00:00Oh dear, I remember we got the giggles this day. People did not think it was funny, and I felt bad.
00:06Hi, I'm Rachel Leigh Cook, and we are going Behind the Looks with Who, What, Where.
00:19Oh boy, we are beginning at the very beginning. Here it is.
00:24This is 1995 Columbia Pictures' The Baby-Sitters Club.
00:30I've played a character named Mary Ann Spear, which is, even if you only read the books, you definitely remember Mary Ann.
00:38She is fiercely loyal, very studious, and these things are, well, especially the studious part where they made sure to convey in the wardrobe.
00:47What I remember about this outfit is that, kind of in the classic trope of sort of prep school clothing,
00:54I remember I would roll the waistband a little bit too high to try to make it cuter and shorter.
01:00And I remember the costume designer always going, like, Rachel, come on, help me out. It's a kid's movie. Like, let's be cool.
01:06I definitely thought I was way more of a Claudia. She had the cool clothes.
01:11When the movie was over and we had the option to buy stuff, I took home none of the Mary Ann outfits.
01:17Mary Ann, all heart, not a lot of fashion.
01:21Oh, here we go. Guess this was my thing for a while. This movie is called Strike.
01:26I think it has a couple different titles internationally, but this was a great, great time filming this movie.
01:32I play a character named Abigail Sawyer, and she is the goody-goody of the group, who is everyone's sort of shared nemesis in that photo.
01:45These outfits are so adorable. It was a period piece. I can't remember exactly what year it's set in.
01:50But I remember it was so hot in Toronto where we shot this, and I want to say it was maybe even that day.
01:57We had a lot of people faint, just drop, completely hit the deck, because those uniforms were made of wool.
02:03So, yeah, that happened.
02:06Here we go. 1999-tastic. She's all that. My character's name is Laney Boggs.
02:13Probably most known for wearing the glasses until she doesn't.
02:16I think the joke is now that if you were to remake it, which obviously they did, but this version,
02:23if you were to do that, that it would sort of go in reverse and that you would get glasses.
02:27I don't know. This is why they shouldn't ask me.
02:30What can I tell you about the red dress? I remember that it was custom-made because they wanted it to be a very specific thing,
02:36and we absolutely needed doubles.
02:38Our costume designer, Denise Wingate, who, fun bit of trivia, also designed He's All That, which is perfect and wonderful,
02:46that she was able to do that again for us.
02:49She had it made, I remember it was made by a designer down on, I think, Beverly or Melrose.
02:55We went to their storefront, and they sort of collaborated on it together.
03:01I remember that one of the red dresses was slightly smaller than the other,
03:06and I came down the stairs in the smaller one, and I am not breathing, and you can kind of tell.
03:11I don't know if you could call a single moment my favorite,
03:17but one of the things that I'm grateful to the movie for is that I started working when I was really young.
03:22As you now have a very direct visual reference to from that Babysitter's Club slide,
03:26but I did not go to my own prom, and I was the age that I was playing in She's All That.
03:33So I had this epic, fake movie prom, and sure, no one was anyone's actual date,
03:39but I got to watch Incredible Dancing.
03:42I had hair makeup there the whole time.
03:44I have a sort of placebo prom memory that I otherwise wouldn't have had, and I think that that's...
03:50Look, I understand the difference between making a movie and reality, okay? I'm not a loon.
03:54But that was really cool to me.
03:56Okay, here we go.
03:582001, Josie and the Pussycats, where I was lucky enough to be able to play Josie McCoy.
04:05Holy crap, how Lisa Evans was not...
04:09I don't know. I hope she won every award imaginable for her design on this movie.
04:14She came to me with the sketches of the outfits for the film that look exactly like what she produced.
04:21Usually those seem like wishful thinking. I loved her vision.
04:24I love the fashion. You could never wear it in real life, but that's the point of being a rock star, right?
04:30So yeah, Lisa crushed it for us.
04:32Lisa had to have all of the pants custom-made because they didn't make low-rise enough pants for her vision.
04:40I mean, I think that the zippers were maybe two inches.
04:44I did keep some of the ears. I've got them somewhere.
04:48I think I got my photo doubles version of them because they say Josie double, so they're not even mine.
04:53But I definitely have some somewhere.
04:56People were so quick to call our movie hypocritical because it was covered in branding,
05:01and it was like, yeah, that's the point. It's self-referential.
05:05And you know what? Never mind. If you get it, you get it. If you don't, whatever. Watch it again.
05:10When people show me photos of themselves and their friends dressed up as these characters for Halloween,
05:15it puts such a smile on my face.
05:17This is a lesser-known movie called Texas Rangers. It is from 2001.
05:23It is my second film with Usher, but hopefully not the last.
05:27I play a character named Caroline Dukes. That is Ashton Kutcher.
05:32And it also features James Van Der Beek and Dylan McDermott.
05:37That was pretty good, I gotta say. I'm impressed I remember that much.
05:41This, we had beautiful weather. I remember we were in Calgary.
05:45And yeah, gosh, they did a great job. They must have had a serious budget on that movie.
05:49I love that you've been in a movie with Usher two times.
05:53I love it too. I can't wait for our next collaboration.
05:58Not a lot of people walk up to me on the street and reference this movie.
06:01Actually, that's never happened. This movie is called Blonde Ambition. It is from 2007.
06:07I play an artsy type. I think this is me trying to channel my inner Claudia from Babysitter's Club.
06:13With Jessica Simpson as the lead in this. I played her cousin.
06:18What do I remember about it? I remember that Jessica was wonderful.
06:22She is so warm and she's kind of shy and her family was there.
06:27And she's just a really lovely human being. No idea what that movie's about.
06:32I don't know what these Yeti boots are about on what's clearly a beautiful day outside.
06:39That was ill-advised. That I would reconsider.
06:43This is from Valentine in the Vineyard. From the Vineyard series that was on the Hallmark Channel.
06:50Starring myself and Canada's own Brendan Penny. Penny, I love you. I miss you.
06:56I hope this is not the last work that we do together.
07:00We shot these movies in a region called the Okanagan in BC.
07:04And the Okanagan needs a new publicist because it is incredible. It is just as beautiful as Napa.
07:11There are so many amazing boutique wineries up there. Highly recommend a visit.
07:15What can I tell you about this wedding day?
07:19Oh dear, I remember we got the giggles this day. We did and it was very cold.
07:24People did not think it was funny and I felt bad.
07:28It wasn't great. It doesn't happen to me very often so I remember that.
07:32No, this would not be my preferred style of wedding dress but again, it was freezing.
07:38So all of a sudden, this shrug kind of moment had to come together.
07:43Very Mother of the Bride vibes. Not really feeling it.
07:47But again, very fun day. Too fun, apparently.
07:51Here we go. Aww. Hi Addison, you little sweetheart.
07:55This is 2021. My first foray into the mom roles in earnest.
08:01This is He's All That, remake of She's All That, where I play Anna Sawyer.
08:06Mom of Padgett Sawyer, played by none other than the Internet's Addison Rae,
08:12who is such a lovely young human. Nothing but respect for her kindness and professionalism.
08:18And directed by Mark Waters, who I was reunited with after working with him on a movie called
08:24House of Yes, which is where I first met Freddie Prinze Jr.
08:27Full circle moment. There it goes.
08:30I hope this doesn't seem like a reflection of a massive ego or something.
08:34But I remember going for my wardrobe fitting on this again with Denise Wingate
08:39and that kind of did my head in a little bit.
08:42But I went and they were already into production and I remember thinking,
08:47all these trucks are here because we made a movie that people liked 20 years ago.
08:52More than 20 years ago. How crazy is that?
08:56I don't know. It seemed like I choose to take it as a gigantic compliment.
09:03That's what I'm going with.
09:06Here we go. We're right up to date.
09:092023, A Tourist's Guide to Love. My character is Amanda Riley.
09:14And I straight up told our costume designer,
09:18I do not want to hear it with your reality of what people would wear when traveling.
09:24I was like, we are Carrie Bradshaw traveling over here.
09:27We are aspirational traveling.
09:31I think that the fashion of this movie is absolutely beautiful.
09:34I'm incredibly happy with the way it came out.
09:36Val Halverson absolutely knocked this out of the park.
09:40She also did my first Netflix movie, Love Guaranteed.
09:43And I will work with her every time she'll have me.
09:47Oh my goodness. Thank you Who What Where for that trip down memory lane.
09:51Please tell me your favorite looks below.
09:53And I hope you will join us for A Tourist's Guide to Love only on Netflix.
10:00A Tourist's Guide to Love only on Netflix.
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