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Sarah Michelle Gellar has fondly recalled her same-sex snog with Selma Blair in a steamy scene from teen romantic drama, Cruel Intentions.
Incredibly, the movie turns 25-years old this year with Sarah Michelle, now 46, opening up on her thoughts and impact of kissing her co-star — something that made her an ally of the LGBTQ community.
The actress, who shot to superstardom as the title character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, said the scene with Selma, who is five years her senior, was watched by an audience of 250 that included Selma’s mum.
The film, which is based on the French 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses stars Sarah Michelle, Selma and Reese Witherspoon as rich high schoolers.
Now considered a cult classic, its 1999 release proved a Box Office smash, grossing $76million worldwide.
Looking back at the film’s jaw-dropping moment, Sarah Michelle gushed: «She has very soft lips… I just love Cruel Intentions, and I love kissing Selma Blair.»
She continued to Buzzfeed: «So, we had about 250 audience members; it was like a live performance. But it was so noisy because there were so many people, we had to re-record the entire scene afterward, every line.»
Filmed in New York City’s Central Park, she also looked back on having to record in front of Selma’s mum — lawyer Molly Ann Beitner.
She said Beitner asked: «Did you have to use so much tongue?» after complaining about their smooch afterward.
The pair clearly loved their embrace having recreated it on numerous occasions in the decades that have followed. Still pals a quarter-of-a-century later Sarah Michelle told People last year:
«We do it all the time. I love that girl. She has a very smooth, very easy face to kiss.»
Doing so in the public eye has made Sarah Michelle — who shares two children with actor husband Freddie Prinze Jnr- a popular figure on the gay scene.
«It’s a community that I’ve always felt accepted and safe within, and I’m honored to be considered a part of that community, because I certainly didn’t earn my stripes,» she explained.
«I love being an ally and a friend to this community.»
