Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt survived the unique “I Know What You Did Last Summer” — however they’ll’t escape from new fan theories.
Twenty-eight years after the 1997 slasher hit theaters, the film returned with a sequel on July 18.
Together with new faces, together with Madelyn Cline, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Chase Sui Wonders, audiences acquired the final word blast from the previous.
Prinze Jr., 49, reprised his function as Ray Bronson, whereas Hewitt, 46, introduced again the long-lasting Julie James.
Nonetheless, on Saturday, one social media recommended that the celebs didn’t movie their scenes collectively this time round.
“Okay guys. Let’s spark a debate here,” they posted on X. “Do you ACTUALLY think Jennifer Love Hewitt & Freddie Prinze Jr. filmed their scenes together for ‘I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER’ (2025)?! People are starting to notice the ‘cuts and separate shots’. This is too much lol.”
The Sony reboot’s director, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, rapidly cleared up any confusion.
“They absolutely shot their scenes together. Hope this helps,” she wrote on X with a coronary heart emoji.
The unique poster apologized to the filmmaker and shared that they felt embarrassed.
Robinson, 37, responded, “No apology necessary! I totally get why people might think that cause of some of the coverage but they are absolutely acting off each other. It was electric!”
Regardless of the pair filming their scenes collectively, Prinze Jr. revealed he hadn’t seen Hewitt since capturing the 1998 sequel, “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.”
“We run in different circles,” the actor instructed Selection on Saturday. “I hadn’t seen her since we wrapped the second movie in ’98, but we care a lot about these characters, and it was all still there.”
“After we finished that first scene, we had a chance to say, ‘Oh, you have kids. And you have kids.’ Honestly, I think the first scene we share in this movie, where Ray and Julie confront the reality of their relationship, is the best work we’ve done of all three,” Prinze Jr. continued. “I’m really proud of it. Our director, Jenn Robinson, three-dimensionalized these characters.”
The “She’s All That” alum tied the knot together with his “I Know What You Did Last Summer” co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar, in 2002. The pair share youngsters Charlotte, 15, and Rocky, 12.
Hewitt, in the meantime, married her “The Client List” co-star Brian Hallisay in 2013. The couple are dad and mom to Autumn, 11, Atticus, 10, and Aidan, 3.
There was rumors of a decades-long feud between Hewitt and Gellar, 48.
On Friday, the “Holiday Junkie” actress revealed she hasn’t stored in contact along with her former co-star since starring within the 1997 challenge.
“I honestly don’t even know what that was or how that all came to be,” Hewitt instructed Vulture. “I just think people don’t want the narrative to be easy. Why do we always have to be against each other and out for each other.”
“I haven’t seen Sarah,” she defined. “Literally, we’ve not talked since I saw her at 18 years old when the first movie came out. That’s why it’s so funny to me. People were like, ‘Say something back.’ And I’m like, ‘What am I going to say? I’ve not seen her.’ On my side, we’re good. I have no idea where this is coming from.”
Within the authentic horror movie, Gellar performed Helen Shivers, the sweetness queen who was murdered. Ryan Phillippe starred as Barry William Cox, who was additionally killed the primary time round.
The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum addressed rumors of unhealthy blood after she and Hewitt didn’t pose collectively for photos on the crimson carpet final week.
“For everyone asking — I never got to see @jenniferlovehewitt, who is fantastic in the movie. I was inside with my kids when the big carpet happened. And unfortunately, JLH didn’t come to the after-party,” Gellar wrote on Instagram on the time.
“If you have ever been to one of these, it’s crazy,” she continued. “I sadly didn’t get pics with most of the cast. But that doesn’t change how amazing I think they all are. Unfortunately, some things happen only in real life and not online.”
Gellar as an alternative posed for photos with Prinze Jr. and her former “Buffy” co-star, Seth Inexperienced.
She additionally snapped photos with Robinson, and the slasher’s new star, Cline.
Hewitt beforehand addressed the net hypothesis in December.
“I just heard that there’s this whole thing where they think that Sarah and I were fighting or something. There’s all these things out there,” she stated on Tommy DiDario’s “I’ve Never Said This Before” podcast.
“I’ve really enjoyed going and trying to read the stuff now and be like, ‘What are people saying about when we did the movie before, now, all of that stuff?’” Hewitt continued. “Somebody the other day was like, ‘Yeah, I think Julie made sure that she was killed because girl actresses don’t like to work with girl actresses.’ I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’”
“I was 18,” the “Party of Five” alum stated. “They were not taking script notes from me guys. Like what are you talking about?”
That very same month, Gellar was requested if Hewitt would return for the brand new “I Know What You Did Last Summer” movie.
“I have nothing to do with that,” she responded earlier than strolling away from the interviewer. Gellar later clarified why she left on her Instagram Tales.
“Aspiring actors please note: This ‘deer in the headlights’ reaction is perfect for when you are excited to see so many old friends in one project but have already stupidly forgotten what NDA means once this month,” she penned beneath a shot from the movie’s Australian set.
Hewitt additionally confirmed that your entire solid acquired alongside nice on set within the ’90s.
“All of us were in that experience together, kind of figuring it all out and everything,” she recalled. “I root for her and Freddie and think it’s the cutest thing in the world that they’ve been married for 100 years and have kids. It’s adorable. So yeah it’s been really funny to see all this stuff that people think.”
This time round, Prinze Jr. had simply nearly as good of an expertise.
“Whatever a high school union feels like, that’s what it felt like,” he instructed Individuals earlier this month. “You have no idea what’s changed, what’s the same. You’re excited to show what you think you’re better at. You hope they notice it. It was all those things.”
