JamesG
08-23-2017, 10:10 PM
Harry Connick Jr. is Back on the "Will & Grace" Set
by Ruth Kinane
August 23, 2017
Harry Connick Jr. is back shooting scenes for the reboot of NBC’s "Will & Grace".
EW previously shared the exciting news that while the new iteration of the series would ignore the show’s final episode, in which Grace (Debra Messing) is married to Connick Jr.’s Leo, the actor would make an appearance when the show returns this fall.
Messing shared her delight at having her on-screen partner back on set, writing on Instagram:
"Time to swooooooonnnnn. Yup! He's backkkkkkkkkkkk. That southern gentleman that stole all of our hearts- @harryconnickjr . There will never be another Leo.❤️ @nbcwillandgrace"
While Connick Jr. is the only confirmed returning guest star at this point, that doesn’t mean he’ll be the only former star the producers reintroduce in the long run.
“We’re not going to shy away from bringing any of those people back into the world,” EP Max Mutchnick told EW. “But we don’t want to, like, nail ourselves down to any of them.”
As for other guest spots from actors who haven’t previously featured on the show, we’ll just have to wait and see.
“Our thinking is only, it’s the best people for the parts now at this point,” Kohan said. “I don’t think it’s going to fall in the category of stunt casting…If we have a dream casting for a particular part, then we’ll go out and try to get that person.”
Mutchnick adds that casting has all round been easier this time.
“We’re having much better luck with casting some of the parts that we’ve written,” he explains. “Because the show was always blessed with really talented people liking it and watching it, we feel like we will not disappoint this go-round…But we’re not going to bump into Tara Lipinski in the hallway.”
http://ew.com/tv/2017/08/23/will-grace-harry-connick-jr/
by Ruth Kinane
August 23, 2017
Harry Connick Jr. is back shooting scenes for the reboot of NBC’s "Will & Grace".
EW previously shared the exciting news that while the new iteration of the series would ignore the show’s final episode, in which Grace (Debra Messing) is married to Connick Jr.’s Leo, the actor would make an appearance when the show returns this fall.
Messing shared her delight at having her on-screen partner back on set, writing on Instagram:
"Time to swooooooonnnnn. Yup! He's backkkkkkkkkkkk. That southern gentleman that stole all of our hearts- @harryconnickjr . There will never be another Leo.❤️ @nbcwillandgrace"
While Connick Jr. is the only confirmed returning guest star at this point, that doesn’t mean he’ll be the only former star the producers reintroduce in the long run.
“We’re not going to shy away from bringing any of those people back into the world,” EP Max Mutchnick told EW. “But we don’t want to, like, nail ourselves down to any of them.”
As for other guest spots from actors who haven’t previously featured on the show, we’ll just have to wait and see.
“Our thinking is only, it’s the best people for the parts now at this point,” Kohan said. “I don’t think it’s going to fall in the category of stunt casting…If we have a dream casting for a particular part, then we’ll go out and try to get that person.”
Mutchnick adds that casting has all round been easier this time.
“We’re having much better luck with casting some of the parts that we’ve written,” he explains. “Because the show was always blessed with really talented people liking it and watching it, we feel like we will not disappoint this go-round…But we’re not going to bump into Tara Lipinski in the hallway.”
http://ew.com/tv/2017/08/23/will-grace-harry-connick-jr/