SAEED ADYANI/NETFLIX © 2023(LOS ANGELES) — David Alan Grier reunites together with his former In Residing Colour solid mate, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, within the Netflix sitcom Dad Cease Embarrassing Me! on April 15.
Grier tells Leisure Tonight of the reunion, “I by no means thought it will take 30 years, and I by no means thought it will be this present.”
As an alternative, Grier mentioned when he acquired a name from Foxx, his thoughts went to the large display screen. “I used to be like, ‘Right here it comes! ‘Trigger we’re about to do Django 2, child! I’m getting that Oscar, right here we go!” Grier laughs.
“And Jamie mentioned, ‘I wanna do that sitcom, I would like you to play my dad,’ Grier says, feigning disappointment. “And I mentioned, ‘OK.’”
Talking of Residing Colour and reunions, ET‘s Kevin Frazier requested why the solid of the influential sketch comedy present by no means acquired again collectively for a particular.
“We tried. We tried!” Grier revealed. “However they’d a brand new solid, in order that was the primary complication. And so they they mentioned ‘Nicely, perhaps we will attempt to combine the outdated with the brand new…’ and it by no means acquired additional than that.”
By Stephen Iervolino
Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
Supply hyperlink
Powered by WPeMatico
