Connie Britton.Photo: Presley Ann/Patrick McMullan via Getty
Connie Brittonis sharing her thoughts on theFriday Night Lightsreboot.
The actress, 58, reflected on her time starring on the original drama series during an interview withParadefor itsMarch cover story. Now well-known for her beloved character Tami Taylor, Britton revealed she almost didn’t take the role after having only a small part in the preceding 2004 movie.
Connie Britton on Friday Night Lights.Paul Drinkwater/ NBCUniversal via Getty
Director Peter Berg, however, was “very persuasive,” and Britton said she ultimately decided to take on the project.
“I really have to say, I worked pretty tirelessly with Pete, but then also with Jason Katims, who came in to run the show, really sort of standing up for the woman’s voice in that community, in that world,” she recalled.
The series, which ran from 2006 until 2011, starred Britton,Taylor Kitsch,Minka Kelly,Jesse Plemons,Michael B. Jordan,Zach Gilford, Aimee Teegarden andKyle Chandleras they navigated their lives on and off the football field in a rural town in Texas.
In December, news broke that aFriday Night Lightsreboot was in the works at Peacock with an all-new cast, but Britton won’t be appearing in it. In fact, she toldParadethat it is “barely on her radar.” Still, she said she hopes the new cast will find a “sense of discovery there in terms of what they’re committing to and trying to accomplish.”
Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler on Friday Night Lights.Virginia Sherwood/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Virginia Sherwood/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Britton has been open about her lack of interest in participating in a revival of the popular show, which ran from 2006 until 2011. She toldEntertainment Tonightin 2021 that shedidn’t think it would ever return.
“[I don’t see] us going back into those stories and those particular characters’ lives,” she said at the time. “We’ll do a reunion for sure, like a cast reunion, [but] I don’t see them going back into that story, at least with this cast.”
Britton also admitted that it would “be nice to see” the characters in the future in some way.
Connie Britton on Friday Night Lights.
PEOPLE first learned in November that a reboot was in the early stages of development with original showrunner and executive producer Katims and writers Berg (who directed the 2004 film) and Brian Grazer. NBC later confirmed the news a month later.
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Friday Night Lightsis streaming in full on Netflix.
source: people.com
