Co-showrunners Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher share what to expect from the new Prime Video series.
They landed on the socially loaded world of fraternities and sororities.
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But that’s not to say the show is set in present day.
Sarah Catherine Hook as Caroline Merteuil and Sara Silva as Cece Carroway on ‘Cruel Intentions’.Jasper Savage/Prime Video
“It is modern, but we don’t do social media,” Goodman clarifies.
“It feels like our characters read newspapers.
We really wanted to put it in this kind of timeless place.”
Zac Burgess as Lucien Belmont and Savannah Lee Smith as Annie Grover on ‘Cruel Intentions’.Prime Video
Rounding out the cast are Sara Silva, Khobe Clarke, John Harlan Kim, and Brooke Lena Johnson.
And did we mention Sean Patrick Thomas, who will once again get to play in this world?
But his presence won’t be the only wink to the original film.
Sara Silva as Cece Carroway, Sarah Catherine Hook as Caroline Merteuil, and Zac Burgess as Lucien Belmont on ‘Cruel Intentions’.Jasper Savage/Prime Video
“There’s the car,” Goodman says.
“The cross necklace, ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony.'”
Fisher is quick to add, “Step siblings who do it all.”
Khobe Clarke as Scott Russell and John Harlan Kim as Blaise Powell on ‘Cruel Intentions’.Prime Video
“We love the movie.”
And perhaps most importantly, she adds, “We’re not trying to reinvent cruelty.”
John Harlan Kim as Blaise Powell and Brooke Lena Johnson as Beatrice Worth on ‘Cruel Intentions’.Jasper Savage/Amazon Studios
