Two years before Shannen Doherty was Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210, she was a Heather in Heathers. Now, nearly 30 years later, she is returning to Sherwood, Ohio, for TV Land’s remake of the cult classic.
Today, the actress Instagrammed that photo and said, “Sneak peek from the #Heathers set….. jealous much?” We like totally are.
So what exactly is she doing in the pilot that is filming now? TV Land says, “she will portray a pivotal, unnamed character.” Here’s what else we know, the small screen version will take place in modern day and “our heroine Veronica deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers.”
Another thing to add to that list is that Doherty looks great in the role as she continues to battle cancer. You would never guess she is getting ready to start radiation from looking at her here and that is very encouraging. Plus, it is great to see her back in a place we have been waiting to see her in for a very long time.
When it comes to who else from the 1988 movie will be part of the reboot, we don’t know just yet. Hopefully, Christian Slater aka J.D. and Wynona Ryder aka Veronica will be back to take on the Heathers in some way.
Another thing we don’t know yet is if this show will be picked up to series; but from this picture, I am assuming it will be joining Younger, Impastor and Teachers on their lineup sometime next year.
Are you excited for Heathers?
Two weeks ago, Shannen Doherty shared photos of herself gradually shaving her head and now she has revealed to Entertainment Tonight why she did it. Sadly, her cancer has spread. She said, “I had breast cancer that spread to the lymph nodes, and from one of my surgeries we discovered that some of the cancer cells might have actually gone out of the lymph nodes.”
Due to the cancer spreading, she has been put on Chemo. She explained, “After my second treatment, my hair was really matted, like in dreadlocks. And I went to try and brush it out, and it just fell out…I just remember holding onto huge clumps of my hair in my hands, and just running to my mom crying, like, ‘My hair, my hair, my hair, my hair.'” She grabbed a pair of scissors to cut it off, but her mom put it into a ponytail and chopped that off. She liked the Bob, but the hair was still falling out. At that point she decided to shave it all off, but did it in steps.
Her husband, Kurt Iswarienko, has been helping her deal with the ill effects of Chemo and being her support system as she battles this disease. A battle that cost her a breast and her hair, but hopefully not her life.
After she finishes the Chemo, she will go through Radiation. Hopefully, together all of those treatments will leave her cancer-free. If there is one thing we know about Shannen, she is a fighter! Fight Shannen, fight!
Shannen Doherty announced 11 months ago that she has breast cancer, and now she shared six emotional photos of herself shaving her head as she continues to battle the horrible disease. She did not explain why she did it, but sadly you can assume that she is going through chemotherapy.
Hopefully, this treatment will get rid of the cancer and she will find herself free of it in no time at all.
When it comes to her shaved head, they say bald is beautiful and on her that is certainly true.
Let’s be real, Lifetime’s Unauthorized Stories for the most part are really bad. Strangely enough, they finally got one right. The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story is pretty entertaining, so you should check it out at 8p tonight.
The telemovie starts out with the network pitching the show to Aaron Spelling (Dan Castellaneta) and him saying no. That is until his daughter Tori (Abby Ross) convinces him to do it. Now it is time to cast to lead roles, and Tori again helps him with that when she suggests he hires Shannen Doherty (Samantha Munro) and Jason Priestley (Max Lloyd-Jones ). Tori auditions for Kelly, but the network wants Jennie Garth (Abbie Cobb), so she gets Donna. Somehow Ian Ziering (David Lennon), Gabrielle Carteris (Michele Goyns) and Brian Austin Green (Ross Linton) are also cast on the show.
Now it is time to the shoot the pilot and they share the studio with porn stars. Did you know that? After the pilot is shot and they watch it, they think the show will never get picked up. As we know it did, but initially it bombed.
Darren Star (Adam Korson) and Aaron think the show is missing something and that something is Luke Perry (Jesy McKinney). But even he couldn’t save the show from poor ratings. That is until something happens that helps it become the hit that became. What, you will have to tune in to find out.
After the show is a hit, it is the I hate Shannen show. The movie ends with her firing and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen’s (Alyssa Lynch) hiring. Lynch also played her in Lifetime’s Saved By the Bell movie.
Even though the telemovie only covers the first four seasons, it is just enough. I don’t know how to explain how they got it right, but when you see it, you will see how they did.
I mean, the only actors who look like the people they are playing are Munro and Cobb, but you quickly forget that because the story is interesting enough to keep you entertained.
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Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs were reunited at the US Weekly Annual Hot Hollywood Style Issue Event, and Piper and Prue look just as close as they did on Charmed. Can you believe it has been 11 years since they played sisters?
