'Cruel Intentions' star Brooke Lena Johnson exclusively told Us Weekly about her character, Beatrice, not existing in the original movie
Brooke Lena Johnson's Cruel Intentions character didn't exist in the movie, which allowed her to build Beatrice from scratch.
Playing the 'outsider' allowed Johnson to stand out in her performance. 'Everyone has their own power struggle in this show,' she noted to Us. “But I think mine comes from that point of view that relates to a couple of characters that were in that original. It is outsiders within this world, and how do you fight against that from the outside? It was cool to just imagine a new scenario and a new person within this world.
'Beatrice is a reporter, she works for the school journal and she fights for what she believes in. You see that right off the bat. She truly believes in what she's fighting for but it comes from a lot of different places. She has been burned by this system in the past, and I think she is fighting to show everyone the truth about it,' Johnson teased. 'But you see her go through a lot of vulnerability with it too. And she puts herself and her reputation on the line.
'I think you walk this fine line the whole time with her and there's a lot of gray area. But I do think she stands up for what she believes in and I really appreciate that about her,' the actress continued. 'But she definitely falls on her face a lot and she definitely deals with a lot of obstacles. So I'm excited that at the end of the season she starts to kind of regain her footing a little bit again.
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