David Hyde Pierce’s Niles Crane will not be part of Frasier’s Paramount+ revival, however his son will.
Deadline revealed this week that Anders Keith had joined the solid as Niles and David’s son, David.
Longtime followers of the franchise will recall David being born within the 2004 sequence finale of Frasier.
David is described as “an ungainly school freshman with a penchant for off-kilter observations.”
“He has Niles’ intelligence, Daphne’s smile, and neither of their polish,” the outline continues.
“David’s unearned confidence could confuse some, however Frasier has a keenness for his nephew’s earnest enthusiasm.”
Hyde Pierce revealed final 12 months that he did not assume he was fascinated by revisiting that universe.
“That entire time of my life, the writing on these exhibits, the actors I started working with — all of that’s deeply vital to me,” Hyde Pierce mentioned in an interview with Vulture in 2022.
“And I might by no means disrespect that in such a approach as to say simply offhandedly, ‘Oh, no, thanks. I am not going to try this once more.’ It is too priceless to me,” he added.
“However by the identical token, as a result of it is so priceless to me, I additionally would not do it simply do it. And I imagine it may be performed with out me, too — discovering new tales to inform, in the identical approach that Frasier did after Cheers. They did not convey alongside the Cheers gang to make a brand new present.”
“They popped in on occasion and that was a blast, however there was one thing else that wanted to be mentioned, and it wanted to be mentioned another way.”
The Frasier revival additionally solid
Jess Salgueiro (Y: The Final Man) as Freddy’s roommate Eve.
Eve is described as “spontaneous, outgoing and bursting with inventive power…. With an innate capacity to attach with each Frasier and Freddy, Eve is a crucial bridge between father and son as they try and reconcile.”
Jackson Cutmore-Scott just lately landed the function of Freddy.
A premiere date has not been set.
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