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"Colorblind was almost colorless! The 1999 movie, Cruel Intentions, would not have been as memorable without a young Reese Witherspoon, who was &amp;quot;begged&amp;quot; to play the virtuous character of Annette Hargrove, according to screenwriter/director Roger Kumble.\r\n&amp;quot;We got into disagreements over who was going to play Annette,&amp;quot; Kumble told Cosmopolitan on Monday, Aug. 18. &amp;quot;The studio wanted Katie Holmes, who was just starting to do Dawson&amp;apos;s Creek. And I liked this actor Vinessa Shaw. And they were both great. But this was early Katie, and I thought we needed someone with a little more strength of character. And we just couldn&amp;apos;t agree. And then, literally, I was hanging out with Ryan [Phillippe] one night and I was like, &amp;apos;What about your girlfriend?&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: &amp;apos;90s hunks -- hotter then or now?\r\n(In the late &amp;apos;90s, I Know What You Did Last Summer hunk Phillippe and Witherspoon emerged as one of young Hollywood&amp;apos;s hottest couples, alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. The Cruel Intentions costars got married in June 1999, three months after the smash drama&amp;apos;s release, when Witherspoon was six-months pregnant with their daughter Ava. They later welcomed their second child, Deacon, in 2003, only to separate in 2006.)\r\n&amp;quot;So, basically, we took Reese out to dinner to get her drunk, and we ended up getting drunk,&amp;quot; Kumble recalled to Cosmo. &amp;quot;And I literally got down on my knees and begged her: &amp;apos;Please, it&amp;apos;ll be 15 days, you&amp;apos;ll be great.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWitherspoon, 38, who was in her early 20s at the time, agreed to play the role of Annette with one stipulation. &amp;quot;Reese was like, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;ll do it. But we need to work on the character,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Kumble said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m like, &amp;apos;Anything, anything, anything.&amp;apos; She wanted to strengthen the character, and she was right. And she and I got together, and we gave Annette more bite so she wasn&amp;apos;t a doormat. And I&amp;apos;m very grateful to her for that.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nKumble also recalled Witherspoon and Phillippe&amp;apos;s famous sex scene, which was memorably set to the tune of the Counting Crows&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Colorblind.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;There were two scenes where I kind of gave them their space and made the set as comfortable as possible,&amp;quot; Kumble revealed. &amp;quot;The lovemaking scene &amp;#x2014; in any situation like that, you shut the set down &amp;#x2014; and the breakup scene.&amp;quot; Of the latter scene, the director reiterated how Phillippe threw up while shooting it.\r\n\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I think Ryan talks about it often &amp;#x2014; he threw up on set,&amp;quot; Kumble said. &amp;quot;And it was one of those things where I just let the cameras roll. &amp;apos;Let&amp;apos;s go back, do it again, let&amp;apos;s go back.&amp;apos; I want to be professional, but until I feel like we have it, you just have to go. As a director, you&amp;apos;re like, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m not going to be the most liked person today.&amp;apos; I don&amp;apos;t think we did too many takes. But, you know, you get what you need to get. You really want to see him ripping his heart out.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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