There was some real life drama for the cast of Ready Or Not 2 during a Paris press junket for their movie on Wednesday.
The cast, including , and were evacuated from Le Bristol Hotel in Paris after a fire broke out in the hotel's kitchen.
The actors were in the middle of press interviews to promote the horror movie when the fire alarms sounded at 11:00am, TMZ report.
The entire hotel was evacuated with around 400 people seen exiting as multiple crews rushed to the scene. It's been reported that three people were treated for injuries during the incident.
A hotel spokesperson told told Daily Mail on Wednesday afternoon that the fire has 'now been fully contained and extinguished' adding that 'guests and staff, who were evacuated as a precautionary measure, are gradually returning to the hotel under fully safe conditions' and that the hotel, with the exception of its restaurant has reopened to guests.
'The safety of our guests and employees is our top priority,' said the hotel.
A few hours after the evacuation, Ready Or Not 2 star Kathryn was posting Instagram snaps from what appeared to be inside the £1,800-a-night hotel.
The cast of Ready Or Not 2 including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood and Kathryn Newton were evacuated from Le Bristol Hotel in Paris on Wednesday after a fire broke out in the kitchen
The actors were in the middle of press interviews to promote the horror movie when the fire alarms sounded at 11:00am leading to a huge evacuation
Ready Or Not 2 is the sequel to the 2019 original movie.
In the comedy thriller, Sarah plays Ursula of the Danforth family, another 'High Council' family with unimaginable riches and powers fighting for even more control.
The new movie comes after Sarah revealed she was 'really sad' about Hulu's decision to .
According to TMZ, Sarah and the reboot's director Chloe Zhao felt 'blindsided' by the recent development as well as the timing.
The actress, who played Buffy Summers for seven seasons on the original show, did not mince her words when she claiming he made 'constant' reminders that he was not a fan of the original show.
It did not take long for fans of the series, which ran from 1997 to 2003, to speculate over the identity of the Disney exec.
Craig Erwich, president of Disney Television Group, was one of those executives whose name had circulated.
And now, multiple sources have confirmed to the Daily Mail it was indeed Erwich who made the 'executive decision' to slash the Buffy reboot, leaving the cast and crew 'devastated' and in 'complete shock'.
The entire hotel was evacuated with around 400 people seen exiting as multiple crews rushed to the scene. It's been reported that three people were treated for injuries
But it may not be the end of the road for Buffy, according to a source, as they hinted at Gellar's hopes to take the show 'elsewhere' and .
'It was him; the buck stopped with Craig,' an insider told the Daily Mail.
'He just didn't like the project and he didn't think it was any good. He rolled his eyes whenever it came up, like he was beleaguered that he had to do it. He didn't like how it was shaping up so he axed it. Most people here think that was a colossal mistake, but it was his decision,' the insider said.
In February 2025, it was reported by Deadline that Gellar would be reprising her role as Buffy Summers in a pilot ordered by Hulu, with Hamnet director Zhao – a self-professed lifelong Buffy fan – set to direct the pilot episode.
From there, actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 16, was as Sunnydale's newest vampire slayer – just three years younger than Gellar when she was cast as Buffy in 1997.
A few hours after the evacuation, Ready Or Not 2 star Kathryn Newton was posting Instagram snaps from what appeared to be inside the £1,800-a-night hotel
A hotel spokesperson told told Daily Mail on Wednesday afternoon that the fire has 'now been fully contained and extinguished'
Sister screenwriting duo Nora and Lilla Zuckerman had reportedly written the pilot episode, with the series' original executive producers Gail Berman and husband and wife Fran and Kaz Kuzui also attached.
Throughout production, Sarah would update her five million Instagram followers with photos from the set, including a photo taken during a table read of the pilot episode last July. She also posed with Zhao, with the two seen holding wooden daggers in their hands.
Then, Sarah gave fans a far less welcomed update on Saturday when she posted a somber video with news of the reboot's cancellation.
It was reported by People magazine that Sarah had received a phone call about the fate of the show on March 13 while attending the premiere for her latest film, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, which is also produced by Searchlight.
