Taronga Zoo has reclaimed its crown as a Hollywood tourist hotspot, with a couple of visiting starts of the 90s paying a visit.
Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar have been spotted in Sydney as the actor gears up to reprise one of his most famous roles.
The Hollywood power couple have made a low-key arrival in for Freddie to film the sequel to ’90s cult classic I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Freddie, 48, starred in the cult film in 1997, when he was 21-years-old, before filming its sequel the following year alongside Sarah, 47, who he would later marry.
On Tuesday, the couple visited Taronga Zoo and Sea Life Aquarium to get up close to some n fauna.
Freddie appeared almost as relaxed as the koala he tagged as his new ‘homie’ as it slept in a gum tree as the ’90s heartthrob posed alongside.
Freddie Prinze Jr (pictured) and Sarah Michelle Gellar have been spotted in Sydney as the actor gears up to reprise one of his most famous roles
Freddie Prinze Jr. pictured in the original I Know What You Did Last Summer film in 1997
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While the She’s All That actor is still in good shape, his famous mop of spiked-up black hair is now grey and receding, meaning the star might have passed by unnoticed if not for his glamorous wife.
Freddie still sports his distinctive sideburns, only now with a salt-and-pepper twist, and dressed in a simple pair of black cargo pants and red T-shirt as he played tourist in the Harbor City.
The Hollywood star had long been rumoured to be reprising his role as Ray Bronson in the reboot of 1997 horror flick, I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Sarah officially confirmed her husband’s involvement last month and they arrived in Sydney for the start of filming in recent days.
The popular actress starred in the original movie, but her character Helen Shivers was killed off, so she will not be appearing in the reprise.
The petite blonde creeped a little closer to the sleeping koala than her husband did on Tuesday.
She smiled with her eyes closed, mimicking the marsupial.
Sarah wore an unassuming pair of blue jeans and a black singlet and cardigan, but with her hair swept back into a bun, n Buffy The Vampire Slayer fans were quick to clock her presence.
In dozens of videos and photos shared to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, the Cruel Intentions actress wrote that she ‘made some new friends’ during her trip to the zoo.
Sarah, 47, officially confirmed her husband’s involvement in the reboot last month and they arrived in Sydney for the start of filming in recent days
The petite actress creeped a little closer to the sleeping koala than her husband did and smiled with her eyes closed, mimicking the koala’s pose, as she enjoyed the special meet-and-greet
Sarah Michelle Gellar pictured as Helen Shivers in I Know What You Did Last Summer
Buffy fans point out how a game of tug-of-war between Sarah and a Tasmanian devil resembled an early episode of the popular series that featured a hyena.
Sarah also got down on the ground so that she could lie on her stomach and pat a seal at the Sea Life aquarium.
She marvelled at the penguins, sharks, and spiders, documented in the carousel of photos that she shared to social media.
‘You are the definition of AGING LIKE FINE WINE,’ one fan commented on her post.
Freddie and Sarah met on the set of I Know What You Did Last Summer, but only began dating three years later, and are now one of Hollywood’s biggest success stories.
The actress recently confirmed she will be on set to support Freddie, as well as her best friend Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who will be directing.
‘We joke that I have an unofficial job, which is I am continuity,’ she told People last month.
‘So I’m always the one telling her: ”Well, that would happen, or that wouldn’t happen with those characters,” so I do have kind of an unofficial job title.’
The Hollywood couple will reportedly be staying in a private home in Sydney until Christmas, when they will return to the United States after wrapping up filming.
Sarah Michelle Gellar got down on the ground to lie on her stomach so that she could pat a seal at the Sydney’s Sea Life aquarium
The actress also marvelled at the penguins, sharks, and spiders during the couple’s latest outing
The couple and their children arrived in last week and celebrated Thanksgiving, although that holiday is not recognised Down Under.
Sarah shared some rare family photos from their time in Sydney, writing, ‘Thanksgiving looks a little different this year. Yet one thing doesn’t change, I’m still extremely grateful,’
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer star added a cheeky, ‘Also since I’m basically in the future…. The Black Friday sales are [fire].’
During their family time, Sarah and her son, Rocky, 12, also enjoyed a climb on the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge.
They were also spotted at Chin Chin restaurant in Surry Hills with their children on Saturday.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 47, husband Freddie Prinze Jr., 48, and their kids spent their Thanksgiving in the Land Down Under. ‘Thanksgiving looks a little different this year. Yet one thing doesn’t change, I’m still extremely grateful,’ the actress wrote on social media Thursday
Sarah Michelle Gellar recently sent fans into overdrive when she teased potentially working on a third Scooby Doo film in . Pictured with Freddie Prinze Jr at Scooby Doo 2 premiere
Details about filming for the hotly-anticipated sequel have been kept tightly under wraps so far, but the film is expected to arrive in cinemas on July 18, 2025.
While tagging her husband and Kaytin in a separate post from the set, Gellar hinted she and Prinze might be spending more time in on another project writing, ‘Scooby Doo 3 coming soon….’
‘OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG it’s happening!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’ exclaimed actress Adore Delano.
‘Don’t tease us like that! I really want a third one,’ wrote a fan.
The Gellar-Prinze family was expected to stay in through Christmas, when they will return to the United States after wrapping up filming.