Actress Minka Kelly lately commented on whether or not she’s going to return to reprise her function of Lyla Garrity within the Friday Evening Lights reboot. Kelly starred within the unique drama, which aired on NBC from 2006 to 2011 for 5 seasons. Together with Kelly, Friday Evening Lights’ proficient forged included Kyle Chandler, Aimee Teegarden, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford, Taylor Kitsch, Brad Leland, and plenty of extra.
‘Possibly an excessive amount of generally is an excessive amount of,’ says Minka Kelly on her Friday Evening Lights return
Minka Kelly spoke to Deadline in regards to the thought of her making a comeback for the Friday Evening Lights reboot lately. Whereas the actress was selling her upcoming Netflix present, Ransom Canyon, she appeared to substantiate that she is unwilling to return to play Lyla Garrity.
Kelly spoke about leaving followers wanting extra and stated, “I feel leaving that the place it was might be the correct factor to do.” She additional asserted that she was uncertain whether or not her character may be wanted for the reboot and added, “Possibly an excessive amount of generally is an excessive amount of. I don’t know that they want extra Lyla.”
Kelly additionally drew comparisons between the character Quinn O’Grady, who she is taking part in in Ransom Canyon, and her Friday Evening Lights function. She conveyed, “I feel Quinn is perhaps Lyla 20 years later, slightly bit extra grown up. So I’m simply gonna give attention to Quinn for now.”
The reboot of Friday Evening Lights was introduced in November 2024. At the moment, Selection reported that growth on the reboot was in progress, with showrunner Jason Katims helming the challenge. It was additionally reported that the story will revolve round new characters. So the probabilities of outdated characters returning are comparatively slim.
In September 2024, Connie Britton talked to Selection and acknowledged that she discovered the concept of constructing a reboot of Friday Evening Lights “weird.”