Sarah Michelle Geller; and her Instagram post that caused a lot of speculation.Photo:Vivien Killilea/Getty; Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Vivien Killilea/Getty; Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

Sarah Michelle Gellercaused quite a stir!The actress recentlyposted a photofrom theI Know What You Did Last Summerset on Nov. 27, which sparkedrampant speculationabout the reboot. On the Dec. 10 episode ofLive With Kelly and Mark,Gellar shared with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos that she “got in a bit of trouble” for the post.Gellar, 47, and her husband Freddie Prinze Jr., 48, met on the originalI Know What You Did Last Summerset. While Prinze’s Ray Bronson survived the 1997 slasher, Gellar’s Helen Shivers was murdered in the film.So when she posted a photo of the director’s chair, which had the title of the movie written on the back of it, fans regained hope that Gellar’s beauty queen character would return to the franchise after all.“Coming from the soap opera world, I was like, ‘she lives!'” Ripa said.Gellar explained that Prinze was starring in the film and it was shooting in Australia, so for Thanksgiving she went to visit him with their children.Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle Gellar/InstagramWhile on set, she saw the back of the director’s chair and thought it would make a nice photo, she said.“Then I found out that they hadn’t posted any pictures from the set yet — hadn’t announced they started filming,” she said. “Yeah … that was an ‘Oops! My bad!'“Gellar added that she should have known the rules for sets being labeled “closed set.“Ripa noted that Gellar’s Instagram had a much bigger following than the reboot film’s page — Gellar’s 4.6 million to the movie’s roughly 4,500 followers, respectively.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Due to the unplanned exposure, the movie’s account was actually created in response to Gellar’s post, the actress said.“And so I got in a little bit of trouble,” she said.

Sarah Michelle Gellercaused quite a stir!

The actress recentlyposted a photofrom theI Know What You Did Last Summerset on Nov. 27, which sparkedrampant speculationabout the reboot. On the Dec. 10 episode ofLive With Kelly and Mark,Gellar shared with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos that she “got in a bit of trouble” for the post.

Gellar, 47, and her husband Freddie Prinze Jr., 48, met on the originalI Know What You Did Last Summerset. While Prinze’s Ray Bronson survived the 1997 slasher, Gellar’s Helen Shivers was murdered in the film.

So when she posted a photo of the director’s chair, which had the title of the movie written on the back of it, fans regained hope that Gellar’s beauty queen character would return to the franchise after all.

“Coming from the soap opera world, I was like, ‘she lives!'” Ripa said.

Gellar explained that Prinze was starring in the film and it was shooting in Australia, so for Thanksgiving she went to visit him with their children.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Instagram

Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

While on set, she saw the back of the director’s chair and thought it would make a nice photo, she said.

“Then I found out that they hadn’t posted any pictures from the set yet — hadn’t announced they started filming,” she said. “Yeah … that was an ‘Oops! My bad!'”

Gellar added that she should have known the rules for sets being labeled “closed set.”

Ripa noted that Gellar’s Instagram had a much bigger following than the reboot film’s page — Gellar’s 4.6 million to the movie’s roughly 4,500 followers, respectively.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Due to the unplanned exposure, the movie’s account was actually created in response to Gellar’s post, the actress said.

“And so I got in a little bit of trouble,” she said.

source: people.com