TORONTO — Full House star Candace Cameron Bure laughed off an upcoming TV movie promising to take fans behind-the-scenes of the popular sitcom.
“It’s so silly. It’s such a joke,” said Bure, who played DJ Tanner. “What are they are going to show? How much we love each other?”
U.S. cable channel Lifetime announced last month The Unauthorized Full House Story will unveil the pressures on the show’s stars to balance the idyllic family life portrayed on the show with their real lives.
“I don’t know what kind of dirt they’re going to find,” Bure told The Roz and Mocha Show on Toronto radio station KiSS 92.5.
(Bure’s Full House co-star John Stamos reacted to news of the unauthorized biopic on Twitter. “Hmmmm – yeah right, good luck with that.”)
The Unauthorized Full House Story is scheduled to be filmed in Vancouver from May 19 to June 11.
Bure, 39, will begin work this summer on Fuller House, a spinoff of the series that ran for eight seasons beginning in 1987.
“We’re not redoing Full House and it’s not a reunion show,” she explained, but added that it will be set in San Francisco like the original.
The show will focus on recently widowed DJ Tanner as she tries to raise her three children with the help of her sister Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and best friend Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber).
Bure said she hopes all of the original cast members will appear on the first episode. “After that it really is a brand new show,” she said.
Stamos, Lori Loughlin (Aunt Becky) and Dave Coulier (Joey) will show up. The Olsen twins (who shared the role of Michelle Tanner) and Bob Saget have not yet confirmed their participation.
“The fans would love to see everyone come back,” said Bure. “It’s just about making the right deals for everyone.”
Bure, a born-again Christian who has three children with her husband, Russian hockey player Valeri Bure, said Fuller House will remain G-rated even though it will be on streaming service Netflix.
“It’s definitely going to be a modern show because it’s set in today’s time. It’s different raising kids today than it was 20 years ago so we’ll talk about those things,” she said.
“But Full House does have such a wonderful family brand and none of us want to take that branding away with the new show so it will definitely be a family show — something safe for everyone to watch.”
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