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While his name was absent from the first cast call upon the initial announcement, Luke Perry had believed to have signed on for the “90210” reboot in the days before his death.
The actor, who would’ve played an exaggerated version of himself in the Fox summer series, was reportedly excited about guest-starring on as many episodes of the show as he could possible handle, with his commitment to The CW’s “Riverdale” his first priority.
The news of Perry’s hospitalization from a massive stroke came shortly after Fox announced that the hit ’90s series was returning for a reboot starring the series’ original cast members Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling.
According to DailyMail.com, Perry was a lock to return for the rebooot and his story was being plotted.
“90210” is expected to air this summer.
“Yeah, I am [excited about it]”, Perry told The Daily Mail in a recent interview. “I think enough time has gone by. It was something Aaron [Spelling] had wanted us to do, while he was alive – about ten years after the show he wanted us to get back together and do something. So, to honor that and to get back together with all those guys, I would love it.”
Luke Perry passed Monday surrounded by his children Jack and Sophie, fiancé Wendy Madison Bauer, ex-wife Minnie Sharp, mother Ann Bennett, step-father Steve Bennett, brother Tom Perry, sister Amy Coder, and other close family and friends.
