Original 'Buffy' Weighs in on Upcoming Remake

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The original Buffy the Vampire Slayer says she not only supports the upcoming remake but also wants to be in it.

"Let Buffy live; why not?" Kristy Swanson, who starred in the 1992 film, told Entertainment Weekly a day after Warner Bros. announced it had picked up movie rights to the remake.

"If they wanted me to be a part of it, I think that would be fantastic and that it would be a blast," she said.

Her comments don't echo those of the character's creator, Joss Whedon, who on Monday expressed his disappointment in the reboot.

"This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths -- just because they can't think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself," he told E! Online.

But Swanson was optimistic in the reboot, even without the participation of Whedon.

"There are die-hard Joss Whedon fans who absolutely love him to death, and rightly so; he's a brilliant man, no doubt," she said. "I love everything Buffy. I don't care who's doing it."

Luke Perry, who starred with Swanson in the movie, declined to comment to EW through his spokesperson.