In accordance with Scandal star Guillermo Diaz, we might not have seen the final of Olivia Pope.
“Hear, I’d like to do a Scandal film. A few the opposite forged members have expressed the identical,” Diaz, 50, solely informed Us Weekly whereas attending Out Journal’s Out100 occasion honoring probably the most impactful and influential of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood on Friday, November 21, in Hollywood.
Regardless of the forged’s curiosity, Diaz identified it’s less than him or his former costars — Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Younger, Katie Lowes, Scott Foley, Darby Stanchfield and Joshua Malina.
“However that’s all as much as Shonda Rhimes, if she needs to do it or not, however I may see us doing like a cool Scandal film, completely,” he informed Us.
For six years, followers witnessed Kerry Washington’s Scandal character Olivia Pope remedy the unattainable. The ABC drama shortly modified the panorama of TV — even after it concluded in 2018 after 7 seasons. Created by TV mogul Shonda Rhimes, Scandal follows Olivia Pope as she launches a disaster administration agency. She left her place as […]
Diaz, who’s brazenly homosexual, additionally shared that the forged stays a tight-knit group seven years after the award-winning drama collection got here to an finish.
“The entire Scandal forged is on a bunch thread on WhatsApp, so we speak at the very least as soon as, each two weeks, generally as soon as every week,” Diaz mentioned. “My closest buddy from Scandal is Katie Lowes, who performed Quinn [Perkins] on the present. So I see her and speak to her on a regular basis. She’s so supportive.”
Diaz, who lately made his directorial debut with Pricey Luke, Love, Me, mentioned he usually runs into his former castmates round Tinseltown.
“I used to be on The Jimmy Kimmel Present with Kerry [Washington],” he defined. “They’re all so nice, Kerry and Tony [Goldwyn] and Darby [Stanchfield]. Everybody’s great and supportive and at all times there for one another.”
In accordance with Diaz, the Scandal stars reunite “on a regular basis.”
He revealed that in his Kimmel look, he and Washington had been discussing when the group can all get collectively subsequent.
“We at all times attempt to type of make a second for the Scandal household to get collectively outdoors of all these things,” Diaz informed Us, revealing they usually plan journeys away from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood.
When requested who’s probably the most outspoken of their Scandal group chat, Diaz didn’t hesitate.
President Fitzgerald Grant III and Olivia Pope are again and higher than ever, because of Tony Goldwyn and Kerry Washington. The previous Scandal stars reunited and recreated their iconic “Hello,” scene from the finale — full with President Fitz and Olivia’s track (“The Mild,” by The Album Leaf) taking part in within the background. “Hello 👋🏾 D.C […]
“Josh Malina and Adam Shapiro, who’s Katie’s husband,” he responded. “Yeah, these guys.”
Scandal resulted in 2018 after a seven-season run, and adopted Washington D.C.’s final fixer, political disaster supervisor, Olivia Pope (Washington), whose job was to scrub up probably the most salacious messes of probably the most outstanding politicians.
When the forged reunited in 2020 throughout a digital chat for Stars within the Home, Washington admitted that “it will be very onerous to say no to the chance to work with these folks once more,” per Leisure Tonight.
She additionally spoke fondly of their bond, calling their chemistry “lightning in a bottle.”
Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn have earned our vote for friendship objectives. After signing as much as be a part of Shonda Rhimes’ ABC collection Scandal, each actors shortly found that they had a particular sort of chemistry that doesn’t occur on each challenge. “I by no means did a chemistry learn with Tony,” Washington informed Folks in June 2024 […]
Since starring as Hunk, Pope’s employed “tech man,” Diaz has appeared in a number of different tasks however stays targeted on creating content material to assist the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, like his directorial movie Pricey Luke, Love, Me, streaming on Apple TV and Amazon.
The film is about two soulmates who battle to take care of their queer-platonic vital different relationship whereas attempting to navigate societal pressures.
On the Out100 occasion, Diaz shared his hope for Hollywood to embrace the queer neighborhood much more.
“I’d like to see in the course of the casting course of slightly bit extra inclusiveness and openness, and extra bravery in casting,” he mentioned. “Simply pushing the queer of us and queer actors as much as the entrance, as a result of there’s 1,000,000 great actors which might be within the LGBTQIA neighborhood.”
The night time honored Niecy Nash-Betts as she accepted the Icon Award by way of a video message resulting from scheduling points. Kathy Griffin was there in individual to just accept Advocate of the Yr, an award offered to her by Sia. Boots star Miles Heizer was additionally acknowledged as one of many Out100 honorees.
