Jennifer Love Hewitt mentioned the wildly inappropriate feedback some males would say to her after she appeared as a young person within the traditional horror movie, I Know What You Did Final Summer time. A unfastened adaptation of the late creator Lois Duncan’s 1973 younger grownup novel of the identical identify, Hewitt portrayed Julie James within the 1997 movie and its follow-up, I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time (1998). The actress spoke about coping with these troubling sexual feedback whereas showing on Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown podcast. Hewitt mentioned:
“In my 30s, I type of went again and regarded at the moment once more, and I used to be like, ‘Oh my god!’ There have been grown males speaking to me at 16 about my breasts brazenly on a chat present — and folks had been laughing about it […] Like, I actually didn’t take that a part of it in, however in hindsight, it was very unusual to turn out to be a intercourse image type of for folks earlier than I even knew what that was. I didn’t know what being ‘horny’ meant, and I used to be on the duvet of Maxim journal.”
Hewitt’s early days in present enterprise included showing on the kids’s TV present, Youngsters Integrated, and starring with Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act 2: Again within the Behavior. Nevertheless, Hewitt’s breakout position got here taking part in Sarah within the wildly common tv sequence, Social gathering of 5. It was throughout this time interval that the rising star additionally appeared in I Know What You Did Final Summer time and its sequel. Hewitt continued to handle these inappropriate feedback she needed to cope with as a teen throughout the identical sit-down by saying:
“Individuals would brazenly stroll up and be like, ‘Oh, I took your journal with me on a visit final week.’ And I didn’t actually know what that meant [laughs]. You realize what I imply: It’s form of gross […] After I Know What You Did Final Summer time got here out, everyone mentioned, ‘Oh, I do know what your breasts did final summer time.’ It was a tradition that was totally accepted. However whenever you sit and have a look at the place we at the moment are versus then, it’s actually mind-blowing.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Mom Shielded Her as A lot as Potential
Over the course of her illustrious profession, Jennifer Love Hewitt has given some exceptional performances outdoors of her Social gathering of 5 and I Know What You Did Final Summer time roles. Hewitt’s contributions to the Ghost Whisperer sequence and the movies The Audrey Hepburn Story and Can’t Hardly Wait actually helped to develop her appearing vary over time. Nevertheless, in the course of the early parts of her time working in Hollywood, Hewitt credit her mom with sheltering and defending her, significantly from the partying way of life. The actress mentioned throughout the identical podcast:
“On the time, it felt very harmless and thrilling and enjoyable. So, I’m grateful for that, as a result of I feel had I attempted to take, had I taken on a few of that earlier, I feel it might have messed with me a bit of bit, but it surely didn’t, for no matter cause. Possibly that’s as a result of my mother was at all times round, protecting actuality very obvious for me. Like I’d go to a premiere, and folks would need me to do issues, and I’d must go residence and clear my room. So, I feel that helped.”
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Starring in I Know What You Did Final Summer time additionally helped to introduce Hewitt to a complete new viewers of followers, who nonetheless love the 1997 traditional and its sequel that additionally featured the return of Julie James’ love curiosity, Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.). Hewitt mentioned the impact that taking part in the Scream Queen had on her in the course of the podcast (under):
“I keep in mind pondering it was actually cool that like women regarded as much as me, and I took that very significantly. That was the half that I took away from all of it on the time. I felt an actual accountability to hold that and carry myself in a approach that felt like I used to be incomes the proper to be someone’s like position mannequin. I actually do keep in mind that. I additionally keep in mind having a extremely fascinating dialog with my mother the place I used to be hyper conscious of the truth that like, there have been in all probability 50,000 different women on the planet that didn’t get the chance that I did, and that I needed to deal with it.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt formally introduced her return as Julie James within the upcoming legacy sequel again in December 2024. Freddie Prinze Jr. can even reprise his position from the 1997 and 1998 movies. Followers can meet up with Prinze Jr. and Hewitt’s iconic characters when I Know What You Did Final Summer time drops in theaters on July 18, 2025.