

The reboot certainly features much more diversity than its predecessor, including Sara Ramirez, who plays Cynthia's non-binary love interest Che Diaz. "That we would really open up the door and invite these new characters in and really do right by them so we could get great actors and actresses to play them." "Like the fact that it was such an overwhelmingly white show," she said. I wanted to be sure, and I think we all wanted to be sure that when we went back we could save a lot of what was great about the original and fix what was maybe not so great."

"We were in our early 30's when we started, we are 55, 56 now. I mean it's a big step but also it seemed to me we are very different people now, we are very different ages now," she said. "Well yes, if you revisit something that was such a big part of your life and so iconic. Cynthia, 55, confirmed the suspicion, saying she needed the reboot to be more progressive.
