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Exclusive: New 90210 Has Serious Daddy Issues
90210 cast by Frank Ockenfels/The CW
When the CW introduced the cast of its understandably overhyped 90210 update yesterday at its upfront, something — or, rather, someone — was conspicuously absent. No, not Joe E. Tata — the show's freakin' patriarch!
Yep, ignored amid all the hoopla at the quasi coming-out party was the fact that the core family, the Mills', is still without a father figure. Why? According to insiders, filling the role of Harry, pop to Brandon Dixon and Brenda Annie, and husband to Lori Loughlin's Cindy Debbie has been harder to do than get into Donna Martin's pants. But it didn't become a real issue, per se, until this week, when the prospect of unveiling the cast (and the first publicity photo, see above) minus Dad became a real possibility.
"The producers don't like anyone they read," a source close to the project whispers. "They tested someone on Tuesday morning, hoping to pull the trigger in time for the upfront, but the actor couldn't get approved."
It's not like Harry's introduction can be delayed, either. He's the catalyst for the Mills clan's relocation to Beverly Hills. A graduate of BH High, he made a name for himself by turning around a notorious East St. Louis school, the character breakdown reveals. Then, upon being offered the principal's job at his alma mater, he decides to return to his old stomping ground.
With the production's start date growing ever nearer, the problem isn't likely to shrink. So execs have begun considering desperate measures, even thinking of bypassing the audition process and just offering the role to a "name." Actually, one name in particular: Rob Estes. Whether or not the ex-Melrose Placer is interested remains a big question mark, and one that gets bigger by the second.
So who would YOU like to see play Jim Walsh Harry Mills? Post your suggestions below. At this point, 90210 2.0 can use all the help it can get.
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May 14, 2008 11:51 AM
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Is Harry Hamlin available?
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May 14, 2008 12:00 PM
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Go mining in the past of Melrose Place...Andrew Shue, Grant Show (no way swingtown is lasting), Thomas Calabro or David Charvet...or even Richard Burgi
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May 14, 2008 12:10 PM
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I'd actually like to see them diversify the cast a little bit. One of the Mills is already African-American, so why not D.B. Woodside as the dad? He even has experience playing a principal. (Of course, I can't remember whose mother Jessica Walter is supposed to be. If it's the dad then obviously that wouldn't work. Unless adoption runs in the family.)
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May 14, 2008 12:13 PM
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But Rob Estes is on Women's Murder Club....is that show getting cancelled? I hope not because i am kinda starting to like it and I think they have to develop his character with his ex, Angie Harmon, a little more...I feel bad for him because he has been in alot of shows and hasn't really had a "break out" stardom...but Silk Stalkings will always be my favorite guilty pleasure! wish I could find it on re-runs..it was really good and funny
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May 14, 2008 12:21 PM
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ABC announced their schedule yesterday, Zoot. WMC was cancelled.
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May 14, 2008 12:44 PM
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Scott Wolf or Malcolm Jamal Warner
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May 14, 2008 12:57 PM
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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May 14, 2008 1:04 PM
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There are a couple I would like to see. John Stamos, Patrick Muldoon, Grant Show, Dan Cortese . Also would love to see Luke Perry back as Dylan
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May 14, 2008 1:11 PM
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Sean Patrick Flanery!
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May 14, 2008 1:23 PM
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Ohhh, John Stamos would be interesting!!! Too bad that'd never happen. How about Nathan Fillion?
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May 14, 2008 1:27 PM
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Harry Hamlin would be pretty awesome. Before Veronica Mars, hell no. Now it seems lie it could be fun. It may be a stretch though: Harry Hamlin does not exactly go w/ educated principal.
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May 14, 2008 1:29 PM
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My choices based on the description "A graduate of BH High" -
1. Paul Johansson (John Sears)
2. Michael Cudlitz (Tony Miller - Brenda's prom date!)
3. Randy Spelling (Ryan Sanders) 
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May 14, 2008 1:51 PM
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Michael, I love you to death (I read your column ALL the time), but you need to get something straight: The high school from O.G. 90210 was WEST Beverly High. Not Beverly Hills High.
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May 14, 2008 1:54 PM
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What is Tate Donovan up to these days? He ceritanly looks like he could be Jessica Walters' son and that girl's father.
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May 14, 2008 2:02 PM
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