When they are members Beverly Hills, 90210 cast members, who reunited on September 14 for 90s Con 2024, didn’t hold back their feelings on the series reboot.
Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Carteris, Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering gathered in Daytona Beach, Florida to reminisce and reveal they have some thoughts on The CW 90210 reboot, which lasted five seasons from 2008 to 2013.
While Green said he “loved” the concept of the show, following rich kids at West Beverly Hills High School, Garth regrets her participation.
Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Carteris, Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering.
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“I wish I hadn’t done it. No offense to them,” Garth, 52, said. “The producer was a friend of a friend and I remember he came into my living room, sat me down, [billed it as] this opportunity of a lifetime. He asked me to do it and then I didn’t know how to say no. But the people were very nice and all the best to them.”
Carteris added: “I never wanted that [do it]. I was so shocked that they are doing a new show. I thought, is it like, they long so much that you’re going to try to reinvent it over and over again?”
Green reflected, “No offense, it’s for me, we did 10 years on that show and it’s like okay, it’s over.”
While only Garth, Shannen Doherty and Tori Spelling participated 90210 along with new stars including Shenae Grimes and AnnaLynne McCord, the original Beverly Hills, 90210 The cast reunited for another revival, Fox’s BH90210 2019, in which they played enhanced versions of themselves in the serialized drama.
Ziering admitted, “I was pretty much the only person out there who said we think we should give the audience what they want: comfort food.”
Carteris called the short-lived experience “cathartic.”
“It felt full circle, being together as adults, having children, being able to work together,” she said. “I thought it was probably one of the most memorable moments of my life.”
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Gabrielle Carteris, Ian Ziering, Jennie Garth, Brian Austin Green, Tori Spelling, Shannen Doherty in ‘BH90210’.
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During their ’90s Con panel, the four looked back fondly on the original series, which ran for 10 seasons from 1990 to 2000. The Green Chalk Beverly Hills, 90210 success in the “lack of internet” at the time.
“The ’90s were a different time: there was no way to fact-check, no one was walking around filming everything,” the actor explained. “We were bringing a piece of the world that was known and that no one had seen. Because there was no access to it, people really enjoyed what we did. Honestly, I don’t feel now, it would have the same effect this time as it did then. ”
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Jennie Garth, Gabrielle Carteris, Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Brian Austin Green, Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling and Ian Ziering.
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Carteris claimed that the show resonated with viewers because it was fearless in tackling serious issues, including teenage sex, domestic violence and alcohol and drug abuse.
“Instead of milk and cookies and kids are just good and need to be listened to, these are real stories — and people want to be seen. People wanted to be heard,” she continued, adding, “I’m so touched by all of you coming to talk with me, when you talk about how it relates to you and who you were, that’s the biggest tribute you can give every time.”
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Was there a time he jumped the shark? Of course, Ziering said, “For me, there was an episode where Steve [Sanders] had to do PSA for skin cancer. And of course it’s very important, but it was so difficult that I actually thought someone was getting paid to do this.”
Garth added, “We had a lot of jump the shark moments, but I enjoyed them. Just watching the show, we get weirder and weirder. Even I watch it and enjoy it as a fan. Even in the jump the shark moments, I’m still so proud of series and I love it.”
90s Con Florida runs through Sunday, September 15th at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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