Sarah Michelle Gellar won’t reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil in the forthcoming Cruel Intentions show. Earlier this month, it was announced that Prime Video has greenlit an eight-part series for their streaming service Freevee.
The 1999 cult drama starred Gellar and Ryan Phillippe as two wicked step-siblings who plan to steal the innocence of their headmaster’s daughter, played by Reese Witherspoon.
Additional cast members include Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher, Joshua Jackson, Eric Mabius, Sean Patrick Thomas and Christine Baranski.
Although the Buffy the Vampire Slayer legend previously returned to the aforementioned role for a pilot from NBC, which wasn’t picked up, she recently told Variety that she won’t be involved in the series. “No.