People USA – August 12, 2019

Scoop

Nearly two decades after Beverly

Hills, 90210 ended its 10-season run

in 2000, the iconic soapy drama

returns to TV—with a twist. “We

didn’t want to do a straight reboot,”

explains Tori Spelling, who, along

with costar and close friend Jennie

Garth, conceived of the new version.

“It had to be different and fresh.” On

the Fox series BH90210, premiering

Aug. 7, all of the original cast members

(except Luke Perry, who died in

March) play fictional versions of

themselves attempting to get a reboot

off the ground. “There is a lot of depth

to it,” says Garth. “There’s the show

and then the show within the show.

But our characters are part of each of

us. So to blend them together feels

natural. We’re like, ‘Why didn’t we

do this sooner?’ ” —AILI NAHAS

Is Back!

IAN ZIERING

Ziering, 55, played frat-

boy-turned-family-man

Steve Sanders. “He had a

tremendous story arc,” says

the dad of two. He jokes of

the cast’s good looks:

“We’ve all had face-lifts!”

GABRIELLE CARTERIS

As brainy Andrea Zuckerman,

“I started my life on the

show,” says Carteris, 58, now

a mom of two and president

of the actors’ union SAG-

AFTRA. “It’s amazing that

I’ve come full circle.”

JENNIE GARTH

At first “we didn’t know how

to handle everything that

was thrown at us,” says mom

of three Garth, 47, who

played resilient Kelly Taylor.

“But we survived, and all

the mistakes and feuds just

brought us closer.”

JASON PRIESTLEY

Priestley, 49, who played

virtuous Brandon Walsh, is

proud of how the original

series tackled difficult issues

like addiction. Says the

director and dad of two: “It’s as

relevant now as it was then.”

BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN

Just 17 when 90210 began,

“I was like the little brother,”

says dad of four Green, 46,

who played musician David

Silver. “Now the dynamic

has shifted. We have so much

more in common.”

SHANNEN DOHERTY

Doherty, 48, stirred

up drama as Brenda Walsh

for four seasons before

going on to star in

Charmed. The actress is

in remission after

fighting breast cancer.

TORI SPELLING

Before filming BH90210, “we

agreed we had to go all-in,”

says Spelling, who played

virginal Donna Martin. Adds

the mom of five, 46:

“We totally poke fun at the

public’s perception of us.”

Strong Bond

“The show was

such a formative

time period in all

of our lives,” says

Spelling of the

cast (in 2019 and,

below, in 1990).

“On some level

we are truly like

brothers and

sisters.”

Losing

Luke Perry

Five months after Luke

Perry, who played bad

boy Dylan McKay, died

of a stroke at age 52 on

March 4, his costars are

still coming to terms

with the tragedy. “There

are so many layers of

grief,” says Garth. “But

being back together

with everyone else who

loved him so much is

helping get all of us

through it.”

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