Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt won't have beef — however that additionally doesn't imply they're shut.
The actor, 49, defined in an interview with Variety revealed on Saturday, July 19, that he and his I Know What You Did Final Summer season costar “run in several circles.”
“I hadn't seen her since we wrapped the second film in '98, however we care so much about these characters, and it was all nonetheless there,” he advised the publication. “After we completed that first scene, we had an opportunity to say, ‘Oh, you've gotten youngsters. And you've got youngsters.'”
He continued, “Actually, I believe the primary scene we share on this film, the place Ray and Julie con- entrance the truth of their relationship, is one of the best work we've performed of all three. I'm actually pleased with it. Our director, Jenn Robinson, three-dimensionalized these characters.”
Fan-driven theories about an alleged discord between Prinze and Hewitt have been additionally debunked by director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who wrote on X on Saturday, “[Hewitt and Prinze] completely shot their scenes collectively. hope this helps” after a fan theorized the pair labored individually.
The rumors appear to be tied to a decades-long story of an alleged concern between Hewitt and former costar Sarah Michelle Gellar, who can be married to Prinze. Regardless of repeated denials, many followers imagine Hewitt requested producers to kill off Gellar's character within the unique movie's 1998 sequel, I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer season.
These tales have been fueled by the truth that Gellar and Hewitt weren't photographed collectively on the July 2025 premiere of the most recent installment within the franchise.
Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt Columbia Footage/Getty Photos
In a December 2024 interview on the “I've By no means Stated This Earlier than” podcast, Hewitt commented, “I used to be 18. They weren't taking script notes from me, guys.”
She continued, “All of us have been in that have collectively and, type of, figuring all of it out and every thing. I root for her and Freddie and assume it's the cutest factor on the planet that they've been married for 100 years, and have youngsters. It's cute. It's simply been actually humorous to see all of these items that individuals assume.”
Gellar has been extra direct when requested about her involvement within the 2025 film. When requested by Individuals if she'd be concerned, she pointedly advised the outlet, “I'm lifeless.”
“My greatest buddy [Jennifer] is directing it, so we joke that I've an unofficial job, which is I'm continuity,” she added. “So I'm at all times the one telling her, ‘Effectively, that might occur, or that wouldn't occur with these characters,' so I do have type of an unofficial job title.”
