Lacey Chabert on Experiencing Firsts on ‘Party of Five’

When Lacey Chabert plays Claudia Salinger, she feels nothing but positive emotions when she looks back. Party of Five.

Chabert, 40, recently opened up about her Party of Five Years spent on Christine Taylor and David Lascher’s podcast Hey Dude… The 90s Called!.

The actress shared that she is grateful that she grew up with Claudia and that the character actually had many “firsts” before her.

“It was a slightly different way of growing up and not everyone can relate to that,” he said. “It was interesting because sometimes my character would experience things on the show that I haven’t experienced yet in life. You know, like my first kiss and that kind of embarrassing thing.

Chabert played Claudia between the ages of 11 and 17, which she said covers “almost every stage of youth.”

“As a mother now, especially now that I think about it again, I am so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful people,” she thought. “Everyone was so kind and understanding and helped me through those awkward teenage years. I have the best memories from the show. … I am really happy to have spent those years on set.”

Looking back, the actress said she really appreciated “how good the writing was”. Party of Fiveespecially when it comes to handling sensitive issues.

The hit Fox series revolved around the Salinger brothers Charlie (Matthew Fox), Bailey (Scott Wolf), Julia (Neve Campbell), Claudia and baby Owen (Jacob Smith), who were left to grow up on their own after losing their parents. in a car accident.

“The show was very dramatic,” Chabert said on the podcast. “The characters were also vulnerable, and they were all going through very real things. And the show covered a lot of really real, you know, mature issues.

Chabert also explained that he was “heartbroken” when the show was canceled in 2000 after six seasons.

Luckily, she shared that most of the cast are still in touch today.

“Many of us are still very, very, very close,” he said. “They’re a part of my life now. And it was nice growing up together and being parents… you know, going through different phases of life together.”

Chabert, who gave birth to her daughter Julia with her husband David Nehdar in 2016, also admitted that she forgot some of them. Party of Five stories after all these years. “Sometimes I’ll see an episode or something online and say ‘Oh, I forgot that scene!’ I will be like that,” he said.

However, he explained that there are other scenes he can “probably read” still in place today.

“I think I remember every audition scene for everything I auditioned for,” added the actress, who later starred in multiple Hallmark movies and played Gretchen Weiners in 2009. Bad Girls.

Because of his positive experience on the show, Chabert had previously expressed potential interest. Party of Five revival.

The series rebooted in 2020 as a new show of the same name, focusing on a family of Mexican-American siblings whose parents were deported. It was canceled by Freeform after just one season.

“I don’t know if it will happen, but I would love it,” he said. Have a nice day In January. “I am 100 percent [there]. Sign me up, I want to know what Claudia is doing.”

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