Sarah Michelle Gellar is glad NBC passed a TV series based on her 1999 film “Brutal Intentions.”
The actress discussed the reboot during a recent interview new York Times, The pilot was ordered in February 2016, but the network had passed on the series by October of the same year. Geller will reprise her iconic role as manipulative Katherine Mertuil.
But, eventually, she agreed that the series was not suitable for network television.
“Nothing against NBC, but ‘Brutal Intentions’ is streaming straight,” she said. “The day before, I was like, ‘It’s not working.’ It’s not just a network show. And if it’s a network show, it’s not my ‘cruel intent’. So, I was really grateful.”
The series was to take over 15 years after the film’s finale, following Geller’s Catherine Merteuil, as she vie for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of Bash Casey, son of his half-brother, the late Sebastian Valmont (Ryan). does. Philip) and Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon).
In addition to Geller, the “Brutal Intentions” TV series had already cast Kate Levering, Taylor John Smith (“American Crime”), Samantha Logan, Sophina Brown and Nathalie Kelly. The film’s original director and writer Roger Kumble was also on board.
Kumble first tried to bring “brutal intentions” to TV with a series called “Manchester Prep”. It was scrapped by Fox before the first episode aired in 1999, because it involved female masturbation, among other concerns. It starred Robin Dunn, Amy Adams and Kerry Lynn Pratt; It was then adapted into the direct-to-DVD sequel “Cruel Intents 2”.
