The First Two Actors To Join The 'Frasier' Revival Have Been Revealed

Oh baby I hear the cast a calling, tossed pitches, and scrambled heads. They're calling again. It has been nearly 2 years after Paramount+ announced that Frasier would be getting a sequel series that carries the same name. Granted it's only been three months since greenlight, but we're finally getting an idea of the new circumstances Dr. Crane will be in when audiences see him again. Two characters have been cast, one new, and one returning character, but probably not who you were expecting.

The first cast member announced to join Kelsey Grammer in this series is Nicholas Lyndhurst, a British actor known for series over there such as Only Fools and Horses and Goodnight Sweetheart. He will play Alan Cornwall, a university professor and old college friend of Frasier. Thus, he's got an intellect but seems disinterested in using it. He's called "boozy and larger than life", and mischievous in a manner that could very well break Frasier out of his rut, while Frasier advises Alan in a way that helps him get direction in his life he never quite had before.

Who else is in the new cast? Who's that pre-existing character? Well, it's Frederick! Well, Freddy now. Frasier's son was born during season 8 of Cheers, and this will be the most regularly involved Freddy has been in the franchise in the character's lifetime. However, he will not be played by Trevor Einhorn, who played him for most of his appearances in the previous Frasier series, which was only recurring as he stayed in Boston with his mother Lilith, played by Bebe Neuwirth across both series. Einhorn would go on to star in the Syfy series The Magicians. Instead, Freddy's been recast once again.

Deception star Jack Cutmore-Scott now takes on the role. Now being 30+, Freddy is presumably freer in his movements, allowing more frequent visits with his father. The 20 years after his last appearance included him dropping out of college to become a firefighter, with no regrets until recent troubles arose. With no one to turn to, Freddy will welcome his father back into his life, patching up the relationship possibly in a similar way to his father and grandfather over the course of the previous series. That he's apparently become a nuanced combination of both of them could be an interesting dynamic.

Of course, Martin Crane's actor, John Mahoney, died in 2018. David Hyde Pierce has been stated to not be "repeating his performance" as Niles, while Jane Leeves won't leave Fox's The Resident to do Daphne again for this revival. Peri Gilpin, who played Roz, has discussed it when asked but hasn't made any indication. These absences do basically force the new relationships to forge that the premise describes (on top of those he made in the past nearly 20 years), along with new challenges to face and old dreams to fulfill. While no release window has been publicly targeted, there's still plenty of 2023 real estate for this Frasier revival to arrive.