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“I’m grateful he saw something in me and gave me my shot,” she said.
So what is her character up to now, over three decades later?
Berkley toldParadethat, not surprisingly, she is enjoying a successful career.
The episode, which aired in 1990, deals with the overachieving character getting addicted to caffeine pills.
and sobbing into Zack’s arms.
In an interview with “Today,” Berkley revealed that it’s her favorite episode.
“But I remember the director just saying, ‘We got it.
Now just go for it.’
And so we did.
And that’s the one they kept.”
“I didn’t understand why I was being blamed,” she toldPeople.
“The job as an actor is to fulfill the vision of the director,” she said.
“And I did everything I was supposed to do.”
“You work and live in a bubble.”
“All of us dated at one point or another it was incestuous!”
The tight-knit cast has definitely put their old feelings behind them, and now evensocialize together with their spouses.
So will there be a round two for the couple?
“How can there not be?!”
she exclaimed in anEWinterview.
Her close relationship with Mario Lopez is apparent in theInstagramphotos she posts of themembracing.
As for working together again after all this time, she toldParadeabout a surreal on-set moment.
She began tapping at the age of four (viaE!
“It’s my salvation …
Still part of my life force and my most sacred place,” she toldVogue.
“I got Jessie, sorry Slater!”
“It feels like we got cut short.”
What was Berkley’s response to the overwhelming reception to the throwback?
“I’m thrilled it was embraced by the fans the way it has been.
We did it for them” (viaVariety).
It also blossomed into a lecture series, where the actress-turned-self-help-guru spoke to middle school students around the country.
As fate would have it, she happened to marry into fashion royalty.
Her husband, Greg Lauren, is the nephew of famed designer Ralph Lauren (viaEsquire).
“Several of my shirts [on the show] were done by Greg.
I’m constantly in awe of his talent,” she told the magazine.
The reality show showcased young professional dancers from around the country who performed different routines for prize money.
The actress credits the 1996 comedy with giving her the confidence she lacked after Hollywood shunned her.
And a lot of that was due to the guidance she received from her costar,Goldie Hawn.
“Goldie especially took me under her wing and was really supportive, she told theBBC.
She concluded her gushing by saying, “I’m forever grateful to her now as a friend.”
