Fran Drescher on Returning to TV and Prepping "The Nanny" for Broadway

In fine Fran fashion a funny thing happened on the way to the casting office amp160amp8220I was actually about to go out and sell my own idea when this came alongamp8221 she told MediaVillage in a recent interview amp160amp8220This sort of fell in my lapamp160 Dan Levy who created the show had written in the script amp8216a Fran Drescher typeamp8217 amp160My manager said amp8216Well what about Fran Drescher herselfamp8217 amp160And the casting person replied amp8216Iamp8217ll have to get back to youamp8217amp8221amp160 Thankfully they did and Drescher landed the role that was written for herAccording to Drescher there were a few other contributing factors to accepting the role the first being her mom and dad amp160amp8220My parents are very precious to meamp8221 she shared amp8220Theyamp8217re still living and they were so excited by this projectamp8221 amp160So was her exhusband and creative partner Peter Jacobs whom Drescher has remained close to since their 1999 divorce after his much publicized coming outamp160 amp8220Peter also thought it was a great thingamp8221 she saidamp8220I like playing characters that are not mean spirited and are positive and lovingamp8221 she explainedamp160 amp8220amp8220When I first started my career I was always kind of the hooker with the heart of goldamp160 I don39t like to be mean amp160I like to be selfdeprecatingamp160 That39s sort of my brand of comedy and I think that my fans have embraced and have come to expect itamp160 I like to give them what they anticipate with as much bang for their buck as possibleamp8221In Indebted Drescher plays Debbie who along with her husband Stew Steven Webberamp160is forced to move in with their son Dave Adam Pally and his wife Rebecca Abby Elliott after squandering their retirement fund amp160amp8220I think this is the first show in many years that I39ve not been called Fran inamp8221 she laughed amp160amp8220Iamp8217m also not a producer on this and thatamp8217s something Iamp8217m getting used to amp160I havenamp8217t been on a project that is not my project for many many yearsamp8221Although she isnamp8217t creatively involved Indebted couldnamp8217t have come at a better time professionally for Drescher who recently began a collaboration with former Crazy ExGirlfriend star Rachel Bloom on a musical version of The Nanny for Broadway amp160Despite having experience on the Great White Way Drescher wonamp8217t be reprising her iconic role amp8220I could possibly play Sylvia Franamp8217s mom but thatamp8217s not really my ambition nowamp8221 she revealed amp160amp8220Of course there will be the fashions but thereamp8217s no set vision of what it will be other than a version of what everybody sawamp160 Visually it will make great eye candyamp8221According to Drescher collaborating with Bloom has been great amp160amp8220We both like to eat so thereamp8217s always food when we get togetheramp8221 she laughed amp160amp8220I think weamp8217re very similar in a lot of ways amp160We39re both women who write executive produce and star in our own projects amp160I feel itamp8217s a very symbiotic rapport and very very good amp160I hadnamp8217t watched Crazy Ex before but when the opportunity came up I binged it amp160I thought amp8216Okay this is something really specialamp8217 and it was a credit to the producer who came up with the idea amp160I really give them kudos because itamp8217s a little outside of the box while also being right on the moneyamp8221Drescher is not ruling out a possible reboot of The Nanny something fans have been championing for a while now and the possibility of working with her former costars including Charles Shaughnessy fondly remembered as Fran Fineamp8217s employer and eventual love interest Mr Sheffield amp160amp8220Charlie and I are great friends and Iamp8217d relish any opportunity to work with himamp8221 she saidamp160 amp8220Heamp8217s such a dear friend of mine as is Renamp233e Taylor who played my mother Sylvia amp160But for now Iamp8217m doing Indebted amp160I promised that would be the next big thing so first I have to honor that commitmentamp8221Indebted is telecast Thursdays at 930 pm on NBC Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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