Danica McKellar is impressed with “The Wonder Years” reboot, which features a completely different cast and setting (though set in the same time period — the late 1960s — as the original). “I think they’re doing an amazing job,” she told us in an exclusive interview. “It’s a very different show, but it’s a great show. It’s that take on a 12 year old’s perspective on the world, that innocent perspective when so many big things are going on, and the priorities for the 12-year-old boy are very different.”
This overall theme — the world though a 12 year old’s eyes — was also a defining feature of the original show. “On our show, I remember there’s tons of things going on, like with the Vietnam War and all the rest of it. But Fred Savage’s character would be worried about, ‘Should I call that girl or not?’ And that’s the headline news, and it’s such a fun premise for a show,” McKellar said. From seeing the reboot, McKellar can envision a number of ways the show can carry on in the future. “I think it can happen for lots of different types of 12 year olds and lots of different types of situations, different ethnicities, you name it,” she said. “I really feel like it’s a great way to look at the world.”
