Jason Priestley on How His Friendship with Shannen Doherty Evolved

Jason Priestley opened up about how his relationship with Beverly Hills, 90210 Costar Shannen Doherty has changed over the decades.

“It evolved because we both evolved,” Priestley, 54, said exclusively Us weekly while promoting his new limited series, Börje – The journey of a legend on Monday, April 29th. “When we met, we were children. I was 21, she was 19, we were kids and our relationship grew.”

He added: “And in that sense, just the fact that we’re not interested in the things that we were interested in back then [on the show]. We’ve made progress, both of us. We grew up together.”

Priestley and Doherty, 53, met on the set of 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210, plays twins Brandon and Brenda Walsh. The series followed the duo as they try to adjust to their new life in Los Angeles after moving from their small town in Minnesota. Jennie Garth, Luke Perry, Tori spelling And Brian Austin Green also played along.

In Season 4, viewers learn that Doherty’s character has moved to England to pursue acting. In reality, Doherty had been fired from the show after a series of events caused her to be at odds with most of her castmates. Priestley, meanwhile, remained on the show until midway through season nine, but remained a producer for the final season. He later returned as director and made a cameo for the series finale.

Now Priestley and Doherty can look back and laugh. During a January episode of Doherty’s Let’s Be Clear podcast, the duo lamented the strange chemistry between their characters despite being siblings.

“Brenda and Brandon were always so interesting because we had an interesting relationship,” Doherty said. “There was this sexual undertone from Brenda and Brandon that is still hysterical to this day.”

Doherty also addressed the circumstances that led to her exit from the series, explaining that she was in a “really terrible marriage” at the time, which “made things really difficult” for her [her] to always be on time for work.” (Doherty Mi Ashley Hamilton in October 1993 and filed for divorce in April 1994.)

“It wasn’t anyone’s responsibility, but I certainly wish I had kind of sat down and looked at it and said, ‘Listen, the end result is going to be this: you’re going to be fired because none of us are willing to put up with this anymore.’ ” she said to Priestley. “‘And I understand that you have a problem in your personal life, but that can’t affect work, you need to get your shit together too.'”

However, the past drama remains in the rearview mirror. When talking to UsPriestley even admitted that he now looks back fondly on his time on 90210 – much more than in previous decades – and that he, how UsHe also becomes “a little nostalgic for the 90s”.

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As for Brandon today, Priestley believes the character may have continued his career as a journalist in Washington DC The New York Chronicle. There is also a possibility that he has decided to run for office himself.

“I think at some point he probably got into politics somehow and then had a career in politics, whether he was a lobbyist or whether he was actually running for a seat somewhere,” he said UsHe noted, “He was president of the school. I mean, come on.”

Meanwhile, Brandon’s love life is still up for debate, but Priestley agrees: “Maybe he would have come back with it [his former fiancée] Kelly, yes.”