The two shared a lip-lock strictly for script purposes.
She was 13, he was 14, and there was a lake involved.
When she was 12 years old, she told her parents she wanted to pursue acting as a career.
The star recalled toCNN, “My first studio film 13 years old and a film lead!
I was out of my mind excited.”
She played Karen, the main character’s puppy-love interest, and along with that came a kissing scene.
Her young-love co-star was Erik von Detten, who had the role of Wally.
It was a first for him, too his first on-screen kiss.
The two had to rehearse their scenes together, and that’s when Christensen got her first pucker-up.
“I think I gained in other ways,” she toldBBCabout not having a traditional high-school experience.
