Mira Sorvino has some updates on the extremely anticipated sequel to Romy and Michele's Excessive Faculty Reunion.
“The plan is correct now to shoot it late spring,” the actress, 57, completely instructed Us Weekly on Friday, September 26, whereas discussing her upcoming look on the sport present Title That Tune. “The script is nice. Robin Schiff, the unique author, wrote the sequel, and Lisa [Kudrow] and I've had a variety of enter in it.”
Sorvino added that not solely are she and Kudrow, 62, reprising their roles, however they're additionally serving as government producers.
“It's not like us simply visiting and different individuals being [in] it,” she continued. “Romy and Michele once more, and we're seeing what they're as much as these days, and the entire gang is again.”
Within the 1997 cult traditional, Sorvino starred as Romy, a former widespread lady who works as a cashier after highschool, whereas Kudrow performed an unpopular classmate named Michele who can also be down on her luck post-grad. After highschool, the ladies find yourself being roommates. As their 10-year reunion approaches, they devise a plan to make their lives seem higher than they really are.
“Within the authentic, they've this hurdle the place they re-examine their lives hastily, based mostly on some exterior benchmark, and that begins occurring to them on this too,” Sorvino teased. “Nevertheless it's kind of all, what would they be excited about now at this level of their life.”
Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino Buena Vista / Courtesy Everett Assortment
Whereas Sorvino can't share so much in regards to the sequel's premise, she teased that the story is “actually humorous” and “shifting”
“I believe a part of Romy and Michele is that it has, like, a variety of emotion beneath it, and that's why individuals have all the time associated to it,” she instructed Us. “It's about being your self and loving your greatest pals, it doesn't matter what different individuals consider you, and simply being your genuine self, regardless that they're idiots.”
Sorvino defined that whereas Romy and Michele had enjoyable parts with its music, trend and dancing, the “enduring” storyline helped it “develop into such a cult favourite.” She teased that followers can “after all” count on a giant dance quantity identical to the unique had.
Mira Sorvino Courtesy of Chicago Broadway/Avery Brunk
Whereas followers have to attend a bit of longer for the Romy and Michele sequel, Sorvino will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago and seem in an upcoming episode of Title That Tune. On the sport present, Sorvino will face off towards pal Aisha Tyler because the Oscar winner is enjoying for the charity End Human Trafficking.
“It was actually enjoyable. It was a deal with,” she recalled. “It was nice to work with [host] Jane [Krakowski] and we truly shot it in Eire, which was wonderful. My husband and I received to take a bit of driving journey to the Cliffs of Moher.”
Sorvino shared that she grew up watching Title That Tune so getting the possibility to compete for trigger was a dream come true. Her episode airs on Monday, September 29, on Fox at 8 p.m. ET.
