Eric Stonestreet is opening up concerning the scrapped Fashionable Household spinoff.
The 53-year-old actor might have starred in a Cam and Mitch spinoff, alongside co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, however the community handed on the thought.
Throughout a latest podcast look, Eric mentioned it was hurtful when the present didn’t comply with by, however he additionally teased some probably thrilling information.
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“[Modern Family co-creator] Chris Lloyd and a few the writers wrote a very nice script that spun Jesse and I off in our life in Missouri, and so they mentioned, ‘No,’” Eric mentioned on the podcast In Depth With Graham Bensinger. “They simply mentioned, ‘We don’t need to do it.’”
“I feel Jesse and I perhaps felt like they considered us because the previous guys, or one thing like that, that didn’t appear worthy of conserving these characters going,” he added. “It felt just a little hurtful. However individuals make enterprise choices.”
Whereas it didn’t occur, Eric says the spinoff might have been a “slam dunk.”
“I don’t assume it will haven’t been profitable. Since you had one of many creators — who had actually taken such nice care of constructing certain that present was nice for therefore lengthy — prepared to do it,” he mentioned.
On the pod, Eric additionally teased a possible reunion for the Fashionable Household forged.
“I want we’d do a Christmas particular, and there’s been discuss of that,” he mentioned.
Earlier this yr, the grownup stars of Fashionable Household reunited on stage on the 2024 SAG Awards.
If you happen to missed it, Eric‘s younger co-star Nolan Gould just lately revealed how the present modified his life as a toddler star.
