Jason Priestley Says No To '90210'
While it was reported last month that Jason Priestley might be into the idea of directing episodes of the CW's 90210 spin off, he has now confirmed that the chances of him reprising his role as boy scout Brandon Walsh are slim to none. "No, that's not happening," he told me on the set of ABC Family's Secret Life of The American Teenager late last week, where he is directing the show's ninth hour. "247 episodes as Brandon Walsh was enough. Why would I go back to that? What's the point?," he said with a light-hearted laugh.
Still, he's not completely disinterested in the new series. "What's the internet saying today about Shannen [Doherty] coming back?," he later asked me. I told him it was happening and he smiled, saying, "This is so surreal" with a shake of his head.
The good-natured 90210 vet has no problem talking about the show that jump-started his career. After reading my Peach Pit-obsessed bio, which a Secret Life writer knew he'd get a kick out of, Priestley asked if I'd been to West L.A.'s Apple Pan diner. "That's what the Peach Pit was modeled after," he said. "If you watch the early episodes of 90210, the Peach Pit is laid out almost exactly like the Apple Pan. Whenever I'd have dinner with Charles Rosin, the show runner, we'd go there. You have to check it out. The burgers are amazing."
That's too bad...it would be like a reunion.
Your bio rocks! I though having 3 DVRs was too many but now I can aspire to having at least one more!
You're so silly. I love it. So you say no Jason and Matt Mitovitch has video of Dylan, err, Luke saying no too. And Brian's all Terminator-like. Looks like it's only the ladies who want in.
Isn't that the way it always works out?? A show will make someone a 'star' and when they speak of a reunion that so called 'star' balks at the idea...'OH!!! THAT'S RUBBISH!! I DON'T NEED THAT SHOW ANYMORE!!' That's exactly what's happened here. Jason...get over yourself...
I understand Jason's decision. I'd love to see Brandon back, but this is his career and Luke's career, they have to do what is best for them right now. Maybe they'll reconsider in the future. I don't think Jason needs to get over himself, actually it sounds like he is a great guy.
Once Luke Perry signs on, Jason will be unable to resist in revisiting the love triangle that the original series thrived on. C'mon Brandon!
Luke and Jason are unreal - if it wasn't for the original BH 90210, they wouldn't be as successful today. When the calls stop coming in, they will be back. Otherwise, they need to keep their negative/scarcastic thoughts to themselves.
neither of them have said anything negative publicly
Yeah yeah!
Because they made it big on the show they should be required to go back on it again for the next 40 years. Then when they die they should have to donate their body to a museum dedicated to the show. Anything less than that would be pure egotism on their parts. Cmon people.
While we're at it, Demi Moore should go back to "General Hospital" and Leonardo DiCaprio should do every "Growing Pains" reunion that comes along. For that matter, we should all go back to the minimum wage jobs we had as teenagers. After all, they gave us our start.