How Kelsey Grammer and the Cast of Frasier Reboot Paid Homage to John Mahoney (E
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00:00 Let's get to Kelsey Grammer's TV return,
00:02 because he's wrapping up season one
00:03 of "Frasier Crane's" new chapter on Paramount+,
00:06 and he stopped by to talk all about it
00:08 to our resident Frasier.
00:10 ♪ But I don't know what to do ♪
00:12 ♪ With those tossed salads and scrambled eggs ♪
00:15 The original ended almost 20 years ago.
00:17 Why was now the time?
00:19 Roseanne Barr's show was returned to television,
00:21 and I was like, "Oh, well, that makes it
00:24 kind of interesting," and there was an appetite
00:26 for that kind of show again.
00:27 I wanted to involve the whole legacy cast,
00:29 but once the ship had sailed on that,
00:31 we dived right into this idea of going back to Boston
00:35 and centering the relationship
00:37 around his relationship with his son.
00:39 I don't need to be tended to like a child.
00:41 Ah! Ha!
00:43 You mentioned that legacy cast,
00:45 and we think of John Mahoney right off the bat.
00:47 We did a couple of sort of hidden little gifts
00:49 around the set for people.
00:51 The baby's name is John.
00:53 The bar's name is Mahoney.
00:54 It was established in 1940 when John was born.
00:57 Frazier fans were surprised with Perry Gilpin's
00:59 big return as Roz, and while the show
01:01 hasn't been renewed for a season two yet,
01:04 we couldn't help but wonder...
01:06 Is there a chance that anyone else could come back?
01:08 Well, I suppose there's probably a chance.
01:10 We do have Daphne Niles' son on the show,
01:12 so it would make sense that they might come back.
01:14 I'd love to see a couple people from Cheers come back.
01:16 Whatever happened to the good old days?
01:18 Q, we talk about some of your other roles out there
01:20 that you recently revisited Beast in the MCU.
01:22 Yes, Beast is a passion for me.
01:25 I've always wanted to be a blue person,
01:27 and now I am in film.
01:29 Okay, good.
01:30 And excessively hairy,
01:31 although I am actually excessively hairy.
01:33 (laughs)
01:34 And I just try to do a lot of trimming.
01:35 Will we see Beast again?
01:36 I hope to.
01:37 I certainly hope to.
01:38 There's been some discussion.
01:40 I've always wanted to play him again.
01:41 20 years ago when that premiered,
01:44 I just, this is it, I've made it.
01:46 I'm finally in a franchise movie.
01:48 And they said that they were gonna go back in time
01:50 and Beast was gonna be younger.
01:51 It's a great feather in my cap now
01:53 to have him come back and have people
01:54 still be interested in seeing
01:56 who is arguably the greatest Beast ever.
01:58 (laughs)
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