Six years after its last episodes premiered on Netflix,Alison Briestill wants to get back in the ring forGLOW. The series was originally renewed for a fourth and final season, which had begun filming when it was halted by the Covid-19 pandemic, never to return. She spoke about the series with Collider’sSteve Weintraubat the Sundance Film Festival, where she and her husbandDave Francoare promoting their new horror movieTogether. When asked what project she’d want someone who’s never seen her work to watch, Brie was unequivocal in her answer:
“For me, it has to be GLOW. I love that show, and I just feel so proud of the work that everybody did on that show. For me personally,I feel like it’s the only job where I got to do every type of thing. Like comedy, check; drama, check; super physical work, check. We essentially got to play two different characters. I got to play Ruth Wilder, and I got to play Zoya in the ring. I just think that it turned out to be this great showcase for everybody to go, ‘Look, we have a lot of weird, special skills! Here they are.'”
Later on during the conversation, when asked which project she’d like to return to Brie confirmed she would love revisit the series, as its fourth season wascruelly cut short:
“We were meant to make a fourth season of the show. […] We shot the first one and a half episodes. I shot this huge wrestling sequence with real pro wrestlers. It was a tag team match. It was so fun. That will never see the light of day. I just would love to spend one more day with all my gals.”
What Is ‘GLOW’ About?
Loosely based on a real-life 1980s all-female wrestling promotion, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,GLOWcentered around aspiring actress Ruth Wilder (Brie), who gets cast in a startup wrestling federation by veteran writer Sam Sylvia (Marc Maron). She took on the persona of Soviet villainess Zoya the Destroya, while she was opposed in the ring (and sometimes out of it) by all-American babyface Liberty Belle, alias Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), her real-life ex-best friend. The series follows their rocky relationship, as well as the personal and public lives of their fellow wrestlers, and the struggles ofGLOW’s financier, Bash Howard (Chris Lowell). It also follows the show-within-a-show asGLOWbecomes a cult hit on local TV, then moves to Las Vegas as a live show.
Although aGLOWrevival may be unlikely, there’s no shortage of new Alison Brie projects in the pipeline.Together, which premieres at Sundance,stars Brie and Franco as a couple who find themselves growing together in a body-horror kind of way. Next year, she’ll star as the villainous Evil-Lyn inTravis Knight’sMasters of the Universemovie. She is also set to return as Annie Edison in the long-awaitedCommunitymovie.
All three seasons ofGLOWare available to watch on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more news out of Sundance.
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