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This will be the third attempt at a television series based on the world of Cruel Intentions (1999)
Chronology
After being bullied at their elite university, half-siblings Caroline and Lucien attempt to maintain their power and reputation by seducing the daughter of the Vice President of the United States. The direct-to-video sequel Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), with Amy Adams replacing Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil, was originally a scripted television series before being re-edited into a feature film.
It was followed by Cruel Intentions (1999)
Gellar would later reprise her role as Kathryn in 2016 for the NBC pilot Cruel Intentions (2016), which was not ordered to series. As someone who loved the original film, I found it very difficult to watch at first because I kept comparing the characters to the characters in the film.
The characters have different names, etc
After a few episodes I wanted to stop comparing because in my opinion it’s not a remake, it’s an entirely new series with “similarities”. The character I really had trouble with at first was Lucian.
But by the last episode, he became my favorite
Even after accepting that it wasn’t a remake, I couldn’t sympathize with his character at all. My advice is to not compare; if you do, you’ll be very disappointed.
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