“I said, ‘I’m never gonna do it again.’
Even at the tipsiest of me, you couldn’t even get me to do it.”
Wilmer Valderramanearly said “good day” to the idea of returning as Fez inThat ’90s Show.
Wilmer Valderrama and Mila Kunis in ‘That ’70s Show’.Michael Yarish/Fox
Will you be open to playing Fez again?'"
he said onThe Jennifer Hudson Show.
“I said, ‘I’m never gonna do it again.’
Even at the tipsiest of me, you couldn’t even get me to do it.”
However, his viewpoint shifted once he sat down at a table read for the series.
“We had to come up with a great storyline.
They asked me, ‘Where do you think Fez would be if he was in the ’90s?’
And I said, ‘He’d be the Paul Mitchell of Wisconsin,'” Valderrama said.
“And they loved the idea so, obviously, that’s where the fabulous hair comes from.”
In the spin-off, Fez is the successful owner of a chain of hair salons called Chez Fez.
Reprising the role brought back a wave of emotions for Valderrama.
I got a little choked up because I heard him again," he recalled.
“It was just a beautiful moment to relive that.
It’s so silly.”
Watch Valderrama discuss reprising the role in the clip above.
