Jennifer Love Hewitt Wants to Be the 'Ghost of '90s Past' inI Know What You Did Last SummerReboot

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Love Hewittis eager for the reboot ofI Know What You Did Last Summer.

The actress, who played Julie James in the original, shared an update on the reboot while on theJennifer Hudson ShowTuesday, Dec. 11.

“I can’t say much, I’m not officially in it yet, but I’m close,” Hewitt, 45, said, as a shot from the original movie showed on the screen behind her. “Oh my gosh, there is 1997. That’s scary. But It’s going to be really good.”

Hewitt teased that the 2025 reboot will be “really fun,” but avoided revealing if it will have the same storyline.

Pictured left to right - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Philippe, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr in 1997.Courtesy Everett Collection

“They have an amazing young cast that’s in it,” she said. “I’m hoping to come back as the ghost of ’90s past, and we’ll see what happens.”

“It won’t be the same without you,” hostJennifer Hudsonsaid.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt, pictured in the 1997 slasher movie.Mandalay Ent/Kobal/Shutterstock

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The cast of the new movie includes Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah Haur-King, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols and Gabbriette.

Freddie Prinze Jr. is returning to the franchise as Ray Bronson, while Hewitt said there have beentalks of Brandy Norwood also returning.

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Hewitt, who stars in the festive new movieThe Holiday Junkie,revealed on theI’ve Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDariopodcast that scheduling issues have delayed reprising her role inI Know What You Did Last Summer.

“I really want to do something, and I want to be there for Julie James fans,” Hewitt said. “I just want it to feel like, you know, if she comes back then it means something.”

source: people.com