Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph is many credits removed from her once-nascent career — which began with breakout roles in Dolemite Is My Name and continued with Hulu‘s Only Murders in the Building — but there’s one early project she keeps revisiting alongside co-star Zoë Kravitz: High Fidelity.
When asked if she would ever want the series to return after its abrupt cancellation, Randolph told Rolling Stone: “Absolutely. We all feel the same way. Zoë and I talk about it all the time, like, ‘How can we figure this out?’ Give it back to the people, but really give it back to us, because we just really love it.”
She continued, noting the difficulty of revitalizing a project: “But it’s a really tricky one, because you’re trying to recapture lightning in a bottle. Sometimes you have to just let things be what it is organically and trust in the process to find the next thing.”
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The 2020 series offered a modernized, gender-swapped take on the John Cusack romantic comedy classic (starring Kravitz’s mother, actress Lisa Bonet, and itself based on Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel); it centers on Robyn “Rob” Brooks (Kravitz), a young music-obsessed record store owner in Brooklyn, as she reflects on the ups and downs of her previous failed relationships. Randolph starred as Cherise, an employee at Championship Vinyl and one of Rob’s closest friends.
Though critic and audience reviews were overwhelmingly positive, the series was canceled on Hulu after one season. To make matters worse, the finale ended on a cliffhanger of sorts, with Rob choosing to be Jake Lacy’s Clyde after being torn between him and Mac (Kingsley Ben-Adir). Toward the closing moments of the show, Clyde said he believes there’s only a dismal “9%” chance the relationship rekindling will work.
Kravitz has often discussed her disappointment with the conclusion of the series, telling Elle earlier this year, “That’s where I really learned about producing and editing and writing, and man, I’m sad. I keep on going back to Hulu and trying to get them to re-up it, but they won’t. They’re not interested.”