Bethany Joy Lenz and James Lafferty are reacting to the recently announced One Tree Hill revival series! Fans fell in love with Bethany , 43 and James , 39, when they played supercouple Haley and Nathan in the fan-favorite series, which ran for nine seasons from 2003 to 2012. Last month it was announced that a sequel series is currently in the works at Netflix with Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton attached to reprise their roles and will serve as executive producers. In new interviews, Bethany and James reacted to the project and revealed if they would return for the new series.
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“I am absolutely open to being a part of a revisiting to Tree Hill. But as far as this particular one, I don’t know. It’s so early,” Bethany told Variety .
“I don’t know if it’s in pilot. I don’t know if it’s in series. I don’t know where it’s at.
” Although Bethany finds it “sweet” that fans want her back as Haley, she isn’t sure if the original group will work in the new series. “I don’t know. What I get out of people wanting to see Nathan and Haley is that the show meant so much to people,” Bethany explained.
“The characters meant so much to people. They feel so connected to their experience of us, it’s almost like we were friends they grew up with. They’re championing their friends and I just love that.
It’s worth its weight in gold.” As for James , he told Variety that’s currently putting all his focus into the show he .