ForTori SpellingandJennie Garth, shootingBH90210, their hit spin on a reboot ofBeverly Hills, 90210, has been bittersweet since the day the show was announced.“It was a day of the greatest high and the greatest low,” Spelling tells PEOPLE of that fateful day in March, when the new series was announced just hours before news broke that her costar and friend Luke Perry had suffered a stroke. (Hediedless than a week later.)For more from Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands FridayJeff Kravitz/FilmMagicSince the tragic loss, the cast has become closer than ever.“It brought us together on such a deep level,” says Garth, 47. “Many times during the filming I thought, ‘He would be so happy right now to see us.’ ”Perry was not contracted to appear on the reboot, due to his commitments onRiverdale, but executive producers Garth and Spelling, 46, say he was happy to get behind the project.“Luke was on speakerphone for the first meeting,” says Spelling. “He was so supportive, and really proud that we were putting it together.”The cast ofBH90210.Brian Bowen Smith/FoxPerry even gave words of encouragement when it came to getting the creative concept off the ground.“He was like, ‘Don’t lose your vision,’ ‘stick to your guns,’ ” says Spelling. “Basically he told us to do what we set out to do and not change our minds.”mikel roberts/Sygma/GettyNow, Spelling and Garth, along with fellow cast members Jason Priestley, Gabrielle Carteris, Shannen Doherty, Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green, are grateful to be back together — and to continue to share memories of their beloved friend.“Life came full circle, and we’re stuck with each other at this point,” says Garth. “Not to say we don’t have our ups and downs, but we love each other, and we’re like family. And there’s a reason that, 30 years later, we’re all back together again.”BH90210airs Wednesdays (8 p.m. ET) on Fox.
ForTori SpellingandJennie Garth, shootingBH90210, their hit spin on a reboot ofBeverly Hills, 90210, has been bittersweet since the day the show was announced.
“It was a day of the greatest high and the greatest low,” Spelling tells PEOPLE of that fateful day in March, when the new series was announced just hours before news broke that her costar and friend Luke Perry had suffered a stroke. (Hediedless than a week later.)
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Since the tragic loss, the cast has become closer than ever.
“It brought us together on such a deep level,” says Garth, 47. “Many times during the filming I thought, ‘He would be so happy right now to see us.’ ”
Perry was not contracted to appear on the reboot, due to his commitments onRiverdale, but executive producers Garth and Spelling, 46, say he was happy to get behind the project.
“Luke was on speakerphone for the first meeting,” says Spelling. “He was so supportive, and really proud that we were putting it together.”
The cast ofBH90210.Brian Bowen Smith/Fox
Perry even gave words of encouragement when it came to getting the creative concept off the ground.
“He was like, ‘Don’t lose your vision,’ ‘stick to your guns,’ ” says Spelling. “Basically he told us to do what we set out to do and not change our minds.”
mikel roberts/Sygma/Getty
Now, Spelling and Garth, along with fellow cast members Jason Priestley, Gabrielle Carteris, Shannen Doherty, Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green, are grateful to be back together — and to continue to share memories of their beloved friend.
“Life came full circle, and we’re stuck with each other at this point,” says Garth. “Not to say we don’t have our ups and downs, but we love each other, and we’re like family. And there’s a reason that, 30 years later, we’re all back together again.”
BH90210airs Wednesdays (8 p.m. ET) on Fox.
source: people.com
