Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino.Photo: Touchstone/Kobal/Shutterstock; Lisa Kudrow/Instagram
Mira Sorvinowants a sequel toRomy and Michele’s High School Reunionjust as badly as you do.
Sorvino has been teasing the potential for a follow-up toRomy and Michelefor years, and at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford this weekend, the Oscar winner gave an update on how soon fans can expect a sequel.
Romy and Michelescreenwriter Robin Schiff, who also wrote the 1988 playLadies Roomon which the movie is based on, is “working on the draft” for the sequel, Sorvino shared. “Lisa and I have met with her several times and we’re so excited about it,” she said.
“There are many stages to getting a movie on the screen, but the crazy part is the way that it happened,” continued Sorvino, referencing her onstage reunion with Kudrow at the2022 SAG Awards, where the pair adorably paid tribute to their iconic looks from the film with color-coordinated outfits in honor of theRomy and Michele’s 25th anniversary.
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.Touchstone/REX/Shutterstock
“That went viral and then all of a sudden the thing that we’ve been asking for years, which was let’s get a sequel going, all of a sudden it became a viable option,” Sorvino said. “And that was super exciting for us because we see here that this movie had a place in people’s hearts that has not gone away. In fact, it’s grown over the years. It has become embedded in people’s lives in different ways, different communities, but it means something to them. So the girls deserve a follow-up.”
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Kudrow, 60, has previously expressed that she’d be open to starring in a sequel about the charming but vapid best friends who, in the original film, scheme to dominate their high school reunion ten years after graduating.
“I think it could be fun,” theFriendsstar said onSiriusXM’sAndy Cohen Livein 2022 when asked about her thoughts on a follow-up.
Also down for second helping ofRomy and Michele:Sorvino and Kudrow’s costar in the film, Alan Cumming.
“Totally. I’d be absolutely game,” theTraitorshost, 59,told PEOPLE in 2023, adding what he envisions for Romy and Michele in a sequel: “I think they’d probably still be best friends.”
source: people.com
