Jasmine Guy says she was nervous about getting excited to reprise Whitley Gilbert in Netflix’s “A Different World” revival, now streaming, after earlier false starts; it uses a single camera, unlike the original’s soundstage-and-audience setup.
Guy said coverage and repeated takes made her wonder whether a scene had lost its spontaneity and was no longer funny. She said she laughed at the screening.
Cree Summer said the actors had to adjust from the original’s broad four-camera sitcom to a different acting approach as their characters had grown older. Darryl M. Bell said reuniting felt comfortable because castmates see one another outside work. The revival follows new freshmen navigating college life on an HBCU campus.
