Sarah Michelle Gellar says she wants to create a 'safe work environment' for young actors

Sarah Michelle Gellar has said she rose to fame during a time when it was 'difficult' for young actors on set. Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, Sarah added that she wants to 'protect' the cast, which comes after claims of bullying on the set of Buffy The Vampire Slayer became public in recent years. Interview: The actress, 45, has recently returned to the limelight with her role in the new supernatural drama Wolf Pack Sarah said: 'It is important to me to be able to protect the material and, more than that, I can protect the cast' The actress, 50, who portrayed Cordelia Chase on the show for three seasons and in its spin-off Angel, made the allegations in a Twitter post. Speaking out: Actress Charisma Carpenter originally hit out at Buffy creator Joss Whedon in a lengthy Twitter post, claiming he called her fat and killed her character off after she had a baby 'While he found his misconduct amusing, it only served to intensify my performance anxiety, disempower me, and alienate me from my peers.' She wrote: 'For nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and even made excuses for certain events that traumatize me to this day' Lasting effects: Citing a series of 'disturbing incidents', Charisma claimed her interactions with Whedon triggered an unspecified 'chronic physical condition' that she still allegedly suffers from today, some 20 years later Charisma claimed Whedon would regularly make 'passive-aggressive' threats to fire her throughout the filming of the two shows, which she said 'wreaks havoc on a young actor's self-esteem.'