While In Character Filming ‘Never Been Kissed,’ Drew Barrymore Was Told to Tone It Down Because “You’re Just Looking Too Unattractive”

Drew Barrymore, Never Been Kissed.

Like so many of our favorite teen movies—Cruel Intentions! Election! 10 Things I Hate About You! She’s All That!—Drew Barrymore’s Never Been Kissed turns 25 years old this year (April 9, to be specific). In the 1999 film, Barrymore plays 25-year-old Josie Geller, a copy editor at The Chicago Sun-Times who heads back to high school to report on an undercover story for the paper. A la the movie’s title, Josie has never had a real relationship and…just go watch the movie, okay?

A still from one of 1999's enduring teen movie classics, "Never Been Kissed." (Image credit: Getty Images)