United Kingdom, March 17 -- Sarah Michelle Gellar has revealed the Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot was cancelled because of one executive who was not "a fan of the original".

The 48-year-old actress was set to reprise her role as Buffy Summers in planned revival Buffy: New Sunnydale, but announced over the weekend that the plans have been scrapped and the series won't be going ahead.

Explaining why for the first time, Sarah told PEOPLE magazine: "We had an executive on our show who was not only not a fan of the original, but was proud to constantly remind us that he had never seen the entirety of the series and how it wasn't for him.

"That's very hard when you're taking a property that is as beloved as Buffy, not just to the world, but...