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Freddie Prinze Jr. was not initially sold on the idea of returning to the I know what you did last summer Franchise – but something undeniable hooked it back in.
“I was very hesitant to jump back in for a host of reasons. Some were creative, because I wasn’t the same guy so I didn’t know what kind of character they wanted,” Prinze Jr., 49, was told only Weekly US. “I was worried that they wouldn’t put a lot of growth in it. So I wasn’t interested. And then my friend Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. And he gave so much thought and so much soul in Julie and Ray. “
Prinze JR confirmed his name on Hollywood map after starring opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt. Ryan Phillippe And now-wife Sarah Michelle Gellar In the original 1997 I know what you did last summer. He portrayed the salt of the earth and eventually a good guy and Beau on -sgrin Hewitt, Ray Bronson, in the Slasher cult classic, which runs over a stranger by accident on the weekend of July 4th.
Over the years, prinze jr has not hidden the fact that he conflicted with Director OG Jim Gillespie on a set of the first movie, which hit Jeremy Sisto as a ray but was eventually ruled out by the studio and scriptwriter Kevin Williamson. Despite the rocky experience, Prinze JR and Hewitt returned for the 1998 sequence, I still know what you did last summerWhile Gillespie was replaced by the Director Danny cannon.
Nobody appeared from the original cast in the third movie – 2006’s I will always know what you did last summer – or Video Prime 2021 series which was canceled after one season. Traw Robinson, however, was too good for Prinze JR and Hewitt to pass up.
“There was so much thought in what (Julie and Ray) had gone through, wise trauma, and how they both dealt with him differently, that he gave them great motives in the film,” said Prinze Jr. Us. “It looks interesting on their relationship and where they are at the moment and how they treat this new situation in their own unique ways. Once I heard, before the script even was written, I was like, ‘Wow, (Jen’s) an idea was really good.’ She had some cool s *** there. ”
The latest Ikwydls Raising decades after Julie and Ray faced fisherman Ben Willis and his last deadly hook. But when five friends find themselves stalked by their own mysterious murderer after causing a deadly car accident a year before, Ray and Julie realize that history could be repeating itself.
When he came to avenge the character of an inheritance like Ray, Prinze Jr. Us He felt some “weight” while “breaking down” the scenes before the filming began, but with such a “well -written” script, there was little to worry about.
“I have had experiences where I was not confident in the script and very nervous on a set and hope we could make a change here and there because I thought it would help the scene,” he said. “That wasn’t really the case with this.”
Highlighting his first scene in the new film with Hewitt, Prinze JR said the pair had been able to jump back to his dynamic old, presenting some of their best work to date. “It was just as natural and so easy and organic and true to the characters,” he added.
Prinze Jr. warned that Julie and Ray’s past “trauma” affected both of them “so different,” but promises that fans will be happy with how their stories eventually play out.
“They’re not just cameos in the film. They’re big characters,” he explained. “I don’t want people to think they are screwed and just like, ‘Oh, they’re only in one scene.’ It is not.
He added, “That first scene (between them), I think this is the best scene (Jennifer) and I’ve done on camera, a period, in all three films. And I think people will really feel it when they watch.”
Of course, the new film is not about the well-known characters alone-the task also had the next generation of actors to the franchise. Ikwydls also starring new -growth Madelyn cline. Chase Sui Wonders. Jonah Hauer-King. Tyriq withers and Sarah PidgeonWho praised Prinze Jr as “amazing” additions to the cast.
“It was such a pleasure to work with them and see how tight they were,” he gained. “My generation was very competitive. They weren’t cool like this. And this group is so amazing and dependent on each other, asking each other’s questions. And they celebrate each other’s successes. I’m like, ‘Wow, man, that wasn’t the same experience as I had come up.’ It is so striking to see them at that level of maturity when they are all still so much younger than me.
I know what you did last summer Hitting theaters on Friday, July 18.
