Jennifer Love Hewitt is set to reprise her role as Julie James in an upcoming iteration of the I Know What You Did Last Summer film franchise, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.
The actress posted a photo of herself staring into a mirror that has notes taped all over it, writing in the caption: “It’s never too late to go back. Julie James is returning. I know what you will be doing next summer!@IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummerMovie”
In the original 1997 film, Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Philippe portrayed a friend group with a dangerous stalker. Prinze and Hewitt reprised their roles in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which premiered in 1998.
Hewitt later expressed her excitement about the forthcoming sequel, saying, “I will say it is truly such an honor, at 45, to even be invited back. To be thought of in that way, to not just move on to the newer, better, younger versions, but [to be offered] to come back and play that part is really cool .. A big part of the reason we’ve taken a minute is I don’t want to just be like, “Oh, there’s the ghost of ’90s past for five seconds in the movie”. I want to have her come back, be there for a reason, play a real part, and show the audience who she’s become 27 years later I think the scariest thing about the movie will probably be people seeing me as 45, since they saw me last time at 21.”
Hewitt joins previously announced cast including Prinze Jr. and newcomers Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Haur-King, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols and Gabbriette.
The film will premiere in theaters on July 18.
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