Julia Stiles recreates 'Save the Last Dance' moment on 'Dancing with the Stars' – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Julia Stiles recreates ‘Save the Last Dance’ moment on ‘Dancing with the Stars’  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

The internet is buzzing over Julia Stiles' "Save the Last Dance"-inspired performance on "Dancing with the Stars." On Tuesday night, Stiles hit the ballroom for "Super Bowl Night" with her pro-dance partner Ezra Sosa and performed a jazz number to "Jenny From the Block." The dance routine included nods to Stiles' iconic and infamous dance number from the 2001 film. Like the movie, Stiles and Sosa featured a chair routine sequence, ballet elements and hip-hop. Stiles also recreated the "Save the Last Dance" scene with a special solo moment and a special guest. At one point during her routine, Stiles' former co-star Sean Patrick Thomas appears behind Sosa. Like in the movie, where he's watching Stiles audition for Juilliard, he's seen holding his jacket over his shoulder and nodding his head to the music.

The dance earned Stiles and Sosa a score of 33 out of 40 from judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, Derek Hough, and guest judge Joe Buck. "I've been wanting to do that for 25 years!" Stiles told Julianne Hough after her performance. After the show, she told ABC's On The Red Carpet, "I look back at that movie, and I wanted to give it a refresher, and I'm like a different person now. I'm a grown woman, and I feel better in my body and