‘I Know What You Did Last Summer' fans speculate Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. shot scenes separately

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Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt survived the original 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' — but they can't escape from new fan theories.
Twenty-eight years after the 1997 slasher hit theaters, the movie returned with a sequel on July 18.
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Along with new faces, including Madelyn Cline, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Chase Sui Wonders, audiences received the ultimate blast from the past.
Prinze Jr., 49, reprised his role as Ray Bronson, while Hewitt, 46, brought back the iconic Julie James.
However, on Saturday, one social media suggested that the stars didn't film their scenes together this time around.
'Okay guys. Let's spark a debate here,' they posted on X. 'Do you ACTUALLY think Jennifer Love Hewitt & Freddie Prinze Jr. filmed their scenes together for 'I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER' (2025)?! People are starting to notice the 'cuts and separate shots'. This is too much lol.'
12 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' fans think Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. shot scenes separately.
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The Sony reboot's director, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, quickly cleared up any confusion.
'They absolutely shot their scenes together. Hope this helps,' she wrote on X with a heart emoji.
The original poster apologized to the filmmaker and shared that they felt embarrassed.
Robinson, 37, responded, 'No apology necessary! I totally get why people might think that cause of some of the coverage but they are absolutely acting off each other. It was electric!'
12 Jennifer Love Hewitt in the new slasher.
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Despite the pair filming their scenes together, Prinze Jr. revealed he hadn't seen Hewitt since shooting the 1998 sequel, 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.'
'We run in different circles,' the actor told Variety on Saturday. 'I hadn't seen her since we wrapped the second movie in '98, but we care a lot about these characters, and it was all still there.'
'After we finished that first scene, we had a chance to say, 'Oh, you have kids. And you have kids.' Honestly, I think the first scene we share in this movie, where Ray and Julie confront the reality of their relationship, is the best work we've done of all three,' Prinze Jr. continued. 'I'm really proud of it. Our director, Jenn Robinson, three-dimensionalized these characters.'
12 Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray in the 2025 'IKWYDLS.'
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The 'She's All That' alum tied the knot with his 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar, in 2002. The pair share kids Charlotte, 15, and Rocky, 12.
Hewitt, meanwhile, married her 'The Client List' co-star Brian Hallisay in 2013. The couple are parents to Autumn, 11, Atticus, 10, and Aidan, 3.
There has been rumors of a decades-long feud between Hewitt and Gellar, 48.
12 Freddie Prinze Jr. in a scene from the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.'
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On Friday, the 'Holiday Junkie' actress revealed she hasn't kept in touch with her former co-star since starring in the 1997 project.
'I honestly don't even know what that was or how that all came to be,' Hewitt told Vulture. 'I just think people don't want the narrative to be easy. Why do we always have to be against each other and out for each other.'
'I haven't seen Sarah,' she explained. 'Literally, we've not talked since I saw her at 18 years old when the first movie came out. That's why it's so funny to me. People were like, 'Say something back.' And I'm like, 'What am I going to say? I've not seen her.' On my side, we're good. I have no idea where this is coming from.'
12 Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. in a scene from 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.'
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In the original horror film, Gellar played Helen Shivers, the beauty queen who was murdered. Ryan Phillippe starred as Barry William Cox, who was also killed the first time around.
The 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' alum addressed rumors of bad blood after she and Hewitt didn't pose together for pictures on the red carpet last week.
'For everyone asking — I never got to see @jenniferlovehewitt, who is fantastic in the movie. I was inside with my kids when the big carpet happened. And unfortunately, JLH didn't come to the after-party,' Gellar wrote on Instagram at the time.
12 Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Phillipe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.'
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'If you have ever been to one of these, it's crazy,' she continued. 'I sadly didn't get pics with most of the cast. But that doesn't change how amazing I think they all are. Unfortunately, some things happen only in real life and not online.'
Gellar instead posed for pictures with Prinze Jr. and her former 'Buffy' co-star, Seth Green.
She also snapped pictures with Robinson, and the slasher's new star, Cline.
12 Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt in the original film.
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Hewitt previously addressed the online speculation in December.
'I just heard that there's this whole thing where they think that Sarah and I were fighting or something. There's all these things out there,' she said on Tommy DiDario's 'I've Never Said This Before' podcast.
'I've really enjoyed going and trying to read the stuff now and be like, 'What are people saying about when we did the movie before, now, all of that stuff?'' Hewitt continued. 'Somebody the other day was like, 'Yeah, I think Julie made sure that she was killed because girl actresses don't like to work with girl actresses.' I was like, 'What are you talking about?''
12 Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Freddie Prinze Jr. in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.'
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12 The cast of 'I Know What You Did last Summer' poses at the film's premiere on October 8 in Hollywood.
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'I was 18,' the 'Party of Five' alum said. 'They were not taking script notes from me guys. Like what are you talking about?'
That same month, Gellar was asked if Hewitt would return for the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' film.
'I have nothing to do with that,' she responded before walking away from the interviewer. Gellar later clarified why she left on her Instagram Stories.
12 Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. at the 2025 premiere of 'IKWYDLS.'
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'Aspiring actors please note: This 'deer in the headlights' reaction is perfect for when you are excited to see so many old friends in one project but have already stupidly forgotten what NDA means once this month,' she penned beneath a shot from the film's Australian set.
Hewitt also confirmed that the entire cast got along great on set in the '90s.
'All of us were in that experience together, kind of figuring it all out and everything,' she recalled. 'I root for her and Freddie and think it's the cutest thing in the world that they've been married for 100 years and have kids. It's adorable. So yeah it's been really funny to see all this stuff that people think.'
12 Jennifer Love Hewitt on the red carpet of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.'
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This time around, Prinze Jr. had just as good of an experience.
'Whatever a high school union feels like, that's what it felt like,' he told People earlier this month. 'You have no idea what's changed, what's the same. You're excited to show what you think you're better at. You hope they notice it. It was all those things.'