Freddie Prinze Jr. Was ‘Just Gonna Quit The Business’ After Filming ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
etcanada.comFreddie Prinze Jr. is opening up about difficult Hollywood experiences. This week, on his “That Was Pretty Scary” horror podcast, the actor opened up about starring in the 1997 film “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” READ MORE: Freddie Prinze Jr.
Reacts To ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Sequel Rumours: ‘I Have Been Offered Nothing’ Prinze Jr starred in the film, one of his first, alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Jennifer Love Hewitt, but the experience almost made him quit the industry.
Referring to “weird” and “bad things” from the set, the 47-year-old recalled that it was mostly the feeling that the director, Jim Gillespie, didn’t want him in the film. “It’s not that we weren’t on the same page, I knew what the correct choices were for the Ray character.
He wanted a different actor, a really good actor named Jeremy Sisto, who I know and I like and respect very, very much,” he said, adding that it was writer Kevin Williamson who pushed for him and kept him on the project. “I’ll give the man this, I think his name is Jim, he made no bones about it.
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