“Punky is such a part of my heart forever and always.
Cherie and I, our entire lives, there’s been so much love and joy.
It was really about playing make-believe and we always had so much love for it.
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It really feels like the world right now could use some Cherie and Punky Power.
This is all just a dream come true.”
Johnson found out about the revival just like everybody else, from social media.
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She received a call for Frye shortly after fans flooded her page asking if the news was true.
“I kept saying, ‘I don’t know?
I don’t think so?’
Will you come back?'
And I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?'”
The actress said she had to try out like everyone else.
“He was just looking for a name to go with Punky, and what better name than Cherie?
So I asked him, ‘When are we going to work?’
So he said, ‘Oh, no baby.
I go to work but you don’t.’
I convinced his wife at the time, they’re divorced now, to take me to the audition.
Sitting right there in the audience was [who would become] my best friend.
Yes, tears were shed.
Frye adds, “The days I remember on set was actually when we met at the auditions.
She and I were just inseparable and we were having so much fun.
Now, I remember the first day reuniting with her after not seeing each other…
I was just so excited.
“I looked at her and said, ‘Soleil, I’m standing in the treehouse with you.’
All ten episodes of the first season ofPunky Brewsterwill be released via Peacock on Feb. 25.
