Meet the 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' 2025 Cast & Characters
The new sequel has a similar premise to the first movie from 1997, but it isn't a reboot. Instead, the new group of friends are able to get in touch with two characters who survived the original massacre from the "Fisherman" killer, Julie James and Ray Bronson, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprising their roles. (The actors also played the characters in the 1998 sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which saw the killer stalk them in the Bahamas.)
But while fans of the original are very familiar with Hewitt and Prinze Jr., there's a bunch of new stars joining in for the new movie. Read on to learn more about them and the characters they're bringing to the big screen.
Madelyn Cline plays Danica, a member of the friend group who makes a promise not to reveal what happened with the car accident. Fans of Outer Banks will know her for starring as Sarah. She also appears in a couple episodes of Stranger Things and in the movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Instagram: @madelyncline
The next friend is Ava, who is played by Chase Sui Wonders. The actor is known for her role in another ensemble horror movies, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, and she currently stars on the TV series The Studio as Quinn.
Instagram: @chasesuiwonders
Next up we've got another member of the friend group, Milo. Jonah Hauer-King takes on this role. You may know him for a very different type of movie: The live-action Little Mermaid remake in which he played Prince Eric. The actor recently appeared in the British series Doctor Who.
Instagram: @jonahhauerking
Another friend being stalked by the killer is Tyriq Withers, who plays Teddy. Withers has had roles in the TV shows Atlanta, The Game, and Tell Me Lies. And he was in another remake of a fan favorite movie, the 2024 version of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
Instagram: @tyriqwithers
The fifth and final member of the friend group is Stevie, who is played by Sarah Pidgeon. Pidgeon has had starring roles in the series The Wilds and Tiny Beautiful Things, and was in the 2024 film The Friend.
Instagram: @sarah__pidgeon
Moving on to the characters outside of our main group, we have Billy Campbell as Grant Spencer, the father of Teddy and a rich real estate developer. Campbell is best known for his roles in television shows, including Dynasty, Once and Again, The O.C., and the Canadian show Cardinal.
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The character Tyler Trevino is a podcaster, who delves into the 1997 massacre. Gabbriette Bechtel—who usually just goes by Gabbriette—plays Tyler. Gabbriette is a model and the singer for the band Nasty Cherry. This is her second feature-length film following 2025's Idiotka.
Instagram: @gabriette
Austin Nichols appears in I Know What You Did Last Summer as Pastor Judah. The actor has had starring roles in One Tree Hill and The Walking Dead, and his movies include The Day After Tomorrow and The Six Triple Eight.
Instagram: @austinnichols
Last up we have our returning stars. Prinze is playing Ray for the third time. The second movie ended with him and Julie as a married couple following another escape from "the Fisherman." Aside from I Know What You Did Last Summer, Prinze is known for movies including She's All That and Scooby-Doo. More recently, he starred in the Punky Brewster reboot and has performed voice roles in various Star Wars projects, including The Rise of Skywalker.
Instagram: @realfreddieprinze
And Hewitt is back as final girl Julie James. Like Prinze Jr., in the '90s, she was a teen idol. In her case, it was thanks to roles in Party of Five and Can't Hardly Wait. She has also had starring roles in the shows Ghost Whisperer and Criminal Minds, and she currently stars in 9-1-1.
Instagram: @jenniferlovehewitt
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- New York Post
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'The fabric we ended up with was a wax cotton, and we painted quite a bit into it to make it look like it was wet.' Advertisement After doing several camera tests with director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and cinematographer Elisha Christian, Ceo and her team created the slicker seen on-screen in the new 'IKWYDLS.' 13 The Fisherman in the original 1997 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.' ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 13 The Fisherman on the poster for this year's new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.' Sony Pictures While the original Fisherman wore a standard yellow slicker and hat made of vinyl, the new version features a darker raincoat and hood made of wax cotton. Advertisement 'So it was actually a lot of work just to get that jacket to where it was that they really loved filming it, and it had to move and do all the special things that you need a costume to do, especially in a movie like this,' Ceo added. Surprisingly, Ceo revealed that the new movie was not initially going to include a redesign for the Fisherman's costume. 13 The original Fisherman's costume was made of vinyl and included a basic ice hook for a weapon. Columbia Pictures 13 The new Fisherman's costume is darker and more menacing, with a sharper ice hook as a weapon. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement 'Funny enough, we weren't going to redesign it in the beginning,' she shared. 'And then as we were looking at it on the actor, and it's moving, Jen's like, 'I don't know. Maybe we can do something else?' And we all sort of thought that.' After playing around with different concepts regarding how the costume could look, they came up with one new idea in particular. 'So it became this whole thing,' Ceo continued. 'Like, you know, maybe it's a hood, maybe it's this, and we had all these different ideas. I was like, let's try it.' 13 The original 1997 Fisherman also wore a vinyl fisherman's hat to hide his identity. Columbia Pictures 13 The new Fisherman's costume includes a hood built into the wax cotton slicker. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 'We just kind of landed on the hood, which was funny,' she added. 'So that was the redesign for the new movie.' Besides a darker and more menacing new costume, the Fisherman in the latest 'IKWYDLS' is also armed with an upgraded ice hook to torture and kill his victims. Like the old Fisherman slicker and the new redesigned one, the new ice hook has some major differences compared to the original. Advertisement 13 The Fisherman's new ice hook looks pointier and more dangerous compared to the original 1997 one. AP 13 Chase Sui Wonders as Ava Brucks fighting the Fisherman in the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.' ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 'It was basically the same hook, but they made it look a little more dangerous,' Ceo explained. 'Props and the art department were also incredible on this. They had to make it a little more dangerous and pointy, but also make it safe.' 'With anything that we do, they had many of them doing different things for close-ups and pursuits and all that,' she added. 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I'm glad everyone made it happen.' 16 Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. attend the 'Wolf Pack' premiere on January 19, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images for Paramount+ 16 Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar at Disneyland on October 12, 2024. Getty Images Robinson recently broke her silence about Gellar's surprise appearance. 'As a super fan of this franchise, I was never not going to put Helen Shivers in the movie,' the director told People. 'And I didn't lie – she is dead.' 'We wanted to bring Madelyn and Sarah together on screen, and I'm so excited about the results,' Robinson added. 'I feel like it's just so fun.' 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