‘That ’90s Show’ New Cast Reveals Netflix Spinoff ‘Stands On Its Own’ From ‘That ’70s Show’ (Exclusive)

Point Place is welcoming a caller procreation of teenagers. That ’90s Show volition diagnostic a radical of teenagers, including Eric and Donna’s girl Leia, surviving it up successful the summertime of 1995. Over the people of the summer, Leia and her caller friends enslaved successful that beloved basement conscionable similar the That ’70s Show unit did each those years ago.

HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with the new cast — Callie Haverda arsenic Leia Forman, Ashley Aufderheide arsenic Gwen, Maxwell Donovan arsenic Nate, Mace Coronel arsenic Jay Kelso, Reyn Doi arsenic Ozzi, and Sam Morelos arsenic Nikki — astir this adjacent chapter. Callie admitted that she decidedly felt unit playing Eric and Donna’s girl erstwhile she was archetypal cast. 

Callie Haverda arsenic Leia Forman. (Netflix)

“It was incredibly intimidating astatine first, but everyone was supportive and made maine consciousness truthful comfortable,” Callie told HollywoodLife during the show’s property junket. “So it rapidly became precise casual and conscionable 2nd nature. But I mean, successful the beginning, with the quality of Leia I didn’t privation her to beryllium a c transcript of Eric and Donna. It was trying to find that elemental mean — her being her ain character, truthful having mannerisms from her parents, obviously, that she takes connected and code inflections similar Eric’s cleanable small high-pitched voice, worldly similar that. I deliberation I tin accidental for each of america it was conscionable insane erstwhile we booked it. It was decidedly a joyous celebration.”

That ’70s Show made instant stars retired of the archetypal cast: Topher Grace arsenic Eric, Laura Prepon arsenic Donna, Ashton Kutcher arsenic Kelso, Mila Kunis arsenic Jackie, Wilmer Valderrama arsenic Fez, and Danny Masterson arsenic Hyde. Ashley and Sam explained wherefore That ’90s Show volition wage homage to That ’70s Show but volition basal connected its own.

“I consciousness similar thing that I loved astir That ’70s Show was the chemistry each the characters had and however good they got along,” Ashley said. “I consciousness similar that’s thing we wanted to bring to That ’90s Show, the aforesaid consciousness of camaraderie, but besides person our ain characters that aren’t conscionable copy-paste of That ’70s Show, truthful it’s similar a bully equilibrium betwixt the two.”

Sam added, “At the extremity of the day, we’re each conscionable teenagers and we’re playing teenagers. That ’70s Show was truly astir a person group, and present we’re conscionable a antithetic person group. So it does basal connected its ain successful that way.”

The caller formed does get to enactment alongside Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith, who instrumentality arsenic Kitty and Red Forman, Leia’s grandparents. “They were conscionable truthful bully successful making america each consciousness welcomed into this caller environment,” Reyn said. “It was truly breathtaking to enactment with them. I was similar screaming. But we’ve each grown truly close.”

The caller formed of ‘That 90s Show.’ (Netflix)

Callie noted that it was “really bully to beryllium capable to ticker them work. I consciousness similar some of them recognize their characters truthful well. It was astonishing watching the power from similar Kurtwood to Red oregon similar Debra Jo to Kitty.”

Sam called it a “masterclass” watching Debra Jo and Kurtwood astatine work. “I’ve learned truthful overmuch conscionable by watching them enactment due to the fact that they’re helping each different with each other’s beats and with the comedic timing of it all,” she said. That ’90s Show volition premiere January 19 connected Netflix.

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