Parties You Will Never Get Into

From battling undead vampires to solving unsolvable mysteries, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. now take on an even bigger challenge: married life.

Gellar and Prinze Jr., co-stars in the big-screen adaptation of the children’s favorite talking dog-slash-detective cartoon “Scooby-Doo,” wed on September 4, 2002, in a lavish but relatively low-key ceremony in the hills of Jalisco, Mexico, south of Puerto Vallarta. Gellar was beautifully clad in a Vera Wang gown, while Prinze Jr. was smartly dressed in a custom-made linen suit.

The wedding ceremonies lasted for the better part of several days, beginning in Jalisco. Before the actual ceremonies took place, the couple and their guests celebrated at Costa Careyes, a resort named after the turtles that nest on the beach on the Costa Alegre.

The actual wedding, the couple’s first ever, was done a few miles away from Costa Careyes at the Sol de Oriente, a private rental villa atop a cliff that offered a marvelous view of the sea and coastline. The non-denominational ceremonies were officiated by Adam Shankman of “The Wedding Planner” fame.

True to the couple’s public personas, the celebration was quiet and kept a low profile, having been a closely-guarded secret. It was attended by a group of family and friends.

Gellar announced her engagement to Prinze Jr. at her 24th birthday party in April, 2001. Gellar, who played the leading role in the popular television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” first met Prinze Jr., the son of 70’s “Chico and the Man” star Freddie Prinze Sr. while co-starring in the 1997 slasher film “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” They dated for nearly a year before getting engaged sometime in 2000. Gellar and Prinze Jr. were two of PEOPLE magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in 2000.”

Quite interestingly, Gellar had always maintained that she would never date her co-actors. “I try not to date actors, because I know how insecure and crazy we are. I can’t imagine going out with another one of me.”