Can he maintain her? Devon Sawa couldn’t be extra pleased with his former Casper costar Christina Ricci’s success — even in spite of everything these years.
“Makes me smile seeing how good she’s doing. What a star,” Sawa, 44, wrote by way of Instagram on Tuesday, September 13, alongside a photograph of the Yellowjackets actress, 42, posing on the 2022 Emmys the place she was nominated for Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Collection.
Sawa and Ricci first starred reverse each other in 1995’s Casper. The Chucky actor portrayed the pleasant ghost in his human kind whereas Ricci, for her half, performed Kat Harvey, Casper’s BFF and eventual love curiosity. Within the last moments of the movie, the pair dance collectively earlier than sharing an onscreen kiss — one thing Sawa was completely happy to participate in.
“I don’t know why I wasn’t nervous, Christina was a wonderful lady and I used to be a younger boy,” he advised E! Information throughout an October 2021 interview. “I don’t know, the day was simply very straightforward and everyone was so respectful and it was thrilling. I can’t lie, I keep in mind being excited the entire day. It was simply lots of enjoyable.”
The twosome then reunited lower than a 12 months later for the approaching of age movie Now and Then, with Ricci within the position of tomboy Roberta Martin and Sawa enjoying her enemy — and crush — Scott Wormer. The drama, which premiered simply 5 months after Casper, had the duo sharing one other candy smooch.
“I credit score her for getting that position,” Sawa advised E!. “We obtained alongside fairly effectively within the small period of time I did work on Casper. We’re the identical age and I ended up going and doing faculty along with her whereas I used to be there. I labored one or two days, however I used to be there for perhaps two weeks. She simply remembered and really helpful me and I put myself on tape and I obtained it. We frolicked quite a bit throughout the shoot.”
Nevertheless, whereas Sawa could have finally warmed as much as Ricci, he initially admitted to being intimidated by the Sleepy Hole star.
“She had a little bit little bit of an ‘I’m the boss round right here’ vibe,” he advised Vulture in November 2019. “However she warmed up rapidly. We had chemistry instantly, I feel. We clicked as associates actually rapidly.”
Whereas Sawa could have perceived Ricci as a “boss,” the California native, in the meantime, appears again on the expertise and sees somebody fairly completely different.
“Should you really watch Casper, I’m horrible in it,” the No Emptiness star mentioned throughout an August look on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “Individuals get so upset once I say that. And I’m like, ‘No, it’s an exquisite film.’ It’s a childhood treasure for individuals. However I’m horrible in it.”
She continued, “I used to be 13, there was quite a bit happening. I used to be 13, the whole lot was very tough and I used to be simply at all times irritated and I simply don’t suppose I attempted very onerous to inform you the reality. Embarrassingly, I’ve to say, I don’t suppose I attempted as onerous as perhaps I ought to have.”