I Know What You Did Last Summer director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson debunked fan theories that Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt filmed all of their scenes for the new sequel separately.
“[Hewitt and Prinze] absolutely shot their scenes together. hope this helps,” Kaytin Robinson, 37, clarified via X on Saturday, July 19.
The filmmaker weighed in after a fan account tried to “spark a debate” by theorizing that the longtime IKWYDLS costars may not have actually been on set together since there were apparently “cuts and separate shots” throughout the sequel. Once Kaytin Robinson debunked this theory, the fan apologized for being “messy” with their speculation.
Several comments on the X thread referenced longstanding feud rumors between Hewitt and original IKWYDLS costar Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is married to Prinze. (Gellar and Prinze have been married since 2002 and share two children: Charlotte Grace, 15, and Rocky James, 12.)
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There has been speculation dating back to the ‘90s that Hewitt asked producers to kill off Gellar’s character in the original movie so her costar couldn’t return in the 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Hewitt shot down those accusations during a December 2024 interview on the “I’ve Never Said This Before” podcast.
“I was 18. They were not taking script notes from me, guys,” Hewitt insisted.
The rumors bubbled up to the surface once again prior to the release of the new IKWYDLS film, leading Hewitt to clarify that she was “good” with Gellar.
“I honestly don’t even know what that [rumor] 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?”
The actress went on, “I haven’t seen Sarah. 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.’”
When Hewitt and Gellar didn’t pose together at I Know What You Did Last Summer’s red carpet premiere on Wednesday, July 16, some fans ran with the feud narrative again. (Prinze and Hewitt reprise their roles as Ray Bronson and Julie James alongside a cast of mostly new characters in the legacy sequel.)
This time, Gellar tried to clarify the situation: “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.”
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum explained that it wasn’t unusual to completely miss a friend or costar at a Hollywood premiere event because so much is happening at any given time.
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“If you have ever been to one of these, it’s crazy. I sadly didn’t get pics with most of the cast,” Gellar added. “But that doesn’t change how amazing I think they all are. Unfortunately, some things happen only in real life and not online.”
I Know What You Did Last Summer is now playing in theaters.
