Sarah Michelle Gellar Says Buffy’s Toxic Male Dominated Set Pitted Women Against Each Other

The toxic culture of many movie and TV show productions in the 1990s and early 2000s has been a talking point for several years. One of the shows that seemed to harbor many issues was Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with many stars speaking out against the on-set actions of creator Joss Whedon in particular. In a recent discussion for The Wrap’s “Power of Storytelling: Producers Roundtable,” Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar doubled down on the claims of the “toxic” environment the show was filmed in and how it all seemed to revolve around a male-dominated hierarchy that women could not be “powerful” in. She said: