“We wanted to make a new chapter,” executive producer Sara Goodman says.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 1 finale ofCruel Intentions, “Theta.”
“We’re not done with him yet,” showrunner Phoebe Fisher tellsEntertainment Weekly.
Sara Silva, Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, ‘Cruel Intentions’.Jasper Savage/Prime Video
“I think we didn’t literally kill him, but we emotionally may have.”
“There’s either redemption or retribution coming for him, or both… “We’ve made Annie a player in the game now,” Fisher says.
That’s for sure.”
Sara Silva, ‘Cruel Intentions’.Jasper Savage/Prime Video
“What will Lucien do next?”
“Hopefully, we’ll meet his dad.
And see what that whole mess is.
Zac Burgess, ‘Cruel Intentions’.Jasper Savage/Prime Video
And there’s many more triangles to explore.”
“[The movie] was just 25 years ago.”
Here are all the other connections and references to the 1999 movie throughout the first season of the series.
Sarah Catherine Hook, ‘Cruel Intentions’.Courtesy of Prime Video
“Jeff Cardoni, our composer, helped us with that.
The car
Lucien also drove a vintage Jaguar XK140, just like Sebastian did in the movie.
“The car from the movie was a kit car, so we got a kit car.
Savannah Lee Smith, Zac Burgess, ‘Cruel Intentions’.Courtesy of Prime Video
We wrapped it [because] we could only find it in red.
And Zac wasn’t old enough to drive when we first got it.
And yes, it’s still full of cocaine.
John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, ‘Cruel Intentions’.Courtesy of Prime Video
But the TV show prop necklace is not the exact same one as the movie.
“It’s a recreation,” Goodman reveals.
The bet
It wouldn’t beCruel Intentionswithout step-siblings who make a bet to sleep together.
Sean Patrick Thomas, ‘Cruel Intentions’.Jasper Savage/Prime Video
She enlisted Lucien to seduce Annie and sway her to pledging Delta Phi.
If Lucien was successful, Caroline would sleep with him.
Lucien, of course, called of the bet, but Caroline still got her way.
Now Annie’s a full-fledged Delta Phi, and she got second thoughts about who Caroline is too late.
Lucien and Annie also spend a day volunteering at an assisted living facility, just like their movie counterparts.
“That’s who needed to kiss,” Goodman says.
“There’ll be much more kissing between many more people,” Goodman says.
But the TV show went one step further with that relationship.
By the end of the first season, he’d fallen for his T.A.
CeCe, but was manipulated into breaking things off with her by her BFF Caroline.
He then slept with Caroline, not knowing she was a student.
“There are also certain shots that people might recognize,” Goodman says.
“There’s all kinds of little things that we’ve done.”
