Buffy The Vampire Slayer

9:00am ET, 19-February-04

Gellar Talks Scooby 2

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who reprises the role of Daphne in the upcoming Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, told SCI FI Wire that she’s acting with new husband Freddie Prinze Jr. (Fred), but doesn’t take the role home at night. "We often play cartoon at home, yes," she joked during an interview on the film’s Vancouver, B.C., set last summer. "No, it’s pretty easy. I wouldn’t recommend it. I think working with your partner is incredibly difficult, no matter what industry you’re in, whether you’re both writers for a similar magazine or whatever job you are."

It makes it easier that Gellar is working on another Scooby movie, she added. "It’s difficult to live with someone and come to work. And I wouldn’t recommend it as actors, except in a situation like this," she said. "You’re doing a big action, fun, cartoon movie. It’s not serious. ... I’m not at home at night going, ’How ever will I say my one line tomorrow?’ It’s a little bit easier and freer, so it’s a very positive experience, but I don’t think you’ll ever be seeing the big drama story between us."

In the sequel to 2002’s hit film, based on the long-running animated TV series, the Mystery Inc. gang confronts a masked villain who is plotting to take over Coolsville with a machine that recreates classic foes, like the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Black Knight Ghost and others. The Scooby gang, including Velma (Linda Cardellini) and Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), is joined by guest stars Seth Green and Alicia Silverstone.

Gellar, star of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, said it was fun to share the stage again with former Buffy co-star Green. "It’s great," she said. "If I had my druthers I’d work with Seth on every project. ... He’s an amazing comedian, he’s an incredibly gifted comedian, but he’s also a really giving comedian. A lot of times when you get people that are so incredibly innately funny, it’s about them. They’re funny. And what Seth does is tries to make everything funny. It’s not just him. He’ll be the first one to come to you and say, ’I have this great idea for this line. And you should do this in this part.’" Scooby-Doo 2 opens March 26.