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Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar Cruel Intentions - 1999 Director: Roger Kumble Columbia USA Scene Still Drama Sexe intentions

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Ryan Phillippe as Sebastian Valmont and Selma Blair as Cecile Caldwell ‘Cruel Intentions’ Film - 1999 Two vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster’s daughter before the start of term.

The 1999 filmCruel IntentionsstarredSarah Michelle GellarandRyan Phillippeas Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont, two scheming step-siblings who use their classmates as pawns in their sadistic sexual games with one another — most notably Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair) and Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon).

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This isn’t the first timeCruel Intentionsalmost returned. A reboot of the original film was expected in 2016 — and would have starred Gellar again as Kathryn. However, the sequel series was ultimately scrapped.

Gellar previously argued that a sequel to the film would be better housed on a streaming service — not on NBC as originally planned. “Nothing against NBC, butCruel Intentionsis straight streaming,” Gellar told theNew York Times. “On the first day, I was like, ‘This isn’t working.’ It’s just not a network show. And if it is a network show, it’s not myCruel Intentions. So, I was actually grateful.”

source: people.com