FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS star Adrianne Palicki loves Texas because it has a “heart,” unlike Hollywood.
“Not a lot of my friends are actually even in the industry, but it does give us creative freedom and now there’s a huge industry starting to pick up there,” she said, referring to Austin, Texas. “We’re able to make the movies we wanna make.”
LA is an expensive place, but in Austin, friends can scrape funds together and make whatever they want to, Palicki said.
She fell in love with Texas after she shot the pilot for FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and moved there quickly after.
“I think getting outside of the element that can be sometimes negative in LA, where we’re all vying for the same thing.” Whereas Texas offers “a very positive environment and community,” she told Fox News Digital.
She likes waking up late in Texas, cuddling her dog and taking walks.
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Plus, “the food is unbelievable” and “I get a sense of community,” Palicki gushed.
ATX TV and Plex are hosting fan screenings of the show for its 20th anniversary in several locations in the US. At the screenings, cast and crew share behind-the-scenes stories and meet fans.
“We were such a family for so long,” Palicki told TV Insider. Although we’ve seen each other throughout the years, to get everyone back together again… It hasn’t been since the 10-year reunion, so that was a special moment in time at the ATX TV Festival. Now I get to travel around to show people the show thanks to Plex and ATX TV.”
She believes the show helped her learn to be a better actress.
“Being able to improv, trusting the writers, trusting our fellow actors, all cameras on you at one time. It’s something that’s very special, and it changed television forever,” Palicki continued. “And people try to copy it, but I think it’s just a very special show.”
A reboot of the show is in development at Peacock, but it’s still in the very early stages. Last month, showrunner and executive producer Jason Katims said there’s no update on the series.
He added, “I think if you’re going to do FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, you would want it to be in Texas. But NIL is affecting — even if it’s not in high school in Texas right now, it’s affecting high school.”
The logline says it is set “in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane, when a ragtag high school football team and their damaged interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship. Through their unexpected rise, the football team becomes a beacon of light for their town.”
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