Will Selma Blair appear in the new TV show 'Cruel Intentions'?

Selma Blair revealed whether she will appear in the upcoming television series ‘Cruel Intentions’.

Blair, who starred in the hit 1999 film, spoke to Variety at the Power of Women event on October 24, shortly afterwards the trailer for Prime Video series “Cruel Intentions” debuted online.

“I knew it was coming, but I can’t believe I didn’t see the trailer,” she told the publication.

When asked if fans can expect to see her on the series, Blair said: “Maybe there will be a cameo or something, but no, I haven’t been asked.”

Despite not having a role in the new series, Blair shared her intention to participate, telling Variety, “I’m excited to see it.”

Blair played the role of Cecile Caldwell in the original late ’90s film alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon.

Based on the novel ‘Dangerous Liaisons’, the film spawned two sequels with new casts, including 2001’s ‘Cruel Intentions 2’, which according to Term was originally intended as a prequel series called “Manchester Prep” and 2004’s “Cruel Intentions 3.”

In 2016, Variety reported that NBC had ordered a pilot for ‘Cruel Intentions’ as a direct sequel to the original film Gellar revealed in February 2016 that she would return as her character, Kathryn Merteuil. However, the show ultimately did not progress.

Looking back on the series, Gellar said The New York Times in September 2022 that she was “actually grateful” the series didn’t even happen.

“That was a very crazy time. “Nothing against NBC, but ‘Cruel Intentions’ is streaming live,” she explained. “On the first day I thought, ‘This isn’t working.’ It’s just not a network show. And if it’s a network show, it’s not my Cruel Intentions. So actually I was grateful.”

After the news became known in 2023 about the new TV film adaptation ‘Cruel Intentions’, Gellar was asked by Variety whether she was involved, to which she replied: “No. I learned a lesson from that: it is a very difficult process.”

“And eventually, or inevitably, you will be abandoned,” she added. “Because some people want a new (version), some people want this, and my place in something like that just makes you compare it to the original. And if there’s a new angle and whatever, then they get a chance to stand on their own.

At the time, Gellar said she initially only learned about the new series after “hearing about it online,” before noting that she was “contacted afterward.”

The new Prime Video drama, which premieres on November 21, follows a similar plot to the original series. It takes place at Manchester College, an elite school in Washington DC. Amazon described the series as “a fresh take on an age-old challenge: maintaining power and reputation by any means necessary.”

After a hazing incident that threatens the school’s Greek system, step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess) attempt to maintain their influence, including a ploy to seduce Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith). . the daughter of the Vice President of the United States.

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