Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith reprise their 'That '70s Show' roles of Kitty and Red Foreman in the Netflix series 'That '90s Show.' The two stars spoke to The Hollywood Reporter's Tiffany Taylor on set of the sequel series and opened up about season two, watching another cast of teenagers grow up and joining the Netflix comedy family. Season two of 'That '90s Show' hits Netflix June 27.
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00:00We were completely kindergarten children. We broke. We just could not stop laughing.
00:07And it was really, it was lovely.
00:11The That 70s Show spinoff That 90s Show returns this summer for season two.
00:16The Hollywood Reporter joined stars Deborah Jo Rupp and Kirtwood Smith,
00:19who play Kitty and Red Foreman, on set of the series for a special interview
00:23all about the upcoming season.
00:25We're here in Kitty and Red's iconic kitchen.
00:28What's one scene that you filmed in here that's especially memorable for you?
00:32The one we just had like a couple, three weeks ago.
00:36The entire cast and the guest cast in the kitchen in one scene.
00:41I was in heaven as Kitty. In heaven.
00:46He was not my favorite scene.
00:48But one of my favorite scenes I had the most fun was with you and me and Laura.
00:53That was a lot of fun.
00:54We were completely kindergarten children.
00:57We broke. We just could not stop laughing.
01:02And it was really, it was lovely.
01:06The show follows Donna and Derek's daughter, Leah Foreman,
01:08as she spends her summers in Point Place, Wisconsin,
01:10with her grandparents and makes new friends along the way.
01:13What's been the best part about returning to Point Place
01:16and getting to see another cast of kids grow up on camera?
01:19It's really special.
01:23These kids are younger overall than the cast was before.
01:29Just a little bit.
01:30Not that much, but yeah.
01:32We thought they were terrific last year and they're better this year.
01:36Last year they had plenty of talent.
01:39Now added to that is a sense of maturity because they know what they're doing more.
01:45You know, it wasn't all new to them.
01:47It's really fun to watch them navigate the business,
01:50like learn the business and kind of navigate it.
01:54We did it with 70's show with those kids and the business has changed.
01:59Things are different and then to watch them go through this in kind of a different way,
02:05you know, but there are parts of it that are always the same.
02:09You know, you still go from being a kid to a teenager to a, you know.
02:14It's just, for me it's a gift.
02:17It's a gift.
02:19Season one of the series saw many actors from the original show return to guest star
02:22like Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Wilmer Valderrama.
02:26As far as guest stars or original cast members,
02:29what can you tease about what we can expect in season two?
02:32The world of Point Place gets bigger.
02:35You will discover much more of Point Place,
02:38more than perhaps you ever wanted to know, but it gets bigger.
02:42You know, we have visitors from the past and new people as well.
02:48While that 70's show aired on Fox from 1998 to 2006,
02:52the sequel series streams on Netflix, bringing Rupp and Smith into the Netflix family.
02:57I saw you both were at the Netflix is a joke comedy brunch with so many amazing fellow comedians.
03:01Oh my god.
03:02What was that day like and who's somebody you got to meet for the first time that you,
03:06you know, had met before?
03:06Everyone.
03:07For me, everyone.
03:09And Kirtwood, Kirtwood knew maybe three more people than I do.
03:12I knew Noah.
03:13Very few.
03:14And then they took the photo.
03:16We got shoved down, shoved down.
03:18And all of a sudden I am front row center and I'm horrified.
03:24Horrified.
03:25Because I knew everyone was, everyone's going to look at it and go, who is that?
03:29Who is that?
03:30You know, there's Jon Stewart.
03:32There's Kevin Hart.
03:33There's who's that?
03:35I was just horrified.
03:37Horrified.
03:39I have the photo.
03:41It was fun seeing people that I haven't seen for a while.
03:45And Nick Kroll, Richard Kind.
03:50And I'm, you know, I met John Mulaney who I hadn't met and I'm a big fan of.
03:55And so it's good all around.
03:59Season two of That 90s Show hits Netflix on June 27th.
04:02For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.