Those actors who gave the idea of returning in a TV reboot/revival a hard pass.
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00:00From now Hollywood icons not feeling as though it'd be possible to catch lightning in a bottle
00:05twice, to legendary vampire slayers feeling there's no story left to tell for them anymore.
00:11These are the actors who gave a reboot of their TV show a hard pass.
00:15Gareth here from warculture.com and here are 10 actors who have turned down TV reboots.
00:2110. George Clooney ER
00:24Back before he'd ever donned a pair of bat nipples,
00:26the ball of charisma that is George Clooney first made his presence known in an NBC medical drama
00:32by the name of ER. And while the Hollywood A-lister would ultimately kiss goodbye to
00:36his character of Dr. Doug Ross all the way back in 1999, before making the odd cameo appearance,
00:42it's clear his work on the show struck a chord with fans the world over, leading to many
00:47understandably trying to will a reboot of the Emergency Room series back into existence over
00:52the years. However, the last time Clooney sat down and reunited with his one-time castmate in
00:572021 for a charity chat, the Academy Award winner confessed that he didn't think a reboot of the
01:03show was possible, largely due to it now being difficult to produce another series at the level
01:08the team once did. Simply put, the superstar actor just felt it would be hard to capture
01:12lightning in a bottle twice, with co-star Julianna Magulis also admitting that it was probably wise
01:18to leave what was so beautiful and move on. So despite the late Michael Crichton's wife
01:23admitting that she loved the idea of a revival of the show creator's passion project, it looks as
01:28though this cast's days of running around a hospital on the small screen are over.
01:35Alongside his brilliant iteration of everyone's favourite USS Enterprise officer Spock in the
01:40rebooted Star Trek film series, Zachary Quinto is probably best known for his compelling work
01:46as the superpower-stealing figure known as Sylar in Heroes. Yeah, when it became clear that the
01:51folks behind the NBC hit show were gearing up to bring the series back into existence after 5 years
01:56away, a conversation with show creator Tim Kring soon brought with it the realisation that Quinto
02:02was very much happy to leave Sylar in the rearview mirror. Though he'd go out of his way to explain
02:06how he loved the job and people he worked with during his meaningful experience whilst occupying
02:11the hero's sphere, the star just didn't want to go back, and confessed to wanting to cultivate
02:16other outlets for himself. As it goes, Quinto was probably wise to give this heroic reunion a miss
02:22in the end, with Heroes Reborn eventually underwhelming and not earning itself a second
02:27season. A lot can change in 25 years, and while that time did bring with it a cult following for
02:35the surreal world of Twin Peaks, it also left the series without its sheriff when the time came to
02:40unleash a long-awaited revival in 2017. That's because during that long period between the show's
02:46cancellation after its second season back in 1991, none other than Sheriff Harry S. Truman himself,
02:52Michael Ontkian, only went and decided he'd had enough with the balmy world of acting.
02:56So when David Lynch and Mark Frost were finally all set to bring their mysterious property back
03:01to the small screen midway through the 2010s, the team behind the show were forced to change
03:05direction a touch when it came to the role of Town Sheriff in season 3. Oddly enough,
03:10the actor tasked with stepping into those law enforcement shoes was actually once being
03:14eyed up for the role of Harry in the lead-up to its initial ABC run, with Robert Forster not being
03:19able to accept the role due to being attached to another pilot at the time. Everything worked out
03:24in the end though, as the late actor ultimately arrived in Twin Peaks as Sheriff Frank Truman,
03:29Harry's brother. In the wake of bursting onto the scene at a young age as part of ABC's eventual
03:38hit Full House sitcom, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen soon became all-round superstars,
03:43making their film debut shortly after the series came to an end, and ultimately going on to become
03:47fashion icons and successful businesswomen. But with the stars turning their attention largely
03:52away from the acting industry over the last few decades, it didn't come as that much of a surprise
03:56to hear of the Olsen twins passing up on the chance to return to the Netflix revival of the show that
04:01catapulted them to superstardom. After not appearing in front of a camera since she was 17
04:06at the time of Fuller House going into production, Ashley would reportedly admit that she didn't feel
04:11comfortable acting anymore. Whilst Mary-Kate was seemingly slightly interested in a Michelle
04:16comeback at first, though would eventually also join her sister in turning down the return,
04:20saying the timing just wasn't right for them. With the Olsens committing much of their time at that
04:25point to the designing of the Roe and Elizabeth and James lines, it's not hard to see why a Fuller
04:30House appearance would have been hard to squeeze in. But their absence as Michelle Tanner still
04:34couldn't stop the sequel series lasting five whole seasons before its conclusion in June 2020.
04:40Cole and Dylan Sprouse – The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
04:44Speaking of child stars who seemingly won't be appearing in a reboot of the family TV show that
04:49made them famous, Cole Sprouse has gone on record on a number of occasions to shoot down the concept
04:54of himself and brother Dylan ever resuming their suite life in the coming years. Noting on The Drew
04:59Barrymore Show that reboots are a tricky thing, the Riverdale star confessed that he regularly
05:04finds himself being asked by fans whether the twins would be up for reuniting for a revival
05:09of the hit Disney show, only to reply with a swift no, absolutely not. The Cody Martin actor
05:15would also explain during a The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon appearance that there's a ton of
05:19potential to demolish that perfect little golden memory of a programmer, if all involved opted to
05:24revisit it down the line. And brother Dylan has also confidently stated the duo won't be returning
05:30to the show again too, so don't expect to see the Martin boys check back into the Tipton Hotel
05:35any time soon. Kim Cattrall – Just Like That
05:38After six seasons and two movies of bringing the tri-sexual force of nature that is Samantha Jones
05:44to life for fans' entertainment, you can't exactly blame Kim Cattrall for wanting to retire from her
05:49most famous role to pursue other compelling parts. But the Golden Globe winning star's decision to
05:54turn down a third Sex and the City film, and Cattrall making it clear that her Samantha
05:58days were done from there on out, still couldn't stop the rest of the original cast from reuniting
06:03for a sequel series down the road. In fact, Cattrall has been so vocal about not wanting
06:08to add anything else to her legacy as Jones that she wasn't even asked to be a part of
06:13And Just Like That, with the actor revealing to Variety that she only heard about the series via
06:18social media. And for those still hoping to see the return of Cattrall's outspoken Sex and the
06:22City figure one day, with Jones still being referenced in And Just Like That, that's a no
06:27as her position on the matter as of 2022. While he has since gone on to enjoy quite the
06:35glittering dramatic career on the big screen, it's still hard to look past Steve Carell's
06:40side-splitting work as the largely incompetent Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott as the role
06:44he'll forever be best known for. And with the series finding another life as one of the most
06:49re-watched sitcoms ever to grace a streaming service in the wake of its finale in 2013,
06:53it was only natural to assume that a revival of sorts would be at least discussed as time went by.
06:59However, in Carell's mind, the show just wouldn't be able to be the same thing it was back when they
07:03were creating it all those years ago, with the Academy Award-nominated thespian admitting that
07:08he has absolutely no desire to play Scott again. Again, it's not as though Carell didn't absolutely
07:13adore his time working on the hit that was adapted from the original British series,
07:17even going as far as to class it as a special thing before people thought it was a special thing.
07:22But Carell just doesn't think the odds are in their favour when it comes to recapturing the
07:26magic of that glorious initial run. That's what he said.
07:32By the time Paramount Plus decided to give a generation of iCarly fanatics the return they'd
07:37been waiting for in 2021, Jeanette McCurdy was very much over all things Sam Puckett.
07:42The star, who would also reprise the role on Sam & Cat, actually confessed to quitting
07:46acting altogether a few years before news of the iCarly revival broke,
07:50stating on her MTInside podcast that she wanted to try her hand at writing and directing.
07:56On top of this, McCurdy would also confess that when it came to acting in general,
07:59she initially didn't want to do it, with the child star's mother throwing her into the business at
08:04age six. And by the time she was 10 or 11, the young actor was the main financial support for
08:09her family, so you can only imagine the sheer amount of pressure that must have brought about
08:14for someone just entering their teens. McCurdy would even go as far as to admit that she was
08:18ashamed of the part she did in the past, claiming she was already embarrassed about
08:21her role in the Nickelodeon show at the age of 15. All this ultimately led to the actor
08:26telling her co-star Miranda Cosgrove that she wouldn't be doing the reboot as McCurdy felt
08:31her mental health and happiness were more important than the money she could have made
08:34from a comeback. Despite officially reaching its conclusion a whopping 20 years ago,
08:43the appetite for another set of adventures centred around Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy
08:47Summers is still as strong as ever. Unfortunately for those angling to see the titular vampire
08:52slayer dive back into the much-loved supernatural world with her fellow Scooby gang members,
08:57though, Gellar has confessed to having zero interest in battling evil forces in a revival
09:02of the hit series. Gellar is incredibly proud of the work she helped create the first time around,
09:07and just feels that a reboot doesn't need to be done. That's not to say that the Scream 2
09:11and Scooby-Doo star would be against the series continuing the tale without her, however. In fact,
09:15the every-girl-who-has-the-power-can-have-the-power message sent out as the show drew to a close
09:20means that it's set up perfectly for someone else to have the power, as far as Gellar is concerned.
09:25While this most certainly acts as the definitive nail in Buffy Summers' coffin, perhaps Gellar's
09:29blessing will finally lead to the series actually being brought back from the dead with a new slayer
09:34after being put on pause last August. Delighting Frasier fanatics the world
09:41over back in 2021, when it was officially confirmed that Kelsey Grammer would be back
09:45for a revival of the long-running sitcom Smash on Paramount+, said news actually turned out to
09:50be rather bittersweet, upon eventually learning about another star who wouldn't be along for the
09:55rebooted ride. According to the Dr. Frasier Crane actor himself, Grammer's co-star David Hyde-Pierce
10:01won't be joining him when the sequel series does finally land on the streaming service.
10:05Simply put, Hyde-Pierce just wasn't all that interested in repeating the work he'd already
10:09done as Frasier's younger brother Niles on the series. But far from completely derailing
10:14the project altogether, his eventual lack of involvement was said to have resulted in the
10:18series being taken to a new place, according to the clearly excited leading man. And for
10:22those wondering whether the show will just completely no-sell the absence of Niles or
10:26any other characters not set for a return, Grammer was also quick to note that we'll
10:30certainly be responsive about the fact there was a brother and such.
10:34At a glance though, this is very much shaping up to be a new world for Frasier,
10:37and one that has already reduced Grammer to tears upon a first read-through of the script.
11:07But in the meantime, just be good to yourself. Bye bye!