Cinemadirereer tried to bring Sarah Michelle Gellar back to the new I know what you did last summer, but actress refused: ‘I’m dead’

The actress SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR will not return as Helen Shivers in the new sequence of I know what you did last summerscheduled to debut on July 18, 2025. In an interview with Entertainment Weeklythe director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson He revealed that he tried in every way to bring Gellar back to the role, but could not overcome the fact that his character died in the original 1997 movie.

“I tried, okay? I bothers her! But she’s dead,” said Robinson.

“I tried to suggest some crazy things. I said, ‘What if you hadn’t died and were alive, hidden?’ And Sarah replied, ‘I was on the ice. I was as dead as possible. And she said, ‘I’m dead. I’m Sarah Dead Gellar.’

Despite the absence of SARAH MICHELLE GELLARthe actors Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. They will reprise their roles like Julie James and Ray Bronson, respectively. The new movie will still have MADELYN CLINE, Chase Sui Wonders, Lola tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols, SARAH PIDGEON, Tyriq Withers, JONAH HAUER-KING, Billy Campbell and Gabbriette.

What is the plot of the new I know what you did last summer?

The new story follows five friends who cause a fatal car accident and decide to hide what happened. A year later, they begin to be persecuted by someone who knows the secret and seeks revenge. Throughout the plot, the group discovers that these events have occurred before and seeks help from two survivors of the 1997 Southport massacre – Julie and Ray.

Is the film a direct sequence of the originals?

Yes. The new feature is a direct continuation of the films released in 1997 and 1998, ignoring the third movie, I will always know what you did last summer (2006). The plot connects especially with the events of the first two films, bringing Julie and Ray as central figures.

Will there be references to the 1990s?

Yes. In an interview with People, Jennifer Love Hewitt stated that the film will bring several nostalgic references, including Easter Eggs and scenes that refer to the mood of the original films:

“There’s a lot of the 1990s there, so get excited because the 1990s are back! And there are a lot of twists. People won’t expect anything to come. It’s a very fun journey.”

Will the new sequence be more violent?

Second Jennifer Kaytin Robinsonthe new movie will have more brutal scenes: “The scares are also much more brutal. Certainly there is more methodology in each death in this movie, unlike the first, which is basically he pursuing and going after them. There is not much coagulated blood or violence in the first. Certainly there is in this.“

Remember the plot of the original movie

The original film, released in 1997, follows four friends who run over a man and hide the body. A year later, they are chased by a killer with a hook who knows what they did. The movie became a classic of the genre slasherwith Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR and Ryan Phillippe.

When to debut?

I know what you did last summer debut in Brazilian theaters on July 18, 2025.