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Freddie Prinze Jr. Has ‘Zero Curiosity’ In Doing R-Rated Scooby Doo
“I have been on two jobs the place I had remorse doing it and Scooby was certainly one of them,” he stated, claiming there was a “bait and swap” between the unique script and what they wound up filming.
Freddie Prinze Jr. in all probability will not be going blonde to play Fred Jones ever once more.
The actor, spouse Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini all starred in two live-action “Scooby Doo” films again within the early 2000s. The movies had been each directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn, who, in fact, went on to develop into an enormous title in popular culture because of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and his new gig as co-CEO of DC Studios.
The 2 movies raked in lots of money on the field workplace for Warner Bros., although they weren’t precisely critically-appreciated hits. Whereas children again within the day had been followers, the initiatives left one thing to be desired for older audiences who grew up on the cartoons. Within the years because the films, each Prinze Jr. and Gunn have confirmed that the script for the primary film was truly a way more grownup movie — with Gunn saying it truly acquired an R-rating from the MPAA earlier than drastic cuts had been made to get it right down to PG. The R-rated lower is a factor of legend, however, based on Gunn, “does not exist anymore.”
With followers nonetheless holding out hope for a extra mature Scooby Doo, TooFab requested Lillard if he’d be right down to do one with the unique solid at Comedian-Con final 12 months. He stated he would, earlier than Prinze chimed in on Twitter saying, “Rightly or wrongly they do not have the heart to make that film.” Gunn finally added to the thread, saying, “I feel they’d do it if we requested. I simply do not assume I’ve the time proper now!”
Whereas an R-rated movie written by Gunn can be nice, he is clearly a bit busy with DC now. That being stated, we nonetheless wished to know if Freddie would have an interest if the venture may get off the bottom.
“It would not be one thing I’d do. I’ve zero curiosity … It would not be for me, man,” he just lately informed TooFab, earlier than calling out Warner Bros. “There was an excessive amount of bait and swap on the primary one, the studio was not sincere with me in any means, form or type. They weren’t straight ahead in any means, form or type.”
“It wasn’t the most effective. I have been on two jobs the place I had remorse doing it and Scooby was certainly one of them,” he added. Prinze has previously said the script he was handed when he landed in Australia to movie was completely completely different from the one he signed on to make … and even thought of quitting the venture on the spot.
“I am a extremely sincere man, man … after I get lied to, you are useless to me, I do not belief you ever once more. I am telling you, ever once more,” he continued. “So a few of these folks must nonetheless be concerned if it obtained remade. And that is not any enterprise I need to be concerned with.”
“I am solely gonna work with folks I really like and respect and who love and respect me,” stated Prinze Jr. “I solely need to work with those who I really like and respect or are on the lookout for a possibility to earn my respect and vice versa.”
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Whereas the completed product was not what he wished to make, the actor stated he has come round to appreciating his time as Fred because of the response from followers within the years since.
“I did not totally admire Scooby till it was seen and kids got here as much as me, like, ‘Oh my gosh,’” he defined.
“And after I was capable of admire the expertise by way of their souls — as a result of that is what they’re doing, they’re bearing their souls, ‘Once I was a child, I watched this and I made my dad watch it 30 occasions’ they usually’re sharing their life, that is your soul, proper? — then impulsively I used to be like, ‘Hey, man, we did good,’” he continued. “We did good, there’s legit thousands and thousands of those who love this film. It wasn’t the film I wished to make, however I admire that and it made me change my outlook on it.”
TooFab caught up with Freddie to speak about his new horror film podcast with Jon Lee Brody, That Was Pretty Scary — a present which launched this month with a dialogue all about his personal movie “I Know What You Did Final Summer season.”
That Was Fairly Scary is on the market wherever you stream your podcasts — although ad-free episodes go up per week early on Wondery+. Hearken to the primary episode under — and see what he informed us about making IKWYDLS right here!