Rachael Leigh Cook Feels ‘Pretty Good’ About ‘She’s All That’ Minus How They Used ‘To Talk to Women’: ‘Disparaging and Disrespectful’

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Different times. Rachael Leigh Cook feels “pretty good” about She’s All That since she stepped into Laney Boggs’ shoes in 1999, but she does admit that she recently had to distract her daughter, Charlotte, from hearing some of the banter that was used in the romantic comedy.‘She’s All That’ Cast: Where Are They Now?“The only thing that’s funny about that movie — ’cause I let my daughter, who is very recently 9, see it — I was like, I don’t think there’s anything too inappropriate in there, but some of the language that they use to talk about women,” she exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting her new film, Spirit Halloween. “I realize that it’s about Freddie [Prinze Jr.’s] character sort of going on a journey of opening his mind.

And people were different than these popular crowd kids, but it is really pretty disparaging and disrespectful. Like, there’s body-shaming and other things that I’m like, ‘La la la Charlotte, I don’t want you even hearing this.’ I’m not embarrassed to be associated with the movie.

And it was another time. But it’s not great at points. There’s stuff in there that’s like, it’s a little tough to defend in today’s day.” (She and ex Daniel Gillies are also parents of son Theo, 7.)Cook, 43, played artsy loner Laney opposite Prinze Jr.’s Zack Stiler, alongside Matthew Lillard, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Kieran Culkin, Anna Paquin, Elden Henson, Gabrielle Union, the late Paul Walker and more.Zack makes a bet to turn Laney into the school’s prom queen.

In Laney’s famous transformation scene, she instantly turned heads when she simply got a fresh haircut, trimmed her eyebrows and took off her glasses. (Cut Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me.”)Rachael Leigh Cook’s Dating HistorySome critics have teased that