'90210': Donna Martin makes a triumphant return
It's almost official: Tori Spelling is this close to finalizing a deal to bring Donna Martin back to the 90210 ZIP Code.
After months of negotiations, sources say the actress will return for multiple episodes, which Spelling may be able to talk about should the deal come together before Monday's planned Peach Pit party in L.A. (The event is part of the CW's TV Critics Assn. winter press tour festivities, and both cast and crew are expected to attend.)
For now, however, we can only speculate ...
When we last left Donna, back in 2000, she had just gotten hitched to longtime love David Silver (Brian Austin Green), as in the older brother of the current cast's Silver (Jessica Stroup). That would be a strange brother-sister reunion: Green remembers on the original "90210" that his character, David, once lost kid sis at a park while he was off doing crystal meth.
Does Donna's return mean we might see Green back on the show as well? "Never say never," the actor has said. Green, who is currently a regular on Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," told MTV that timing is the only issue: "It would have to be while we’re on break that I’d get over there to do it. But I have no issue with doing it or no issue with [90210]."
Spelling has long been a selling point for the CW's "90210" reboot. During July's TCA session, the network handed out a release billing her return as Donna Martin, "now owner of an upscale boutique."
That boutique never opened, of course. Just weeks after TCA, it was reported that negotiations fell apart when Spelling learned she wouldn't be earning as much as fellow alumnae Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth.
But Doherty and Garth rallied behind Spelling when they heard she would not be joining them.
Spelling's Donna Martin will no doubt benefit from the arrival of executive producer Rebecca Kirshner, behind acclaimed teen shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gilmore Girls," who has already helped juice the "90210" drama.
— Denise Martin
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I'll only be happy if Donna and David are still together. Just because it's a new show, doesn't mean they can wreck the storylines of the original. They already did that with Kelly (and Brenda, too) and it's just not fair to the fans.
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Posted by: Sizzlemaker | January 07, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Donna? Only if she is on with Brenda and Kelly. The 3 would be great especially with Shanne and Tori meeting up again. It would be better than Shannen and Jennie because at least Jennie didn't write a book. Otherwise it doesn't make me want to watch.
Posted by: megan | January 07, 2009 at 03:51 PM
No biggie! Brenda and Kelly are a lot more interesting. I'd rather see the show take Brenda and Kelly's story to a deeper level of intricate plot lines. Besides, Tori Spelling is a really bad actress.
Posted by: DRE DAWG | January 07, 2009 at 03:52 PM
Best news of my life.
Posted by: jeff | January 07, 2009 at 05:13 PM
WooHoo! I can't wait to see Donna back on the show
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Posted by: Donna Martin | January 08, 2009 at 08:41 AM
Tori looks so skinny. I read here (http://www.projectweightloss.com/index.php) about her post-baby diet plan and the exercises she does and, wow, she’ll be back in skinny jeans in no time.
Posted by: Helen | January 09, 2009 at 08:33 AM