36/17
This will mark the third attempt at a television series based on the world of Okrutne namjere (1999)
Line of Events
After a hazing incident at their elite college, step-siblings Caroline and Lucien set about to preserve their power and reputation by seducing the daughter of the Vice President of the United States.. The straight-to-video sequel Okrutne namjere 2 (2000), with Amy Adams replacing Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil, was originally a scripted TV series before being re-edited into a feature film.
Follows Okrutne namjere (1999)
Gellar would later reprise her role as Kathryn in 2016 for the NBC pilot Cruel Intentions (2016), which was not ordered to series.. Other than Sara Silva who played CeCe, all of the actors were terribly cast.
To say the acting was subpar is an understatement
Not to say they aren't decent actors… But the main characters definitely weren't suited for these roles. The storyline was decent, and while it is understood these aren't the same characters as the original movie, they are loosely based on them.
It's not a completely different story
They mimicked certain scenes from the original, like Caroline kissing Annie. Lucian was meant to be a sexy character like Sebastian was, but how it was thought Zak Burgess was lost on me.
It would have helped not to use the Cruel Intentions title, for the show, but regardless, these actors and actresses just missed the mark
Sara Catherine Hook, who played Caroline, did a decent job of playing a bitch, but like Zak and the Lucien character, they didn't really pull off "sexy and seductive".