No, Sarah Michelle Gellar isn’t returning this summer season for the “I Know What You Did Final Summer time” reboot. Why? As a result of her iconic character Helen Shivers is “probably the most lifeless an individual might be.” To be honest, she did have probably the most memorable kill scene within the 1997 authentic movie…
However that didn’t cease “I Know What You Did Final Summer time” reboot director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson from gently “harassing” Gellar to rethink returning to the franchise. Robinson beforehand labored with Gellar on the 2022 Netflix movie “Do Revenge,” and the duo have remained shut since.
Robinson advised Leisure Weekly that, whereas authentic franchise stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are returning for the horror sequel, Gellar needed to flip down reprising her function. “I attempted, OK? I harassed her! However she is lifeless,” Robinson advised the outlet. “I attempted to pitch some loopy shit too. I used to be like, ‘What if it’s such as you weren’t lifeless and also you’re truly alive, however in hiding?’ And Sarah’s like, ‘I used to be on ice. I used to be probably the most lifeless an individual might be. You’ll be able to see my frozen physique.’ I used to be like, ‘Yeah, however what if?’ And she or he mentioned, ‘I’m lifeless. I’m Sarah Useless Gellar.’”
Gellar beforehand confirmed to Individuals that she wouldn’t be within the reboot. As a substitute, she’s going to function a franchise knowledgeable in an “unofficial” capability. “My finest buddy [Robinson] is directing it, so we joke that I’ve an unofficial job, which is I’m continuity,” Gellar mentioned. “So I’m all the time the one telling her, ‘Properly, that will occur, or that wouldn’t occur with these characters,’ so I do have type of an unofficial job title.”
In the meantime, Gellar might be starring in one other horror franchise, as she was just lately introduced as a part of the solid of the “Prepared or Not: Right here I Come” sequel, together with Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Elijah Wooden, and auteur David Cronenberg.
The upcoming “I Know What You Did Final Summer time” reboot stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Hauer-King, Billy Campbell, and Gabbriette.
The official synopsis for the movie reads: “When 5 buddies inadvertently trigger a lethal automobile accident, they cowl up their involvement and make a pact to maintain it a secret relatively than face the implications. A 12 months later, their previous comes again to hang-out them and so they’re compelled to confront a horrifying reality: somebody is aware of what they did final summer season … and is hell-bent on revenge. As one after the other the buddies are stalked by a killer, they uncover this has occurred earlier than, and so they flip to 2 survivors of the legendary Southport Bloodbath of 1997 for assist.”
Robinson advised IndieWire in 2022 that collaborating with Gellar on “Do Revenge” was a dream. Robinson cited the affect of Gellar’s “Merciless Intentions” function on “Do Revenge,” along with her casting nearly 25 years after the beloved 1999 movie being a surrogate sequel.
“She was my first dream selection,” Robinson advised IndieWire. “And it was a kind of issues the place you don’t assume she’s going to do it. I used to be like, ‘Yeah, in fact, let’s provide it to her and see what occurs.’ You miss 100% of the pictures you don’t take. However when she mentioned sure, I used to be flabbergasted and so excited.”