Reba McEntire’s itching to play Reba Nell Hart (née McKinney) again.
“We’ve really been trying hard to do a reboot of theRebashow,” the 67-year-old country icon told the iHeartRadio host. “I really want to work with the people that I got to work with during that six and a half years.”
McEntire then spoke of the series' cast, which also included Christopher Rich as Reba’s ex-husband Brock Enroll Hart andMelissa Petermanas his new girlfriend-turned-wife Barbra Jean Hart (née Booker). “It was fun, the cast the crew everybody we got to work with and play with, they were wonderful people,” she said. “We wanted to get back together like a reunion and have fun, so hopefully that will happen one day.”
Steve Howey, Melissa Peterman, Reba McEntire, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Mitch Holeman, Christopher Rich and Scarlett Pomers.Marsaili McGrath/Getty
She’s not the onlyRebacast member calling for the show to be resurrected. In February, actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher — who played Reba’s oldest daughter Cheyenne Montgomery (née Hart) — spoke about working with McEntire and the idea of rebooting the beloved series in an interview onThe Art of Kindnesspodcast.
On the topic of bringing backReba, Swisher said at the time, “Are you kidding me? We’d love to do [a reboot]!”
Before a rebootedRebais officially greenlit into production, McEntire and Peterman, 50, are set to star alongside each other in anew Lifetime movie,The Hammer. Rather than playing frenemies, however, the pair will portray sisters who find themselves entangled in a death investigation.
Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire.Jonathan Leibson/Getty
But things change when Kim’s sister Kris (Peterman), who runs a local brothel, is named a prime suspect in the former judge’s death. Now, “Kim must work even harder to make certain the appropriate justice is served,” reads a logline from the press release.
In addition to McEntire and Peterman, the movie starsRex Linn, McEntire’s real-life boyfriend. He’s set to play “a mysterious cowboy with unknown motives,” per the release. Kay Shioma Metchie will also appear in the film as Vicky, a “tough-talking” bailiff who also happens to be Wheeler’s friend.
The Hammermarks the second time McEntire has collaborated with Lifetime. Last year, she starred in and executive produced the holiday film,Reba McEntire’s Christmas in Tune.
source: people.com
