There are two reasons why TV’s erstwhile Buffy Summers, Sarah Michelle Gellar, elected to return to the small screen after an eight-year absence — and one of them is a 20-month-old little girl named Charlotte Grace Prinze.

Speaking with TVLine before The CW’s upfront presentation announcing the premiere of Ringer, on which she plays dual roles, Gellar explained, “I decided it was something as a mom that was going to afford me the chance to do both” — that is, act and be an attentive parent (aka “the most rewarding experience of my life,” as she put it).

Gellar, who is wed to Freddie Prinze Jr., isn’t the only Ringer cast member with a young’un on hand. Male lead Kristoffer Polaha (Life Unexpected) just welcomed his third son this January, while and Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four) has a daughter almost exactly the same age as Charlotte Grace.

“We’re a show of all young parents, and we’ve made it so that the babies feel just as welcome as we do,” she shares. “It’s really been a nice environment.”

The other huge draw for Gellar was Ringer‘s premise, which has her playing Bridget, a troubled young woman who, to escape the mob, adopts her MIA twin’s identity — only to realize that her sis, Siobhan, has heaps of problems of her own.

“I was just fascinated by the show,” Gellar says, “and by the people I got to work with.”

Among Gellar’s costars, the aforementioned Gruffudd plays Bridget’s brother-in-law, while Polaha is her BFF’s husband, with whom she was having an affair. Lost‘s Nestor Carbonell plays an FBI agent hot on one of the ladies’ trail.

That’s a lot of good-looking guys even for one gal leading a double life. To whom does Gellar think Bridget will gravitate? “All of them!” she wagers. “Have you seen the men on my show? All of them.”

As for tackling a dual role, Gellar says that while “you might see a little more of Bridget, Siobhan won’t be long-lost” by any stretch. And as seen in some preview clips, Gellar will have numerous opportunities to act opposite herself.

As the mysterious narrative unfolds, “We’re discussing doing some of it from one twin’s perspective, some from the other, you’re going to see flashbacks that explain how they got to where they are…,” Gellar previews. “I want to make sure that the story for both of these girls comes to life.”

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Several cast members of the much-beloved series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” have weighed in on the upcoming Joss Whedon-less “Buffy” movie, and now Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, has made her feelings known.

“It was a movie. It’s been made. It stars Kristy Swanson. They don’t need to make another one,” she said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday. “I think it’s a horrible idea! To try to do a ‘Buffy’ without Joss Whedon? To be incredibly non-eloquent, that’s the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard!”

Gellar is planning to return to series television for the first time since 2003 in a pilot for CBS called “The Ringer.”

“I miss television, I do. It took me a while to understand that I missed it,” she said. “Eight years is a really long time, especially at my age, being so young and not knowing other things and you realize you miss the familiarity, you miss the crew, you miss – it’s almost like summer vacation and seeing your friends after the break.”

Gellar went on to say that having a child motivated her to seek the stability of a regular series. It’s also motivated her to join with the “Nestle Share the Joy of Reading Program,” and to consider possibly writing a children’s book in the future.

“It’s a tough market to crash,” she said. “It’s been on my radar for a very long time. I’ve never fancied myself a writer, so we’ll see.”

Gellar visited the Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library on Tuesday to promote the program, which encourages continued reading over the summer.

“I love books. I’m constantly afraid that we’re moving into this digital era where books are going to go away,” Gellar says. “To me books are the basis for everything in life. Reading is how we function, it’s not just creative imagination and creative play, it’s how we function as human beings, as adults, and if you can instill that at a young age that’s a skill they have for life.”

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Buffy Bites the Big One, Season 5

”You’re just a girl!” exclaims a kid who Buffy saves from a vamp at the top of the fifth season’s finale…but we know better. As evil god Glory and creepy Doc Joel Grey use the Key — a.k.a. Dawn, Buffy’s sister — to open a portal that will destroy the universe, the only way to stop yet another apocalypse is for our blond heroine to jump in herself, dying on behalf of all mankind. The show turned irreversibly dark after this episode, but the epitaph on Buffy’s tombstone sums up all seven years of its greatness: ”She saved the world. A lot.” —WP

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