Followers of The Guardian Lure had been in for a candy shock whereas watching Elaine Hendrix and professional Alan Bersten on Dancing With the Stars season 34 premiere evening.
The pair's efficiency on the Tuesday, September 16, episode kicked off with a close-up shot of Hendrix, 54, sporting a big black hat over her face and slowly lifting her head towards the digicam. The second was an ode to the 1998 movie, the place Hendrix — who portrayed Meredith Blake — wore the sunhat poolside whereas being launched to Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid)'s daughter.
“Elaine has such an unimaginable performing profession, however Meredith Blake is such an iconic character, we needed to pay homage to it. ” Bersten, 31, solely gushed to Us Weekly after the efficiency on Tuesday. “So many children have grown up with [The] Guardian Lure. So many individuals are watching it now and discovering it now for the primary time and realizing how nice it's. I actually needed to showcase Elaine as Meredith Blake, but additionally as Elaine.”
As Hendrix carried out a cha-cha to Kesha's “Lady” with Bersten, she had her The Guardian Lure costar and real-life finest pal Lisa Ann Walter cheering her on from the viewers.
“Alan is my present safety blanket, whereas Lisa is my life safety blanket,” Hendrix quipped to Us. “She pushed her manufacturing to be right here. I used to be like, ‘Lady, don't ruffle any feathers. In the event you miss it, it's fantastic.' However no, after all, she made it occur. She's my experience or die and I like her.”
Because the Nancy Meyers movie begins to method a milestone thirtieth anniversary, Hendrix teased that “there's quite a lot of speak” about reprising her position.
“It's above my pay grade. All I do know is that we're all prepared. We might all do it, completely. I like it,” she stated. “I've the millennials to thank for #justiceformeredithblake.”
Now, nonetheless, Hendrix has her eye on the mirrorball trophy — and is hoping to make it by way of subsequent week's double-elimination.
“You by no means know what's gonna occur,” Hendrix stated. “I believed I used to be gonna have a superb time, however simply how a lot I like it is admittedly exceeding my expectations. I need to hold going as a result of I like the training and I like the rehearsal. I like getting emails from it. I imply, I'm simply loving each second of it.”
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes can be found to stream subsequent day on Hulu.
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