Eleven years ago, Eric McCormack turned down the role of Will, Sean Hayes told show creator Max Mutchnick to “stop looking at his ass” on the way out of a reading and they knew he was perfect as Jack, Megan Mullally originally auditioned for Grace but made a much better Karen, and Debra Messing charmed everyone with her laugh.
In the featurette “Will & Grace: Journey to Now,” NBC takes a look back at the development of the series as the network prepares for a 10-episode revival that premieres September 28.
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Cast and creators weigh in on how they got their parts, and what to expect for the new season. As Will says to Grace in a clip:
“It will be different this time … because all the other times we’ve done this we thought it would be different, but this time we know, it’s going to be exactly the same.”
The revival follows a successful reunion for a 10-minute scene that ran prior to the 2016 presidential election, where Will and Grace try to convince Karen and Jack not to vote for Donald Trump.
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