Steve Howey Reveals If He’d Do a ‘Shameless’ or ‘Reba’ Revival

Leaving issues be. Steve Howey doesn’t have a lot curiosity in relation to reviving a few of his most beloved TV reveals.

“I don’t know. I imply, there was a time the place the producers and Reba [McEntire] had been speaking about redoing that present,” Howey, 45, revealed in an unique interview with Us Weekly whereas chatting about his new CBS sequence, True Lies. “I don t know if I’d wanna play Van once more.”

The actor performed former soccer star and loving husband Van Montgomery on the hit sitcom Reba, which ran for six seasons from 2001 to 2007. However as for why he thinks his character shouldn’t be revived, he advised Us, “I really feel like Van would’ve grown up into, be like, the QAnon shaman or one thing,” referring to the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Nonetheless, the Bride Wars star famous that he might additionally see Van go down the same path to the one he did on the present, which means he might simply be “an actual property man who simply grows up.” JoAnna Garcia Swisher performed Van’s spouse Cheyenne, the eldest little one of McEntire, 67,  and Christopher Wealthy’s divorced couple Reba and Brock Hart. The sequence additionally starred Scarlett Pomers and Mitch Holleman as Kyra and Jake Hart, respectively, in addition to Melissa Peterman as Brock’s second spouse, Barbra Jean.

He feels the identical means reviving the present Shameless, on which he performed bartender Kevin Ball all through its 11-season run from 2011 to 2021. However the Sons of Anarchy alum isn’t fully ruling out the possibility of an onscreen reunion. “Possibly if we did, like, a one-episode, hour-long reunion, that will be type of cool,” he shared.

Howey — who shares children William, 13, Violet, 8, and Knox, 8, with ex-wife Sarah Shahi — continued: “When you do one thing, I believe it’s like, ‘Let it’s.’ We’re within the second, you recognize? We will’t return. We all the time take into consideration this, proper? All of us say, ‘Oh if I knew then what I do know now.’ It’s a fantasy, so you’ll be able to’t return.”

However for followers that could be unhappy on the truth they might not see Kevin and the Gallagher household get collectively for a Shameless revival, they’d be joyful to know that Howey and the solid proceed to communicate.

“I speak to Jeremy [Allen White] on a regular basis. I used to be simply at his home a pair weeks in the past,” the One thing Borrowed star acknowledged. “I speak to Shanola [Hampton] on a regular basis. I simply FaceTimed, truly, Ethan Cutkosky — performed Carl — he FaceTimed me to say hello. Each now and again, I’ll speak to Emma [Kenney] after which Cameron [Monaghan], each now and again. However yeah, we’re positively nonetheless very shut.”

It’s his expertise engaged on each these reveals that helped him put together to tackle his newest position, worldwide spy Harry on True Lies. The sequence — primarily based on the 1994 movie of the identical title starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis — additionally stars Ginger Gonzaga as his spouse, Helen.

“I wouldn’t be capable to play Harry if it wasn’t for my age, my expertise and what I’ve been by way of,” the New Woman alum defined to Us. “I used to be not mature sufficient to tug this off. I like the concept of enjoying new issues. … There’s a lot that I haven’t completed but in my profession that I can’t actually, I haven’t even considered trying again. I’m solely trying now, current after which sooner or later.”

True Lies airs on CBS Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET.

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With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton