Jesse Metcalfe Teases John Tucker Must Die Sequel Update (Excl)

Jesse Metcalfe is rather like Us, ready with bated breath for extra particulars concerning the forthcoming John Tucker Should Die sequel.

“I’ve not too long ago inquired about an replace and I truthfully don’t consider there are [any],” Metcalfe, 45, solely advised Us Weekly on the Friday, October 4, premiere of Maintain Your Breath in Los Angeles. “Persons are nonetheless speaking about it. I’d love to assist push it ahead, however I don’t actually know the way to try this.”

Metcalfe performed the titular position within the 2006 teen rom-com, through which Heather (Ashanti), Beth (Sophia Bush), Carrie (Arielle Kebbel) and Kate (Brittany Snow) plot revenge on the previous three’s two-timing ex, John. Information broke in March that Kebbel, 39, was workshopping a script.

Whereas additional particulars a couple of sequel script haven’t been revealed, followers have theorized that Metcalfe’s John might be a lady dad within the new iteration.

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“Truthfully, I’m not that well-versed in actors in that age vary, so I’d have to do a little analysis on that and get again to you,” Metcalfe mentioned on Friday, declining to fancast the position. “But it surely’s a enjoyable alternative to work with a proficient, younger, up-and-coming actress, that’s for positive.”

Till extra information is shared, Metcalfe can give attention to his fond recollections of the OG set.

“I actually appreciated the entire women that I labored with. I actually did,” he gushed. “I assumed they had been all nice and distinctive in their very own methods. I assume the one frequent denominator for all of them is that they’re all very clever.”

Whereas John Tucker Should Die will stay a cult traditional to Us, some youthful generations nonetheless haven’t found the challenge. A sequel, Metcalfe hopes, would supply that likelihood.

“Inexperienced-lighting a sequel could be a profit,” he joked. “However, I imply, it’s all the time good to listen to that individuals love the film, particularly contemplating that it was critically panned when it got here out.”

Metcalfe added, “It has like a 24% or 28% [rating]. I don’t even know if it’s that prime [of a] Rotten Tomato rating. Individuals actually appear to like a film that has a reasonably low Rotten Tomato rating, I assume.”

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Metcalfe shouldn’t be the one John Tucker star ready for sequel particulars.

“Penn [Badgley], I don’t know in case you’ve had a name, however I’ve gotten no name,” Snow, 38, mentioned on a July episode of his “Podcrushed” podcast.

Badgley, 37, concurred with Snow, who performed his John Tucker love curiosity.

“Yeah, I’ve had no name, no,” Badgley quipped. “I imply, it’s perhaps potential the superposition quantum physics, like, all the things is probably inside the realm of, like, perhaps this apple will fall up, I can’t truly say with certainty. … I’ve bought the smallest position within the film, I don’t know if I’d belong in it anyway. By no means have I even considered that as a possible factor, however I assume if there was a script, I’d learn it.”

Badgley performed Scott Tucker, who was known as the “Different Tucker” as John’s youthful brother.

With reporting by Mariel Turner