Gellar is back—well, sort of—to keep the Fisherman’s hook sharp!

Sarah Michelle Gellar said she will not be returning for the forthcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot, reminding fans that her character Helen Shivers died in the 1997 movie. The 47-year-old actor led the classic horror film alongside her now-husband Freddie Prinze Jr, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ryan Phillippe.

Sarah Michelle Gellar knows dead means dead. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE as she partners with Philosophy to promote the brand's Ultimate Miracle Worker Face & Neck Cream, the actress, 47, asserts she will not star in the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is making it clear she won’t return to the I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel film because her character is dead. With a sequel to the slasher film in the works, many fans speculated if Gellar would reprise her role of beauty queen Helen Shivers.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has shared that she will be involved behind the scenes on the upcoming sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer. Her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., has been confirmed to reprise his role as Ray Bronson in the film that Jennifer Kaytin Robinson has written and will direct.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who starred in the original I Know What You Did Last Summer, reveals her unofficial role on the upcoming legacy sequel.