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Rachael Leigh Cook says she and her fellow cast members of the 1995 film The Babysitter’s Club re-watched the movie as adults — and saw it with new eyes
The film was Cook’s first major role
The coming-of-age movie was a favorite among 90s kids, particularly those who devoured the beloved book series by Ann M. Martin
Rachael Leigh Cook is recounting what it was like rewatching her 1995 film The Babysitter’s Club as an adult.
Cook, 46, spoke about the film on Danielle Fishel‘s podcast, Teen Beat.
The movie — which follows seven preteen girls who open a day camp to expand their babysitting business while navigating crushes, family drama, friendship and responsibility — debuted on Aug. 18, 1995 and was Cook’s first film roles.
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Cook, who played Mary Anne in the film, said the cast reunited in 2018 in Austin, where they watched the film together.
“It was so wild. A lot of us had very, very young kids at the time and yeah, we met up in Austin,” Cook said. “And watched the movie there and they made the mistake of giving us some really strong margaritas before the movie.”
Cook added that Larissa Oleynik, who played Dawn in the film, had an especially funny reaction.
“Larissa, I’m about to sell you out hard right now because I’ve never laughed harder than we start watching the movie and Peter Horton comes on, who plays Christie’s father,” Cook said. “And we realized now as full grown women that like, ‘This guy’s hot.’ “
She continued: “We were like, ‘What? Wait a minute.’ Larissa goes, ‘Oh, yeah. Christy’s dad.’ Like, just the whole theater [was laughing]. And she goes, ‘Larissa, you’re not wrong.”
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Elsewhere on the podcast, Cook said she was “familiar with the books” before taking the role, but “undercut” the job because she was so surprised she was making the movie.
At the time, she said, “I think I told myself diminishing things about my role in things.”
“Now, I was familiar with the books, I think a lot of us were, of our generation. But I was like, ‘Well Skyler’s the lead and nobody really wants to be Mary Anne. I’m just sort of here because probably it was just sort of low key the easier part to get,'” she added. “I was probably telling myself things to sort of undercut the win, to not be intimidated by the moment.”
Cook added that the cast all became friends while filming though it’s been difficult to keep in touch as time goes on.
“I wish that we had been able to sort of like keep in touch and keep that going because even though I got to be a part of that movie — which was so much about female friendship and the power of it — and then years later to make Josie [and the Pussycats] and make incredible friends out of that,” she said. “It’s as you know, hard as hell to keep in touch.”
Cook added to Fishel: “And what followed those movies about amazing friendships were really lonely times. I’m sure you experienced that as well. You have this life that people think that they want and you’re like, ‘I don’t think you really know what’s going on.'”
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