Mira Sorvino is giving fans a long-awaited reunion with the Romy and Michele sequel, which kicked off production this month.
On Friday, the Oscar winner expressed her gratitude and shared “thoughts from our first day” of filming the Tim Federle-helmed sequel to Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997), for which writer Robin Schiff has returned to pen the script.
“OK, I just want to document the fact that we finished the first day of Romy and Michele 2, and ‘one day’ has become day one,” she said in a video on Instagram. “After 30 years, we have a sequel. This is the biggest dream project ever, and I couldn’t be more excited.”
Sorvino added in the caption, “I am so full of gratitude my heart could burst!!”
Earlier this month, Sorvino and co-star Lisa Kudrow reunited as the eponymous fashionistas, as 20th Century Studios announced that production had begun on the film, which will stream as a Hulu Original.
In the first film, former outcasts Romy (Sorvino) and Michele (Kudrow) travel from Los Angeles to Tucson for their 10-year high school reunion, where they pose as the inventors of Post-its to impress their fellow alums, only for the pair to realize their life is so much more fun when they’re being themselves.
Alan Cumming, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim and Julia Campbell are confirmed to reprise their roles, with Keegan-Michael Key, Rob Huebel, Breckin Meyer, Patrick Warburton and Nathan Lee Graham also joining the ensemble.
Directed and produced by Federle and written by Schiff, Laurence Mark is returning as producer. Barry Kemp returns as executive producer, alongside Sorvino, Kudrow and Schiff. Kimberly McCullough serves as co-producer.
With costume designer Mona May returning, the creative team also includes director of photography Marco Fargnoli, production designer Hillary Gurtler and editor Brian Olds. Sarah Shepard is overseeing the project for 20th Century Studios.
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Romy and Michele is one of my favorite comedies, and while I’m thankful this is happening, I’m p*ssed it’s not going theatrical. I would love the chance to see it in theaters. I can only hope that eventually test screening reactions are through the roof and they change their minds. *fingers crossed*
