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'Cruel Intentions' Show Cast Got 'Strict Instructions' Not to Copy OG Movie


The 'Cruel Intentions' cast — including Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess and Savannah Lee Smith — told Us Weekly about not researching the movie

The stars spoke exclusively with Us Weekly at both the press junket and the Tuesday, November 19, red carpet premiere about why their individual performances weren’t influenced by the 1999 Cruel Intentions film. In the 90s cult classic, which is a teen version of the French film Dangerous Liaisons, Sebastian’s (Ryan Phillippe) sultry stepsister Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) challenges him to “deflower” the new school headmaster’s […] “Part of the fun of getting to take on this project is getting the opportunity to expand on all of these characters and all of these dynamics that we’ve set up in the pilot while still paying homage to the original source material,” Fisher said before Goodman added, “We didn’t want to alienate fans of the movie.

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