Well, original90210heartthrobJason Priestleygets it.
Its inherently funny a bunch of middle-aged people trying to go back and recapture the magic of their youth.
And you cant have great comedy without a little bit of tragedy, right?
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The show is not unlikeEpisodesorCurb Your Enthusiasm.
I think the opportunity to satirize the situation is something we all found very appealing.
Who initially came to you with the idea, and was your first reactionHuh??
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?Jennie and Tori approached us all about the prospect of doing it.
There wasanother version of90210that some of us were involved in, some of the cast members were not.
This show is something that is far more personal to all of us but also is not.
Very little of it is actually based in reality.
The rest of it is completely fictionalized.
We all had a lot of fun that day, there was a lot of joking around.
Do I have a Brandon Walsh doll?
I have a complete pristine set of all of our dolls.
Its me and Luke Perry and Lee Majors, you know what I mean?
There are a few other ones, but those are the only three that matter.
Do you think your hair can still do what it did back then?
[hearty laughter] Almost.
Im gonna say yes!
When we were younger in our twenties, everything was just part of the job, right?
Whereas now I think that we all have more perspective on things because were older and we understand more.
We all have a much healthier perspective on it now.
All of my castmates, we all experienced something together that not a lot of people get to experience.
Do you have a favorite Brandon girlfriend who you would like to see return for the show-within-a-show?
[Laughs] Oh, my God, there were so many.
And seeing it through her eyes has been really fun.
But shes always, Awww, Daddy, you kiss a different girl in every episode!
Because Emily Valentine needs a shot at retribution or not!
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