Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' reunite for ABC Family show 'Mystery Girls'
Tori Spelling can crack聽Jennie聽Garth聽up.
When thinking of an upcoming scene from their new ABC Family sitcom, "Mystery Girls,"聽Garth聽giggles at the memory of Spelling going for it, making a funny face and using a strange voice.
That's just one reason the two like to work together.
"I feel safe doing some, like, goofy, crazy face and voice because it's my friend. I know she's gonna be there to support my efforts," explained Spelling in a recent interview.
"She knows I love it," added聽Garth, who readily admits she's the first to break character in a scene.
Unless you skipped the 1990s, you know they were co-stars on one of the most popular TV shows of that era, "Beverly Hills, 90210," about teens living in the exclusive Southern California zip code.
It went off the air after 10 seasons in 2000 but Spelling and聽Garth聽have remained friends. They even briefly reprised their roles for the CW's "90210" reboot. Spelling guest-starred on a couple of episodes.聽Garth聽appeared on the first two seasons.
They never expected to work together full-time again, but Spelling came up for the premise and it all fell into place.
On "Mystery Girls,"聽Garth聽and Spelling play former co-stars of a hit '90s detective TV show of the same name. They've gone their separate ways until a crime occurs and the witness will only talk to them. From this, they end up opening a detective agency.
Both actresses also serve as executive producers. They have their hand in the show's look, wardrobe and "every little thing," said Spelling.
"Our personalities are [to be] micro-managers. We can't delegate that much, but we're learning," she said.
The two say they rarely disagree on decisions but聽Garth聽will defer to Spelling sometimes "because it was her idea."
They chose to do a sitcom because "it's more fun than doing a drama," said聽Garth. "The schedule, the hours. We both have a lot of kids so it's like banker's hours compared to doing an episodic show like an hour-long drama or something."
For Spelling, having a sitcom was a career goal.
"I did the best I could on '90210.' Like I tried to make Donna funny. I was in a drama. Everyone else was great at drama but I was like, 'I think I'm better at comedy, so how can I interject comedy here and there?' and so Donna was kind of goofy and I did things here and there but I was always, this is harder for me. I wish I could do comedy."
