It’s a bittersweet symphony.
The hit 1999 film “Cruel Intentions” is again, with a reboot of the identical identify.
Premiering Thursday, Nov. 21, on Prime Video, “Cruel Intentions” is about on the earth of fraternities and sororities on the fictional Manchester Faculty in Washington, DC.
“I was very excited to hear that [a reboot] was happening at all, whether I was going to be involved or not, because it’s an amazing world that this story is set in,” Sean Patrick Thomas, 53, instructed The Put up.
Thomas appeared within the “Cruel Intentions” film, and he’s the one authentic solid member who can be within the present — albeit in a unique function.
“I had no clue whatsoever that [the movie] was going to be received the way that it was,” he recalled. “I knew that it was going to be good, because the script was so good and because my castmates were so incredible … but that it would have this type of staying power, I had no idea.”
However, Thomas stated, after the film got here out and made greater than $70 million on a $10 million price range and have become a cult traditional, he understood why it was successful.
“It was something that people enjoyed not just because it was bad people behaving badly, but because we created a whole world that people hadn’t really seen before on film — with young people acting like adults, with adult money and adult situations,” he continued. “There was something about that — for that time — that was very fresh and new.”
The present and film are each fashionable retellings of the 1782 novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”
The present’s faculty setting is a change from the film, which was set in New York Metropolis amongst rich excessive schoolers.
Within the film, the manipulative Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) schemes together with her stepbrother, Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe), to seduce Annette (Reese Witherspoon), their headmaster’s harmless and morally principled daughter. Kathryn additionally schemes towards Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair), who has a forbidden flirtation together with her music trainer, Ronald (Thomas).
Within the present, Thomas performs a unique character, Professor Hank Chadwick.
The present follows ruthless stepsiblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess) who’ve a scheme for Lucien to seduce Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), the daughter of the Vice President of the US who additionally attends their faculty.
CeCe Carroway (Sara Silva) is Caroline’s proper hand lady, who additionally works carefully with Professor Chadwick.
“I felt so lucky to be the one that gets to act with the veteran,” Silva instructed The Put up, referring to Thomas.
“Because he’s bringing the legend with him. There was just a sense of trust and safety, because I knew he knows the world, and he’s such a varied and incredible actor.”
Thomas, who can be identified for “Save the Last Dance,” appreciated taking part in each Ronald within the film and Professor Chadwick within the present.
“This character is so much more complex in the sense of like he’s more mature. He’s more seasoned. He’s not as innocent and naive as Ronald was in the film,” he instructed The Put up. “But at the same time, I love the fact that Ronald was so innocent, and he was being acted upon by all these malevolent forces.”
Regardless of returning to the “Cruel Intentions” world, Thomas hasn’t talked a lot to his former castmates.
“I’ve seen them over the years, I’ve seen Sarah [Michelle Gellar], I’ve seen Selma [Blair]. So, I’ve seen them and talked to them, but I haven’t seen them since we finished this [show],” he stated.
“So I’m very curious about what they think. And I hope they watch it.”
