Jack Wagner has been opening up about his relationship with ex-fiancée and former Melrose Place co-star Heather Locklear and whether or not he would return for a possible reboot of the hit Nineties cleaning soap opera.
Chatting with Us Weekly, Wagner stated he and Locklear nonetheless keep up a correspondence, “Simply [for] little issues. Birthday issues or stuff like that. We keep pleasant.”
Wagner and Locklear rose to fame enjoying love pursuits Peter Burns and Amanda Woodward, respectively, on Melrose Place. In 2006, Wagner divorced his Normal Hospital co-star Kristina Wagner and started relationship Locklear in 2007. The pair grew to become engaged in August 2011 however known as off their engagement on November 15, 2011.
On the time, Wagner advised TMZ that the marriage plans grew to become “all-consuming” and affected the time they needed to spend with their respective children. Wagner shared two sons with Kristina, whereas Locklear shared a daughter with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. Wagner’s son Harrison died in Los Angeles on June 6, 2022, of an unintentional drug overdose.
Wagner, who beforehand appeared on The Daring and the Lovely and at present stars on Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Coronary heart, advised Us Weekly that the success of each present he’s been on comes right down to the chemistry he shares with the lead actress.
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“I feel the success of [When Calls the Heart] has to do with Erin Krakow, our lead actress. I’ve at all times felt that manner about any present that I’ve been on,” he defined. “It was Heather from Melrose; it was Daring and the Lovely with Katherine Kelly Lang.”
“When it trickles down from individuals who root for and love your lead actress and your lead actor, they make investments,” Wagner added. “It’s an funding. They really feel like they know us, and we really feel like we all know them.”
Wagner additionally touched on the hypothesis a few Melrose Place reboot. Final April, Deadline reported a deal to deliver again the present with a few of its authentic forged, together with Locklear, was in place.
“[I haven’t] heard a lot about it,” Wagner admitted, although he revealed he’d be open to reprising his position if the reboot occurred. Nonetheless, he famous it might “take actual creativity” to make the present as profitable as the unique.
“Let’s say you are taking the core forged of Melrose Place, and now that we’re all 25 or 30 years older, what could be the precise core of the story?” he requested. “You must deliver on younger, new actors. It could possibly’t be all about us. I don’t know what the longevity or curiosity in that may be.
He continued, “It could be extra about just a few of us in all probability beginning the storylines out, letting them happen after which branching off into who their youngsters are actually or the place they’re. I don’t suppose it’s straightforward. I actually don’t suppose it’s straightforward to take such an enormous present like Melrose Place and attempt to recreate it. It’s robust.”