Paramount Announces Casting For The Revival Of 'Frasier'
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It has been nearly 2 years since Paramount+ announced that they were developing a sequel series to the beloved NBC sitcom Frasier that would carry the same name. Granted it's only been three months since it was officially greenlighted, but we're finally getting an idea of the new circumstances Dr. Crane will be in when audiences see him again since the original series’s 2004 finale. Two characters have been cast, one new, and one returning character, but probably not who you were expecting.
The first cast member announced to join Kelsey Grammer in this series is Nicholas Lyndhurst, a British actor known for series over there such as Only Fools and Horses and Goodnight Sweetheart. He will play Alan Cornwall, a university professor and old college friend of Frasier. Thus, he's got an intellect but seems disinterested in using it. He's called "boozy and larger than life", and mischievous in a manner that could very well break Frasier out of his rut, while Frasier advises Alan in a way that helps him get direction in his life he never quite had before.
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It has also been announced that Frasier's son Frederick has also been cast. Born during season 8 of Cheers, this will be the most regularly involved Freddy has been in the character's lifetime. However, he will not be played by eventual The Magicians star Trevor Einhorn, who played him for most of his appearances in the previous Frasier series. Deception star Jack Cutmore-Scott has instead been cast in the role. Now being 30+, Freddy is a fully grown independent adult. In the last 20 years, he dropped out of college to become a firefighter, with no regrets until recent troubles arose. With no one to turn to, Freddy will welcome his father back into his life, mending a rift with Frasier as he did with his father Martin over the course of the previous series. That he's become a nuanced combination of both of them could be an interesting dynamic.
As for what’s going on with the original cast, John Mahoney, who played Martin Crane, died in 2018. David Hyde Pierce has stated he will not be reprising his role as Niles, while Jane Leeves won't leave Fox's The Resident to do Daphne again for this revival. Peri Gilpin, who played Roz, has discussed it when asked but hasn't made any indication. These absences do basically force the new relationships to forge as the premise describes (on top of those he made in the past nearly 20 years), along with “new challenges to face and old dreams to fulfill”. It hasn’t quite been confirmed when the revival will premiere, but 2023 has only just begun.
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