Roma Downey is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Touched By an Angel by not ruling out the potential of a reboot.
In a brand new sit-down interview with ET’s Kevin Frazier, the 63-year-old actress mentioned her mantra on the potential for extra seasons (and even probably a follow-up movie) is “by no means say by no means.”
Downey, who performed the lovable celestial physique named Monica for 9 seasons, mentioned that whereas she is just not fully averse to returning to the position, she does have critical hesitations provided that the present’s two different foremost forged members, John Dye and Della Reese, have each died.
“That is not a foul thought, sadly, we see all these reboots and quite a lot of the unique forged, Della sadly has handed and John Dye, our fantastic angel of demise, additionally handed over,” she mentioned. “I at all times hoped that fantastic angel of demise got here for each of them and lead them residence.”
Reese, who performed Monica’s angelic supervisor Tess, died in 2017 on the age of 86. Dye, identified within the present as Andrew, died in 2011 at age 47 from acute methamphetamine intoxication.
On the enduring legacy of the sequence — which welcomed notable visitor stars like Maya Angelou, Muhammad Ali, Celine Dion, Sally Trip, Rosa Parks and extra all through its almost 10-year run — Downey says she is not stunned that audiences are nonetheless discovering and returning to it a long time later.
“I feel it nonetheless is inspirational for people,” she mentioned. “It took a quite simple premise that there was and is a god that you’re beloved [by], that god needs to be a part of your life and I feel that individuals tuned in for that message.”
As for her return to tv, Downey mentioned her new present, The Baxters, was the proper challenge to throw herself again onto the small display screen. The sequence, an adaptation of the Karen Kingsbury novels, additionally stars Ted McGinley, Ali Cobrin, Cassidy Gifford and Kathie Lee Gifford.
The actress, who performs matriarch Elizabeth Baxter and likewise serves as govt producer, advised ET that she acquired the rights to the books years in the past after discovering the sequence and instantly recognizing the potential it needed to be a success.
“Any individual gave me the guide and I used to be studying them on the aircraft and I couldn’t put them down. I used to be like firing by way of it. I assumed, ‘That is nice story, nice characters, this needs to be a TV present,'” she mentioned. “I referred to as Karen up and I requested her if she would entrust me… we began over our dialog by saying, ‘I consider that is the time, I feel we’d like a present like this on tv. I feel it’ll carry households collectively.'”
In response to Prime Video, the sequence follows picture-perfect mother and father Elizabeth (Downey) and John Baxter (McGinley) who come along with their 5 kids to help one in all their very own. Elizabeth and John rally their kids to step up, as their daughter, Kari (Cobrin), reveals that her husband is having an affair with one in all his college students.
Downey says it is the proper Easter weekend binge for households who’re coming collectively and need to get pleasure from a drama stuffed with coronary heart, laughs and tender moments that additionally really feel deeply relatable.
“[It’s] a bit like a cleaning soap opera, however we expect it is best to name it a hope opera,” she shared. “It fashions household properly. They don’t seem to be good folks, there’s some dysfunction, they’ve points like everyone else, however I feel that makes them very relatable.”
Watch a trailer for the brand new sequence within the participant under:
The present’s launch is a very long time coming for the forged and crew, who shot all the first season greater than half a decade in the past, again in 2018. Downey says they encountered quite a few roadblocks on the best way to air, together with a significant studio buyout and a worldwide pandemic that slowed issues down.
“Nicely, you understand, there was a pandemic in there and there was an enormous acquisition at MGM like staff when Amazon purchased the corporate,” she mentioned.
The actress is referencing Amazon’s buy of MGM Studios in 2022. The e-commerce big purchased the legendary movie studio for a whopping $8.5 billion in a deal that was accomplished in March of that 12 months.
“All the pieces simply bought slowed down,” she mentioned. “However I am an enormous believer of issues occurring once they’re speculated to occur and for such a time as this, The Baxters can be on Prime Video Easter weekend.”
The Baxters premieres on Prime Video on March 28.
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