The recent Ally McBeal cast reunion at the Emmys sparked discussion about a possible relaunch, and main actor Calista Flockhart said she "would be game."
Flockhart discussed the speculations with Entertainment Tonight at the New York City premiere of FX's Feud: Capote vs. The Swans on Tuesday, January 23, adding, "I think there are a few people talking about a reboot, but I don't know much about it."
Ally McBeal ran on Fox from September 8, 1997 to May 20, 2002, and was Flockhart's breakthrough series. David E. Kelley created the program, which focused on Flockhart's McBeal, a lawyer in a Boston law office, and chronicled her and her coworkers' lives and loves.
Flockhart expressed her willingness to reprise her legendary role, saying, "I would be game." Sure, I'm always interested."
The pilot for Ally McBeal stars Gil Bellows and Calista Flockhart. Image courtesy of Everett Collection.
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"I loved working with Peter, Gil, and Greg, and I still do," the Golden Globe-winning actress stated. "The entire Ally McBeal ensemble was so amazing and enchanting, and the program, created by the brilliant 11-time Emmy winner David E. Kelley, was trailblazing and revolutionary, introducing us to a dancing infant and unisex restrooms. "Ally McBeal defied convention through humor and humanity."
Flockhart is now concentrating on Feud, her first regular on-screen appearance since 2016. She portrays Lee Radziwill, a socialite and public relations expert who is Jackie Onassis' younger sister and President John F. Kennedy's sister-in-law.
She appears in the series with Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Demi Moore, and Molly Ringwald. Tom Hollander also appears as Truman Capote.
"It was the right time for me," Flockhart said of her comeback to acting with Feud. "And there's fantastic writing from [Jon Robin Baitz] and Ryan Murphy. I liked Feud number one, fascinated, and all of these fantastic performers, including Tom Hollander. It doesn't get much better than this. So I answered, 'Yes, yes, yes.'Would Calista Flockhart ever join an ‘Ally McBeal’ reboot? She says… https://t.co/stHetm6WDq pic.twitter.com/yzXc3937cD
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Born November 11, 1964 in Freeport, Illinois, USA.
Birth name: Calista Kay Flockhart.
Height: 5’5½″ (1.66 m).
Mini Bio:
Calista Kay Flockhart was born November 11, 1964, in Freeport, Illinois. Her mother, Kay (Honohan), was a schoolteacher, while her father, Ronald Flockhart, worked for Kraft Foods Inc. She has Irish, Scottish, German, and English ancestors. Calista is named after her great-grandmother.
Flockhart went to Rutgers University in New Jersey to study acting. After graduation, she worked in regional theater in Cleveland, Louisville, Chicago, and Houston for $400 each eight-week period.
Her first Broadway role was as "Laura" in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" in 1994, for which she received the Theater World and Clarence Darwent Awards. She also portrayed "Natasha" in an all-star performance of Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters".
Prior to Ally McBeal (1997), she was not a fan of television, but she did appear in an episode of the HBO series Lifestories: Families in Crisis in 1992. She appeared in a number of films, including the adaptation of The Birdcage (1996).
Calista portrayed the fiancée of Robin Williams' son. In the 1997 film Telling Lies in America, she played the target of Brad Renfro's attention.
Trademarks:
Her slender figure.
Trivia
Harrison Ford adopted her son, Liam Flockhart.
I met my husband Harrison Ford during the 2002 Golden Globe Awards.
Harrison Ford proposed to me on Valentine's Day 2009.
13 December 2000 – Calista fell on the set of her television sitcom Ally McBeal (1997). It was revealed that she died of dehydration and weariness, not because of her thinness, as many have linked to bulimia.
Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, officiated over Flockhart and Harrison Ford's wedding in Santa Fe. Richardson, his wife Barbara, and the newlyweds' adoptive son Liam Flockhart all attended the simple wedding.
She adopted a newborn boy called Liam Flockhart.
She voices some of the Androids in a 1994 audiobook edition of Philip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," which was transformed into the film Blade Runner and starring her future husband Ford.
In 1988, I graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with a BFA in theater.
She is the national spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women, and she received a Humanitarian Award from them on October 21, 2005.
She first met her Ally McBeal (1997) co-star, Gil Bellows, while they were both theatrical actresses in New York. She sat across from him during play readings.
One of nine Rutgers graduates honored into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished graduates on May 3, 2003. Calista graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1988. She met her future Ally McBeal (1997) co-star, Jane Krakowski, while attending Mason Gross.
She returns to television to feature in the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters (2006), alongside Sally Field and Rachel Griffiths.
I graduated from Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey. She was a cheerleader and served on the student council throughout her time there.
She is the daughter of Kay Calista (Honohan), a high school English teacher, and Ronald Lee Flockhart, a Kraft Foods executive. She has one elder brother named Gary.
Stepmother to Ben Ford.
She received a Q Award for Best Actress in a Quality Series for Ally McBeal (1997) at the Viewers for Quality Television Awards on October 3, 1998, at the Burbank Airport Hilton and Convention Center in Burbank, California, USA. Her show, Ally McBeal (1997), also won Best Quality Comedy Series.
Had a dog named Webster. He was her best buddy up until his death.
She has Irish, Scottish, German, and English ancestors.
She was honored into the South Jersey Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame on April 27, 2006.
Calista is named after her maternal great-grandmother, Calista Mary Sproule.
On January 9, 2000, she received the People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Television Performer at the 26th Annual People's Choice Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.
Known for her work in Ally McBeal (1997), she attended the Peace Over Violence (previously the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women) Humanitarian Awards luncheon on October 28, 2006, alongside Harrison Ford.
One of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
On January 20, 2007, I attended the 18th Annual Producers Guild Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California, USA, alongside actor Harrison Ford.
Sister-in-law of Terence Ford.
Born on the same day as Philip McKeon (of "Alice" fame).
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Salaries:
(2006) - $250,000 per episode (2009-2010).(1995) - $3,600
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