I Know What You Did Final Summer season director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson debunked fan theories that Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt filmed all of their scenes for the brand new sequel individually.
“[Hewitt and Prinze] completely shot their scenes collectively. hope this helps,” Kaytin Robinson, 37, clarified by way of X on Saturday, July 19.
The filmmaker weighed in after a fan account tried to “spark a debate” by theorizing that the longtime IKWYDLS costars might not have truly been on set collectively since there have been apparently “cuts and separate photographs” all through the sequel. As soon as Kaytin Robinson debunked this principle, the fan apologized for being “messy” with their hypothesis.
A number of feedback on the X thread referenced longstanding feud rumors between Hewitt and authentic IKWYDLS costar Sarah Michelle Gellar, who’s married to Prinze. (Gellar and Prinze have been married since 2002 and share two youngsters: Charlotte Grace, 15, and Rocky James, 12.)
There was hypothesis relationship again to the ‘90s that Hewitt requested producers to kill off Gellar’s character within the authentic film so her costar couldn’t return within the 1998 sequel I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer season. Hewitt shot down these accusations throughout a December 2024 interview on the “I’ve By no means Stated This Earlier than” podcast.
“I used to be 18. They weren’t taking script notes from me, guys,” Hewitt insisted.
The rumors bubbled as much as the floor as soon as once more previous to the discharge of the brand new IKWYDLS movie, main Hewitt to make clear that she was “good” with Gellar.
“I actually don’t even know what that [rumor] was or how that every one got here to be,” Hewitt instructed Vulture. “I simply assume individuals don’t need the narrative to be straightforward. Why can we all the time should be in opposition to one another and out for one another?”
‘I Know What You Did Final Summer season’ solid in July 2025. Monica Schipper/Getty Photos
The actress went on, “I haven’t seen Sarah. Actually, we’ve not talked since I noticed her at 18 years outdated when the primary film got here out. That’s why it’s so humorous to me. Folks had been like, ‘Say one thing again.’ And I’m like, ‘What am I going to say? I’ve not seen her.’”
When Hewitt and Gellar didn’t pose collectively at I Know What You Did Final Summer season’s purple carpet premiere on Wednesday, July 16, some followers ran with the feud narrative once more. (Prinze and Hewitt reprise their roles as Ray Bronson and Julie James alongside a solid of largely new characters within the legacy sequel.)
This time, Gellar tried to make clear the state of affairs: “For everybody asking — I by no means obtained to see @jenniferlovehewitt, who’s improbable within the film. I used to be inside with my youngsters when the large carpet occurred. And sadly, JLH didn’t come to the after occasion.”
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum defined that it wasn’t uncommon to fully miss a pal or costar at a Hollywood premiere occasion as a result of a lot is going on at any given time.
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. have toasted 22 years of wedded bliss. Gellar, 47, marked the pair’s milestone by way of social media on Sunday, September 1, sharing a loved-up snap of herself with Prinze Jr., 48. “22 @realfreddieprinze 🥂💍👰🏼,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum captioned the Instagram picture which captured a smiling Prinze […]
“When you have ever been to considered one of these, it’s loopy. I sadly didn’t get pics with many of the solid,” Gellar added. “However that doesn’t change how superb I believe all of them are. Sadly, some issues occur solely in actual life and never on-line.”
I Know What You Did Final Summer season is now enjoying in theaters.
