Sarah Michelle Gellar

Amber Tamblyn, who stars in the upcoming sequel film The Grudge 2, told SCI FI Wire that she was attracted to the film in part for the chance to work again with Sarah Michelle Gellar, the first film’s star. Gellar reprises the role of Karen in a cameo; Tamblyn plays Karen’s sister, Aubrey, who has come to Japan to help her sister and encounters the curse called The Grudge.

Tamblyn had previously worked with Gellar in an episode of Gellar’s cult TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2001’s "All the Way"). In The Grudge 2, Tamblyn said, "I got to work with her for about a week. She’s got a fairly pivotal part of the film as far [as] all the turning points. There are several different storylines that sort of collide. It was really fun to work with her. She’d spent a little time on soap operas, and I spent a lot of time on soap operas, and we both came from the TV world, her with Buffy and me with Joan [of Arcadia]."

Tamblyn added: "So we both like to shoot. We like to block. We like to talk. We both think and talk really fast. It was just really fun. I had a great time with her. She’s hilarious. And she remembered me from the episode of Buffy, though I’d met her a couple of times before that, too. Anytime we met up with each other at dinner she’d just give me a hug and whisper, ’I’m so happy you’re doing this.’" The Grudge 2 opens nationwide on Oct. 13. -Ian Spelling