Can’t Hardly Wait.Photo: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images
Lauren Ambroseis looking back fondly atCan’t Hardly Wait.
During a Monday appearance onLIVE with Kelly and Ryan, the 44-year-oldYellowjacketsactress reflected on the lasting legacy of the 1998 teen classic, plus how successful much of the cast has been in the years since.
“It was one of my very first acting jobs,” Ambrose toldRyan Seacrestafter he noted the film’s upcoming 25th anniversary. “I had to go out and do a screen test for it with other actors. That was one of my first trips to L.A.”
She continued, “It’s just amazing.Can’t Hardly Waitisfull of actors who have had long careersnow. You look at that cast now, and like, the extras [are famous].”
Aside from Ambrose, the core cast of the film includedEthan Embry,Jennifer Love Hewitt,Seth Green,Peter FacinelliandCharlie Korsmo.
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Cast ofCan’t Hardly Wait(1998).Darren Michaels/Columbia Tristar/Kobal/Shutterstock
Can’t Hardly Waitis a story about recent high-school graduate Preston Meyers (Embry, now 44) who attends one last blowout bash with the class of 1998 in the hopes of finally winning over the girl of his dreams: homecoming/prom/everything queen, Amanda Beckett (Hewitt, also now 44).
Other notable cast members who played smaller roles in the film and went on to have successful careers includeMelissa Joan Hart,Jaime Pressly,Clea Duvall,Eric Balfour,Selma Blair,Marisol Nichols,Sara Rue, Jenna Elfman andJerry O’Connell. The movie also markedJason Segel’s first big-screen role.
Denise is also a voice of reason for Preston, her current-day best friend and a starry-eyed romantic whom she reminds at their high-school graduation, “Don’t look back; you should never look back.”
Seth Green and Lauren Ambrose inCan’t Hardly Wait(1998).Darren Michaels/Columbia Tristar/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Back in 2015, Hewitt tweeted that she’s"so proud to have been a part of this movie!“following a Cinespia screening ofCan’t Hardly Waitat Los Angeles' Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
She followed up with a call toget the film a reunion reboot: “Can’t Hardly Wait reunion movie anyone? Let’s get them to make it!”
As forwhere he thinks his character would betoday, Embry told PEOPLE back in 2014, “I think that he probably would’ve taken the route of becoming a reclusive alcoholic in the hills of Connecticut, chasing hisDjango Reinhardt/Kurt Vonnegutto the bottom of a barrel, wondering why things never worked with Amanda.”
Asked if he’d ever do a sequel, he added, “I doubt that would ever happen, but the first time I sat and watched that movie was onNew Year’s Eve. They took it off ofNetflixand soI did a Tweet-along. It’s not that bad — it’s all right.”
source: people.com
