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Scott Wolf hasn’t closed the door on Celebration of 5 — particularly for a reboot with the unique solid.
“I might one hundred pc contemplate [doing a reboot],” the actor solely advised Us Weekly forward of the thirtieth anniversary of Celebration of 5 premiere. “There was such an indelible high quality concerning the story we advised. I’m consistently advised by followers of the present how a lot it meant to them, they usually at all times sound like they watched it final week, not 20 years in the past.”
Wolf performed Bailey Salinger on the unique drama which additionally starred Matthew Fox, Neve Campell, Lacey Chabert and extra. The sequence follows the 5 Salinger siblings who change into orphans after dropping their dad and mom in a lethal automobile crash. Eldest brother, Charlie (Fox), steps up as the brand new head of family and he and his siblings resolve to take over the operating of their household’s restaurant.
The sequence ran for six seasons from 1994 to 2000. Wolf recalled how he knew that the present was going to be one thing particular from the second the solid met. (Whereas Freeform greenlit a reimagined Celebration of 5 reboot in 2020, it was canceled after one season.)
The Celebration of 5 solid has continued to assist every over time since starring on the beloved drama sequence. The present — which ran for six seasons on Fox from 1994 to 2000 — adopted the lives of siblings Charlie (Matthew Fox), Bailey (Scott Wolf), Julia (Neve Campbell), Claudia (Lacey Chabert) and Owen Salinger […]
“The primary time they stood us in a circle on the Fox casting workplace and advised us we had been the Salinger Household. It was so particular as a result of not solely had been we excited to be solid on the present, but it surely already felt like there was one thing actually magical starting,” he stated. “We weirdly already felt related regardless that we had simply met.”
Along with followers questioning how the Salingers are doing as we speak, Wolf can also be curious to understand how time handled the fictional household.
Lacey Chabert, Scott Wolf, Matthew Fox, and Neve Campbell. Cowl Photographs
“I feel there are many individuals who would like to have the Salinger’s again and see what time has accomplished with them and the way they and the subsequent technology of the household are faring in as we speak’s world,” he added.
Wolf is hopeful that his character was capable of begin a household and stay sober. One of many main plot factors of the sequence was Bailey’s battle with alcoholism. Wolf shared that the episode the place the household staged an intervention for Bailey was one of the memorable and “rewarding” scenes for him.
It’s formally the time of reboots and revivals on TV. Whereas many unique solid members return for brand spanking new sequence revisiting previous tales, many exhibits have disregarded main stars when returning. From actuality TV like Jersey Shore — Samantha “Sammi Sweetheart” Giancola didn’t return for the spinoff, Jersey Shore Household Trip, when it debuted […]
“It was everybody at their greatest, and the distinctive energy and vulnerability of all of their relationships was on full show,” Wolf mirrored. “A ravishing, painful episode. However the final scene the place Claudia [played by Chabert] provides Bailey the ultimatum and he walks away was one of the emotional and tragic moments of the sequence. And there have been quite a lot of these.”
Whereas Celebration of 5 ended twenty years in the past, Wolf shared that he nonetheless stays involved with “just about everybody” from the present. Final 12 months, Chabert and Wolf reunited for the Hallmark Christmas film A Merry Scottish Christmas, the place they bought to play siblings once more.
“So far as I’m involved, we’re perpetually household,” he advised Us.
With reporting by Sarah Jones