Chad Michael Murray says “can’t see a world where" a ‘One Tree Hill’ reboot does not happen.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty
Jon Kopaloff/Getty
There may be a trip to Tree Hill inChad Michael Murray’s future!
TheOne Tree Hillactor, who played heartthrob Lucas Scott for six of the show’s nine seasons, believes a reboot of beloved teen drama — in fact, he “can’t see a world” in which the show doesn’t come back in some form.
“Something will happen. Whether we get everybody together and do a live reading of the show, or we create a new fictional future episode, I don’t know what it will be,” Murray, 42, toldE! News.
TheSullivan’s Crossingstar continued, “This show has changed and shaped so many young people’s lives. There’s a place for it for today’s cultural shifts and the things that need to be addressed.”
Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott on ‘One Tree Hill.'.The CW/Courtesy Everett
The CW/Courtesy Everett
Murray thinks it’s time to “do a new generation of the show” that takes the issues young people are facing today into account, “from social media to racial injustice to [the] LGBT community to everything that’s out there.”
“So people can feel like they belong and that they are loved,” he added. “That’s what we need.”
TheGilmore Girlsactor also told E! News that he has “evolved in too many ways to count” since hisOne Tree Hilldays.
“I had a really scarred heart, to be candid with you, growing up,” he told the outlet, adding that he “didn’t have the greatest childhood."
“So due to those events, I protected myself and I would never open up or allow people to truly know how I felt so that I wouldn’t get hurt,” he added.
“I’ve kind of [taken] that scar, and peeled it away so that I can truly love,” he told E! News. “Because there’s always got to be a day where you look at yourself in the mirror and you say, ‘Who do I want to be? What do I wanna be?’”
The cast of ‘One Tree Hill’ in 2003.Everett
Everett
Murray — who starred in iconic movies likeFreaky FridayandA Cinderella Story— also said that all he wants to be remembered for is being “a great father and a great husband.”
“That’s how I want to be known,” he said, adding, “nothing else genuinely matters to me."
And while he remembers his days in Tree Hill fondly, fatherhood has been the “best chapter” of his life.
“I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” he added.
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Murray also acknowledgedOne Tree Hillthis past Sept. 23 on the20th anniversaryof its pilot episode.
“If you’d have asked me back in 2003… Never in my wildest dreams would I’ve thought we’d still have this magical bond” he continued, adding fist-bumping hand emojis, as well as “Grateful” alongside a prayer emoji.
In November, shortly after the series rang in two decades, a group of Murray’s castmates — includingSophia Bush,Hilarie Burton Morgan,Danneel Ackles,Bevin Prince,Stephen Colletti, Austin Nichols, Matt Barr —gathered on the originalOne Tree Hillset for an in-person reunion.
source: people.com
