Slip on your poncho and clean those braces because after six years,Ugly Bettyis back!
7:39 p.m.: TheUgly Bettycast files down the wings to applause from the audience.
Vanessa Williams is recording the crowd with her phone.
Credit: ABC/ANDREW ECCLES
The cast actually responded within 24 hours that they all wanted to attend.
I was met with just crickets.
7:57 p.m.: Ferrera was approached for the show after running into executive producer Salma Hayek.
And then she pitched me the show.
So we said, hell be a guest star!
I have been telling that story wrong for 10 years!
I grew up with a single mom and a sister, whose name is also Hilda.
8:08 p.m.: Ana Ortiz and America Ferrera keep whispering to each other and giggling between answering questions.
It was very fulfilling that way for that reason… 8:12 p.m.: Ana Ortiz and America Ferrera take pride in themselves in raising Indelicato.
Did we do a good job?
Ortiz said, sharing a story about how he first discovered Justin was gay.
Ana, I just feel like your younger sister!
And Mark, youre like my gay nephew!
And he just stops in his tracks and said, Justins gay!?'
I didnt want to push you to a place that you werent ready to go.
It always felt like you handled everything in an incredibly adult way.
8:18 p.m.: Michael Urie praised the relationship between Justin and Marc.
They would have interactions peppered throughout the entire series.
It started early and continued often, putting those two characters together.
8:19 p.m.: Rebecca Romijn said she was immediately interested in portraying a transgender character on the show.
I didnt hesitate for a second, she said.
I thought it sounded amazing.
Yeah, it hadnt been done before.
It was a no-brainer.
8:22 p.m.: The cast shared their favorite outfits: Tony Plana joked his was a thrift shop sweater.
Ignacio got the short shrift on that, admitted Horta.
I tried on like 200 pairs of glasses on the table, she said.
8:25 p.m.: Eric Mabius closet is full of his oldUgly Bettywardrobe.
and I was like, We dont say that!
But you guys bought it, so I was like, Im going to embrace it!
8:33 p.m.: Horta praised the writers room, remembering that they would just laugh the day away.
Then wed realize, Oh Jesus, we have to turn this script in in two days!'
She is completely rude to the taxi driver and he kicks us out and we have no money.
One of my favorite lines was, Stop pawing my piece.'
While Betty is pretending to be Marcs girlfriend, Justin runs by and says, Theres aGolden Girlsmarathon on!
and my mom says, That boy, hes just so swishy.
Thats the tipping point.
And I say, Mom, open your eyes, and look at your own swishy son.
And we all got messages like that.
The show really touched people and really spoke to truths.
They never took the easy way out.
Theyre competing and they hate each other, Ferrera said, reminding fans that Betty won.
Marc says something like, Yeah, well, of course.
Youre exactly what they were looking for.
He cuts her down that she got the job because she was Latina.
And it was one of the first times that Marc said something that actually hurt Betty.
8:44 p.m.: The cast is impressed with each others episodes.
Urie cites Ortizs episode where Hilda imagines her husband is still alive.
Ortiz remembers Indelicatos episode where Justin is humiliated at prom.
That was beautiful work, she said.
I didnt know what the ending was going to be when I started, Horta said.
Most who say they know how the series is going to end, theyre lying.
It was an organic thing.
By the time that we did the makeover episode, it was almost so beside the point.
The point is, what does a person think when they hear those words?
It sounds like something I would do, Ferrera said.
It was like a theater company, Judith Light said.
We started having the conversations, he said.
I know there was a money budgetary thing, which was always a factor.
We made Adele famous, Ferrera joked.
Youre welcome, Adele.
You still havent returned my e-mail, by the way.
8:56 p.m.: Did Betty and Daniel ever end up together?
If anything, Betty showed him that he was good enough.
You didnt say bye to me when I left!
You didnt say bye to me!
And you were mad at me for going to get a better job.
Why were you so mad at me!?
Mabius added: Because things were just starting.
Thats not true, but if you tweet it.
Everybody here take out your phone.
Hashtag: Betty Reboot.
The hashtag, for the record, is now #HuluBringBackUglyBetty.
9:00 p.m.: Where are the characters now?
Michael Urie: Exact same spot.
Vanessa Williams: I think wed be atModeUK.
Wed cross the pond and take shit over there.
Rebecca Romijn: Getting released from prison.
Judith Light: Back in the sanitarium.
Ashley Jensen: I think Ive got a 10-year-old child, havent I?
Hell, [Betty is] probably living with me!
America Ferrera: I have thought about this.
I think that Betty has been in London for six years and now shes coming home.
Mark Indelicato: Maybe Justin is finishing fashion school.
Tony Plana: I am cleaning, cooking, and doing laundry for my family.
He was writing what he knew.
9:08 p.m.: Ferrera revealed she took the poncho and glasses as keepsakes.
I think I stomped on the braces, she said.
Has she ever tried them on at home?
Thats for me to know, she joked.
9:10 p.m.: If the cast could play any other character, who would it be?
Tony Plana: I think I would have liked to play Judith Lights character.
Judith Light: And I would do the laundry.
Mark Indelicato: Amanda.
Ana Ortiz: I think a toss-up between Amanda and Wilhelmina.
Ashley Jensen: I would be Hilda.
Michael Urie: I would be Hilda.
Ashley Jensen: Except I would do the worst Latina accent in the world and theyd laugh at me.
Eric Mabius: I would be Marc.
Rebecca Romijn: Id go with Marc or Amanda.
Vanessa Williams: I like Hilda too.
9:12 p.m.: Michael Urie said the dynamic between Marc and Amanda was very organic on and off-screen.
That was one of those chicken and the egg things, Urie said.
Our friendship kind of came from the characters and the characters kind of came from our friendship.
We sort of just glommed on to each other and were still really close.
If you couldnt tell, were all still really close.
It was a new beginning.
Just like when Betty walked away, Mabius said, The possibilities are limitless.
Romijn added: I actually went back into brother mode with you sometimes.
I loved getting in your face sometimes and still being your big brother.
Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself!'
9:25 p.m.: Ferrera revealed that when the show ended, she went through a deep depression.
It was like losing a family!
Actually, I know a couple of you went through depressions.
9:27 p.m.: It felt like a plane crash, Tony Plana concurred about the end of the series.
The whole thing crashed and I lost these people.
Ferrera said to big laughs.
But the move had some positives: We gained back New York City as a background, Ferrera said.
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