Fran Drescher teased a potential return to her role as Fran Fine in a movie revival of The Nanny.
As reported by ScreenRant, The Nanny’s 30th anniversary is almost here. With the date drawing closer, the original series star Fran Drescher recently teased fans with a potential movie revival during an interview with Parade magazine. The Nanny was created by Drescher and her former husband, Peter Marc Jacobson. The show aired on CBS in 1993 and lasted six seasons until 1999. The Nanny was heavily influenced by Drescher’s real-life experiences growing up in Queens, New York, and focused on Drescher’s character Fran Fine taking a job as a caregiver for the three children of wealthy Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield (played by Charles Shaughnessy).
While chatting with Parade, Drescher revealed her thoughts on the series in light of the show’s upcoming anniversary. She said, “I think The Nanny has a timeless element to it and a lot of visual eye candy. The beautiful sets, the beautiful costumes that are still in vogue today, the sexual tension between Mr. Sheffield, the boss, and Ms. Fine, the nanny. The fact that she deals with the kids not as a superior but as an equal is very appealing to kids I think there’s a story to the whole series that is timeless and really fun to watch.
Fran Drescher Said the Nanny “Appealed to Both Adults and Kids”
Drescher added, “The fact is that the amazing writing and laugh-out-loud comedy appeals to both adults and kids with double entendres, and the fact that the costumes were gorgeous couture clothes, so there is, for sure, a timeless quality. “
When asked what a potential movie version of the iconic series would look like, the star said, “I think that the movie would be a combination of a new story and the original cast, somehow one would dovetail into another. We’re actually meeting with the president of Sony in a couple of weeks because it is The Nanny’s 30th anniversary come November and we want to discuss what we could possibly do to create some excitement for the fans in celebration of this auspicious occasion.”
The star went on to reveal that she’s still in touch with some of her old cast members. She said, “Yes, I am [in touch with them]. Mostly I would say Renée Taylor who played my mother Sylvia. She’s about to turn 90, and Charles Shaughnessy and I do see each other from time to time. He’s absolutely lovely and I just adore him. The rest of the cast we get in touch and communicate with mostly through emails or in social media.”
With plenty of beloved series currently receiving revivals, remakes, and reboots, the possibility of a movie revival of The Nanny seems more likely than ever before. Still, whether or not The Nanny movie becomes a reality remains to be seen.
