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Pia Miranda and Kick Gurry don't look like this anymore! Looking For Alibrandi stars reunite 25 years after making classic film
They were the on-screen sweethearts in the classic Australian teen movie Looking for Alibrandi.
And now, 25 years after the film hit screens, stars Pia Miranda and Kick Gurry have reunited.
Pia, 52, took to social media on Monday to share a selfie of the catch-up, which took place in a Melbourne bar.
Posting to Instagram, Pia made a cheeky reference to her Alibrandi character Josie and her on-screen beau, Jacob, a part which turned Kick, 47, into a heartthrob.
'Bumped into Josie and Jacob having drinks at the local pub. They seem happy. Kind of surprised they are still together tbh,' she joked.
The ageless star was instantly recognisable in the snap from her star-making role, while Gurry now sports a light grey beard, and a swept-back hairdo - nothing like his role as a spunky school boy.
Pia's post was met with enthusiastic approval from fans who remembered the film, which was an instant success when it debuted Down Under in 2000.
'All our childhood memories flooding back,' commented one follower.
'This makes my once 16-year-old year 12 heart so happy,' added another, while a third fan gushed, 'Aaaaah my inner 15-year-old loves this SO much!'
Kick and Pia recently shared the red carpet at the Melbourne International Film Festival, where they presented a newly-restored version of Looking for Alibrandi.
Based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta, the film was directed by Kate Woods and centres on the life of seventeen-year-old Josie Alibrandi.
Most of the storyline is devoted to Josie's struggles to accept her Italian heritage as she battles with trying to fit in at a posh private school.
She also navigates her first romance with the hunky Jacob (Gurry).
Pia gained industry acclaim for her starring role in the film, even winning an AACTA Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the FCCA Best Actor award in 2000.
However, she later admitted that she struggled to make ends meet as she became a household name.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald in 2023, the Wentworth actress confessed: 'When [Looking For Alibrandi] came out, my life quickly changed. I was incredibly famous but still struggling to pay my rent.'
'It was stressful. I was recognised on the street but financial stability didn't come my way because of it, and that was a shock,' Pia added.
Pia also admitted she failed to book a single job for a year after Looking For Alibrandi came out, despite the popularity of the film.
Since then, Pia has also made appearances in hit TV shows like Wentworth, All Saints, Mustangs FC and The Secret Life of Us.
She also landed a reality TV role in Australian Survivor in 2019, and ended up winning the series, pocketing $500,000.
In March 2001, she married Australian musician Luke Hanigan, the lead singer and guitarist of the popular rock band Lo-Tel.
Pia and Luke began dating in 2000 and tied the knot four months into their relationship. The couple share two children: Lilly, 14, and James, 11.
Kick, meanwhile, has built a career in both Australia and the US, with roles in the 2017 Brad Pitt film War Machine, and the Tom Cruise epic Edge of Tomorrow from 2014.
He also appeared in the Aussie Stan streaming series Caught (2023) and Offspring (2012) and the ABC surfing drama Barrons (2022).
