Separately, Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton have long been established at sitcom heavyweights, with the former having played Frasier Crane in "Cheers" and the "Frasier" spinoff, and the latter having starred in "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The Middle." But these two have also worked together previously, and we’ll soon see them reunited for a third time on the TV schedule. Heaton will appear in the Paramount+ subscription-exclusive Frasier revival this season, and Grammer told CinemaBlend the “fantastic way” her coming aboard came together.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Grammer for the "Frasier" Season 2 junket, with Peri Gilpin, who’s returning as Roz Doyle following her appearance in the Season 1 finale, seated beside him. Given how far back Grammer goes back with Heaton, I asked him what it like getting to work with her again, as well as if this role had been envisioned specifically for her or if she went through the traditional casting process.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Grammer for the "Frasier" Season 2 junket, with Peri Gilpin, who’s returning as Roz Doyle following her appearance in the Season 1 finale, seated beside him. Given how far back Grammer goes back with Heaton, I asked him what it like getting to work with her again, as well as if this role had been envisioned specifically for her or if she went through the traditional casting process.
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00:00Kelsey you get to reunite with Patricia Heaton this season. Oh, yeah time together on back to you
00:05well, it's a funny story it was one of those things where I
00:10went and did a
00:12Gary Sinise charity event in Nashville and
00:16as I was waiting for my plane out, I sat at this Nashville bar and
00:20There was a gal there that reminded me of Patty and I said do you ever?
00:26Anybody ever tell you that, you know, you look like Patty Heaton and she's oh god people tell me all the time
00:30I'm ever mannerisms everything and I suddenly thought
00:34Well Frazier
00:36Should like fall in love with Patty Heaton
00:38Again, you know, it's like because we've we've we've now actually been on three shows together this one a briefly
00:46Brief a brief show she had on a while ago and and then of course back to you
00:50Which was the show we thought was gonna do pretty well until the writers strike
00:54I was sat in the office with the guys and I mentioned this chance meeting with this girl
00:58It just made me think. Oh, what a great idea to have Patty back in
01:01My life and and in to bring her into Frazier's life and they said wow they called
01:08Adam who's our manager. We both have the same manager and in five minutes. It was yeah, so she's coming
01:15So that was fantastic. What all we really knew at the time was yeah, she'll be a bartender
01:21I'll meet by chance and they'll strike up an interest in one another. So that was it was great. Very organic and natural
01:28She's so funny and so lovely and I mean I reminded the very first time I ever met her
01:32It's like 25 years ago in an elevator at the Ritz-Carlton doing some sort of show promo thing and I just remember thinking
01:39Boy, she's really okay, you know, I like her and that's uh, that's how it all started