In Netflix series Girls5Eva the band gets back together — literally. The titular all-female pop group hit the skids back in the early aughts, but when a hip hop star samples their old hit song 20 years later, the women grab their second chance, leading to some questionable outfit choices and calamitous video shoots. As self-proclaimed band leader, Wickie Roy, Hamilton Tony-winner Renée Elise Goldsberry deadpans her way through deliberately terrible songs written by co-star Sara Bareilles , alongside Paula Pell and Busy Phillips .
With the show in its third season, Goldsberry says it reminds us it’s never too late to chase our dreams. Related Stories News Late Night With ‘Hacks’: We Join Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder & Company On The Vegas Set As Season 3 Reaches Its Finale News Comedy Trailblazer Carol Burnett On ‘Palm Royale’, Memories Of Robert Altman, Her Best Advice & The Part She’s Always Wanted DEADLINE: Tell me how you came to connect with Girls5Eva creator Meredith Scardino and executive producer Tina Fey. And what was your first impression of the script? RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY : It was the middle of Covid.
I was in this very room looking much younger and I had received an email that said a word I could not pronounce: Girls5eva . I had no idea what that was. But I read it, because I had nothing else to do.
In the very beginning they had the lyrics to the one hit of this pop group and I just burst out laughing. And I was in. And it only got funnier.
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