After watching reboots like '...And Just Like That' and 'Dexter: Original Sin', Gellar said she's realized "there are ways to do it, definitely does get your mind thinking, ‘Well, maybe'"
Gellar tells PEOPLE her teenage self — who is a huge fan of 'Heathers' and 'Can't Buy Me Love' — would be freaking out at her 'Dexter: Original Sin' role
"She comes running in, she's like, 'OH MY GOD!' I'm like, 'What happened?' She's like, 'There's the most beautiful man in the rehearsal hall. I have never… I'm in love!'" Gellar recalled
The actress was visiting her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. on the set of his new movie when she accidentally broke the news that the reboot had begun filming