Zac Burgess exclusively told Us Weekly why he didn't watch Ryan Phillippe's performance in 'Cruel Intentions' after joining the TV adaptation
Zac Burgess plays a version of Ryan Phillippe's Cruel Intentions character in the TV adaptation — but chose not to watch the movie for inspiration.
Burgess noted that he didn't want his scenes to feel too similar to Phillippe, 50, adding, 'I didn't want to replicate Ryan's performance because it is a cult classic and he did such a wonderful job the first time. It's a new chapter to the series.' Plans for a TV adaptation of the film started in 1999, which ultimately became the 2000 sequel Cruel Intentions 2. There was another attempt in 2015 with a pilot — with Gellar reprising her role — that was never picked up before Prime Video announced their Cruel Intentions series.
'When you're handed something that is written so beautifully, I think are bound to happen,' Burgess told Us about accepting the torch from Phillippe. 'With every character that an actor gets to play, every actor has a different method. But you have to find some element of yourself to bring forward and you either amplify it or you reduce it.'
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