward on March 11.

“No one saw this coming," she explained, noting they had shot a pilot episode. “We had an executive on our show who was not only not a fan of the original, was proud to constantly remind us that they had never seen the entirety of the series and how it wasn't for them."

“The fans are why I wanted to do it in the first place,” she added. “To thank them, to show them and to be there for them, because that's what Buffy was about. Buffy was about chosen family, and that you may feel like you don't belong in the world, but there's someone out there that sees you. And for me, it's always been about me seeing those fans.”

Despite this, Gellar plans on staying positive and keeping her sights set on future projects. "I’m going to hold my head high and keep going," she told PEOPLE. "That’s what Buffy Summers would do."

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Gellar plays Ursula Danforth in Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, a sequel to the 2019 horror film. She stars alongside Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Shawn Hatosy, David Cronenberg and Elijah Wood.

"Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace (Weaving) discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith (Newton) at her side," the movie synopsis states. "Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all."

The film's directors, Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, told PEOPLE that all of the cast "brought something genuinely special to their roles, and we’re so thrilled with how scary, funny and bizarre this cast of characters are."

"We put a ton of love into this movie to make it a worthy sequel that we’re hoping fans of the first movie — and people who are getting to know Grace for the first time — will really love," they added.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is in theaters now.

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