Over the last Phases of the MCU, some of the movies that have received the most criticism are those centered on female superheroes such as Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel. As a heroine in her own right as the star of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar has taken aim at the toxic fans who refuse to wholly accept female heroes and even write off movies like Captain Marvel before they have a chance to see it.

In a new interview with The Guardian, Wolf Pack star Gellar called out those who will do anything they can to put down a superhero movie led by a female character, while continuing to heap praise on male-led franchises. She said:

“Genre is where women can really succeed and hold an audience. Every time a Marvel movie tries to do a female cast, it just gets torn apart … Unfortunately, audiences weren’t as accepting. There’s still this mentality of ‘the male superhero’, this very backwards way of thinking.”

Of course, Gellar has headed up her fair share of movies, including The Grudge, Cruel Intentions and I Know What You Did Last Summer. However, he most iconic role will always be that of Buffy Summers, the vampire slaying resident of Sunnydale. While she is proud of that show, she doesn’t want to go over old ground, and wouldn’t really want to go back to the franchise again. She previously said:

“I am all for them continuing the story because there’s the story of female empowerment. I love the way the show was left: ‘Every girl who has the power can have the power.’ It’s set up perfectly for someone else to have the power. But like I said, the metaphors of Buffy were the horrors of adolescence. I think I look young, but I am not an adolescent.”

Related: Sarah Michelle Gellar Reflects on the Entertainment Industry and Her Upcoming Series Wolf Pack

Sarah Michelle Gellar Returns To TV In Wolf Pack

Paramount+

After being away from the world of TV for some time, Sarah Michelle Gellar returned to screens in Teen Wolf spin-off Wolf Pack on Paramount+. The first reviews from critics have not been positive, with the series holding only a 31% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences have been much more impressed with the series, giving it a 81% approval from around 100 ratings.

When explaining why she decided to join the show, Gellar explained that there is a lot of subjects that are normalized within the metaphors of the series that she feels is something very important to today’s audiences. She said:

“The werewolves are a metaphor for teenage anxiety. I think the conception of these characters was one of the reasons why I did love it so much, seeing a character that has acne on television like that. The whole idea is normalizing so many of these things. Normalizing anxiety, that was one of the themes that really struck me when I first read it, was dealing with teenage – and just adult – anxiety, in sort of different manner.”

Wolf Pack is streaming now on Paramount+.