Freddie Prinze Jr. thinks he ought to be getting extra credit score for Matthew Lillard's profession.
In a Men's Health “Stress Test” video, which was revealed on Wednesday, July 23, Prinze Jr was grilled about which of his previous movie and TV reveals precipitated him stress when he made the comment.
Prinze Jr, 49, has starred alongside Lillard, 55, in a number of high-profile initiatives together with She's All That and the live-action Scooby Doo films.
When Prinze Jr. noticed Lillard among the many footage he was reacting to, the actor joked, “Matthew doesn't trigger me stress, however I did give him numerous work, and he ought to thank me.”
Prinze Jr. additionally mirrored on one among his most iconic roles, taking part in Zack Siler in 1999's She's All That.
“This was the primary film I used to be ever supplied, so the stress ranges have been very, very low, however on each different film I used to be in earlier than this, I used to be satisfied that I might be fired,” he mirrored. “This was the primary time that I used to be ever relaxed. This was truly the least disturbing of all the flicks that I did, and was probably the most pleasurable.”
He added, “And Rachael [Leigh Cook, who played his love interest Laney Boggs] and I've remained mates to this present day. Paul Walker and I have been pleasant. We used to speak about jiu jitsu and quick vehicles. That's all, that's all we'd speak about. However everyone on this movie bought alongside and there was no stress.”
Freddie Prinze Jr. (Photograph by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Whereas Prinze Jr. has a transparent fondness for the teenager rom-com, he was additionally well-known within the 90s due to his portrayal of Ray Bronson in 1997's I Know What You Did Final Summer time.
He reprised his position because the fisherman within the 2025 reboot regardless of initially being in two minds about returning to the franchise.
“I used to be very hesitant to leap again in for a large number of causes. Some have been inventive, as a result of I wasn't the identical man so I didn't know what sort of character they have been gonna need,” Prinze Jr. informed Us Weekly earlier this month. “I used to be fearful they wouldn't put a lot development into it. So, I didn't have any curiosity. After which my buddy Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who cowrote and directed the film, mentioned, ‘I do know you're gonna say no, however let me simply pitch you my model of this film.' And she or he put a lot thought and a lot soul into Julie and Ray.”
Lights, digital camera, acrimony? Freddie Prinze Jr. claimed that I Know What You Did Final Summer time director Jim Gillespie didn't need him within the 1997 film — and had no downside telling him so. “There was no passive aggressiveness, which I hate. He was very direct [with] the truth that, ‘I don't need you on this […]
He mentioned it was Robinson's funding into making his character's journey as fascinating as potential — and giving Ray the correct quantity of depth greater than 20 years on — that solidified his resolution to signal on the dotted line.
“There was a lot thought into what [Julie and Ray] had gone by means of, trauma sensible, and the way they each handled it in another way, that it gave them nice motivations within the film,” Prinze Jr. informed Us. “It's an fascinating take a look at their relationship and the place they're at now and the way they deal with this new state of affairs in their very own distinctive methods. As soon as I form of heard that, earlier than the script was even written, I used to be like, ‘Wow, [Jen's] thought is basically, actually good.' She had some actually cool s*** in there.”
