Arielle Kebbel says John Tucker must die The cast wants the sequel to become a reality.”There is a lot of talk about the sequel,” Rescue: HI-Surf star tells PEOPLE at Warner Bros. Fall TV celebration with Fenty Beauty earlier this year. “We continue to do our best to move forward with that.” She continues, “I don’t know what to say without saying a lot, but it’s a special, special project. And I can tell that everyone is very supportive of the sequel.” The first reports of the second film came after Epic Cons Chicago in March. Jesse Metcalfe, Sophia Bush and Kebbel — all members of the original cast — reunited for a panel at the event and teased work on the script. “I’ve heard rumors about this script — there is a script,” said Metcalfe, who plays the title character in the 2006 film. “It’s supposed to be incredible.”
From left: Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Vanessa Lachey, Brittany Snow and Arielle Kebbel on TRL.
Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage
The original film follows Metcalfe’s character John as he dates three girls simultaneously. After breaking up with them all, the girls enlist the help of a fellow student to bring him down and his womanizing habits.
Jesse Metcalfe says he ‘didn’t eat’, ‘exercised 3 times a day’ John Tucker must die
Kebbel, who played Carrie in the film, helped develop the script for the sequel. During the Epic Cons panel, she revealed that it “includes the entire OG cast.” Metcalfe’s character “may or may not get a chance to change” his ways, “which would be very exciting.” However, other cast members revealed that they have yet to be contacted for a sequel. Brittany Snow, who played Kate Spencer in the film, said so to her John Tucker must die podcast by costar Penn Badgley Crushed in July.
Penn Badgley Embraces Viral TikTok Trend, Has ‘Demure’ & ‘Mindful’ Last Day Of Season 5 Filming Your
“Penn, I don’t know if you got the call, but I didn’t,” Snow, 38, said in the episode. “Yes, I didn’t have a call, no,” the Your star, 38, responded. “I mean, it might be possible as a superposition of quantum physics, like everything is potentially within a field, like, maybe this apple will fall, I can’t really say for sure.”
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up to date with the best PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Badgley played John’s brother Scott Tucker in the film. He said during an episode of the podcast, “I have the smallest role in the movie. I don’t know if I would have belonged in it anyway.” “I won’t do it if you don’t,” Snow replied. Kebbel says most of the original film’s cast are still in touch with each other. She even celebrated co-star Ashanti’s new baby, Kareem Kenkaide Haynes, born in July.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/john-tucker-must-die-032524-2-de13c353bcd54e2d88fc8eb732d9c509.jpg)
From left: Arielle Kebbel, Brittany Snow, Sophia Bush and Ashanti inside John Tucker must die.
Diyah Pera/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock
“I’m so happy for her,” Kebbel says during an October interview with PEOPLE. “Actually I talk to all of them. Jesse Metcalf, I talked about a week ago.”
Categories: Trends
Source: HIS Education