Sarah Michelle Gellar's role in Dexter: Original Sins is a long time coming. The actress, 47, stars as Tanya Martin in the prequel series, which explores how the infamous serial killer originated by Michael C. Hall came to be the man viewers met in the 2006 series. She tells PEOPLE ahead of its premiere that manifesting might have had a little something to do with her casting.
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00:00I actually think if someone who probably went back far enough in some of my interviews
00:03I bet you at some point when someone asked me is there a show or a movie that you wish you've been a part of
00:07I bet you that I have answered no more than once
00:10I would have loved to have been like a guest character on Dexter first
00:13I think I might have because I guarantee you I have said it because I was like such a big fan
00:19I always said oh
00:20It's such a bummer that I missed my opportunity to be on that show because they had such great character arcs
00:25And then you know what?
00:27It didn't kind of become an honor to like yeah get like murdered. Yeah, like people would be like, hey, can you kill me on Dexter?
00:36Like being like a big a dead body on Lawn Mower