After 20 years away from Point Place, Wisconsin, Laura Prepon is again. And this time, she’s within the driver’s seat.
The That ’70s Show alum just lately opened up about returning for season three of the Netflix spin-off collection That ’90s Show, not solely within the position of Donna Pinciotti, however as director of all eight episodes.
“The experience was amazing,” Prepon informed The Wrap. “I’ve been directing for some time — after I was on Orange [Is the New Black], I directed … a number of episodes on that, I directed on this present final yr as nicely. It was very nice with the ability to direct a complete slew of episodes on the similar time, since you actually get to take a seat deep within the saddle and go.
She continued, “And with the ability to return onto a set that I do know so nicely. And not solely the set, however the showrunner I’ve recognized for 20 years, as a result of he was a author on ’70s and Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner — all these individuals I’ve recognized for a really very long time — they usually’ve trusted me to take the helm of those eight episodes for Part 3 was actually great, and I had a blast.
Prepon defined that though she loves performing, “directing is what I want to do,” including: (*3*)
Reyn Doi, Laura Prepon, Callie Haverda, Ashley Aufderheide, Max Donovan, Mace Coronel and Sam Morelos on That ’90s Show. (Patrick Wymore/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection)
The OITNB alum shares two children with actor Ben Foster, whom she married in 2018.
She starred on Fox’s That ’70s Show as Donna for the whole lot of the sitcom’s eight-season run from 1998 to 2006.
Prepon reprises the position within the reboot, which follows her and husband Eric Forman’s (Topher Grace) daughter Leia (Callie Haverda) as she befriends a brand new technology of Point Place teenagers whereas spending the summer time in her grandparents’ basement.
Although Grace reprised his position in Season 1, together with fellow ’70s alums Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Wilmer Valderrama, Prepon was the one one to return for an look this season. Meanwhile, Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp proceed to play Red and Kitty Forman, along with Don Stark again as Bob Pinciotti.
