OK! Magazine USA – August 19, 2019

IAN ZIERING

STAR OF BH90210 AND ZOMBIE TIDAL WAVE

H

e’s crushed the boardroom

on The Celebrity Apprentice

and slayed great whites

in Sharknado, but Ian

Ziering is just getting started. This

month he’ll take on the living dead in

Zombie Tidal Wave and reunite with

his Beverly Hills, 90210 costars on

BH90210. OK! chats with the actor.

Tell us about Zombie Tidal Wave!

We kind of created our own genre

with the Sharknado movies. They’re

fun films where everyone is in on

the joke except the people who

are in the movie. In that same vein,

I came up with a story where the

antagonists are zombies — but my

zombies aren’t your typical zombies.

These guys move pretty quick. So it’s

a little different from what we’ve seen

before. The way that we’re able to kill

them is pretty new as well.

What can fans expect from

BH90210?

You’re going to see us as ourselves.

It’s Ian, Brian Austin Green, Jason

Priestley, Tori Spelling, Jennie

Garth, Shannen Doherty and

Gabrielle Carteris coming together

on a fan panel where Tori convinces

everyone to try to get the show back

on the air. We set out to pitch the

show to different networks, and of

course it lands at Fox, where it was

originally in 1990. It’s all about us

getting the show back on the air and

dealing with the struggles in our lives

while we do that.

What was your favorite

Beverly Hills, 90210

episode?

Probably “Sentenced

to Life,” when I got to

work with [comedian]

Milton Berle. I cowrote it.

It’s the only episode that

garnered 90210 an Emmy

nomination, for Milton.

What was

it like

reuniting

with your

former

costars?

It was

great

to work

together

again. We’ve

maintained

friendships,

so that’s been

great, but when

we all walked

into the Peach Pit

together, it was

really a trip. I just

felt very lucky. I

had a sense of

appreciation for what we’d

accomplished. The fact

that we’d done something

so impactful that we were

revisiting it again after

19 years, it was amazing.

It must’ve been very

bittersweet without Luke

Perry — how will the show

honor him?

That question

will be

answered

when you see

BH90210.

He wasn’t

signed on

to do it, but

I’m sure he

would’ve

come

around or

made an

appearance

at some point.

He was happily

involved with

Riverdale. We’re still

very shaken

[by his death

due to a stroke

in March]. It’s

still very fresh in

our minds. It’s a

tremendous loss

for all of us and

we’re still trying

to reconcile how

to grieve.

Robin Williams brought joy to millions with his warmth and

humor. But behind the scenes, the comic actor battled private

demons for decades. This compelling one-hour special

explores his life — including a devastating diagnosis of

Parkinson’s disease just months before his 2014 suicide — in

an effort to uncover what truly pushed him over the edge.

TV PREVIEW

The feature attempts

to separate fact

from fiction.

OK! Q&A

ROBIN WILLIAMS: WHEN THE

LAUGHTER STOPS

Sun., Aug. 11, at 9 PM ET on Reelz

Zombie

Tidal Wave

premieres Sat.,

Aug. 17, at 9 PM ET

on SyFy and BH90210

airs Wed., Aug. 7,

at 9 PM ET

on Fox

OK! OKMAGAZINE.COM 55