Why Sarah Michelle Gellar Is ‘Grateful’ NBC Didn’t Pick Up The ‘Cruel Intentions’ Reboot
deadline.comSarah Michelle Gellar is opening up about the Cruel Intentions reboot NBC passed on and why she’s grateful the pilot was not picked up to series.The peacock network got a pilot order in February 2016 and announced in October of that same year that it was not moving forward with the show.
Gellar had signed on to reprise her role of Kathryn Merteuil but ultimately felt the new take didn’t live up to the 1999 film.“That was a whole crazy time,” she told The New York Times. “Nothing against NBC, but Cruel Intentions is straight streaming.
On the first day, I was like, ‘This isn’t working.’ It’s just not a network show. And if it is a network show, it’s not my Cruel Intentions.
So, I was actually grateful.”The Cruel Intentions reboot would’ve taken place more than 15 years after the film left off with Merteuil (Gellar) vying for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of Bash Casey, the son of her late brother, Sebastian Valmont, and Annette Hargrove.
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