Freddie Prinze Jr. teases his 'She's All That' reunion with Rachael Leigh Cook in 'The Christmas Affair'
Freddie Prinze Jr. is gushing about his She's All That costar Rachael Leigh Cook ahead of their big reunion on the upcoming holiday film The Christmas Affair.
"I'm really excited to film with her again," he told Deadline Hollywood during Monday's red carpet premiere of I Know What You Did Last Summer. "I love her to death, she's like a sister to me. I know her kids, she knows my kids. We've been close ever since that first movie, and I don't know why it's taken us this long to work together again but it did."
She's All That premiered in 1999, since earning its place among the best entries in the ʼ90s rom-com canon. In it, Prinze Jr. plays Zack Siler, an affable jock who makes a bet with his bros that he can make over any undesirable young woman into a beauty queen in time for prom. He chooses the awkward, artistically-inclined loner Laney Boggs (Cook), and after some halted misconnections and the expected third act betrayal, the pair form an enduring bond.
The film also starred Matthew Lillard as Brock, the reality star himbo Zack's girlfriend Taylor (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) cheats on him with, prompting the duckling-to-swan quest. Lillard and Cook established the She's All That cinematic universe in 2021 with a return to their characters in He's All That, a gender-swapped remake starring nascent alt-pop queen Addison Rae and Cobra Kai star Tanner Buchanan. But Prinze Jr. declined to join that cast.
Ahead of the release of He's All That, Cook revealed that while Prinze Jr. wouldn't appear in the remake, the script originally featured a part for him.
"We both discussed if he was going to do this one or not," she explained. "It ended up not being a good fit for him, but he and the creative team behind it are totally cool. He said, 'It's not going to work out for me, but I totally obviously support you doing whatever you want with this. Go run with it. I'll support this movie all the way and everyone involved.'"The Christmas Affair reunites not only Prinze Jr. and Cook, but the two actors with She's All That producer Jennifer Gibgot, who's shepherding the holiday film for Fox Entertainment Studios.
That film, announced in May, follows Prinze Jr. and Cook's Gabe and Natalie, sports broadcasters who "form an unlikely alliance after their spouses are caught cheating weeks before Christmas."
Celebrating the announcement of the film on Instagram that month, Cook wrote, "I ❤️ Freddie, my 🦊 FOX Family, New York and Christmas🎄 so I could not be more excited to announce this !!!"
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