Raven Symoné and Adrienne Bailon-Houghton.Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty; Kevin Winter/Getty
They’re Cheetah Girls, Cheetah sisters — and now,Raven-SymonéandAdrienne Bailon-Houghtonare reuniting once again!
Houghton is set to reprise her role as Raven Baxter’shigh school bully Alanafrom Disney’sThat’s So Raven, whichran on Disney Channel from 2003-2007, the outlet reported.
However, in a surprise twist, Alana will end up returning as the principal of Bayside High, where she and Raven once attended — and now, the school where Raven’s son Booker is enrolled after he and Raven move back to San Francisco to care for her father.
“We did the firstCheetah Girlsmovie when I was 19, and now I’m 38, so we’ve stayed friends for almost 20 years,” the actress added. “We laugh at the fact that we were playing the high school students… and now we’re playing the parents. It’s so bizarre!”
Raven Symoné and Adrienne Bailon-Houghton on the set of “The Cheetah Girls 2”.Disney Channel / Everett
Raven, 35, and Houghton first joined forces in 2003 on the set ofThe Cheetah Girls. That same year,That’s So Ravenpremiered, which Houghton starred on for five episodes.
In 2006, the costars reprised theirCheetah Girlsroles as Galleria and Chanel, respectively, for the film’s sequel,TheCheetah Girls2.
Though the stars remained friendly over the years, the two took separate paths, with Houghton becoming a co-host ofThe Realin 2013, while Raven has starred in theThat’s So Ravenspinoffsince 2017.
Though no premiere date has been set, theRaven’s Homereunion now marks the first time in nearly two decades that Houghton and Raven will share the screen again.
Speaking about her character, Houghton said she was “fully shocked” that Alana was now the principal of Bayside High but that she was “loving being the authority figure.”
“How genius of the writers of this show to create that dynamic where the school bully becomes the principal,” she says. “It’s funny and ironic.”
Being on the show also held another significant meaning for the actress.
As for whether she and Raven will jump back into their velour jumpsuits to reprise theirCheetah Girlsroles?
“In the back of my mind, I’m like, ‘She’s going to wonder why I’m so much older!'” she joked. “So I do love that there’s a resurgence, but my only concern would be ruining it. I don’t want to kill the memory of something so great. But I’d always be down. Maybe Bubbles and Chuchie [Galleria and Chanel’s nicknames for each other] are grown with kids of their own and they start the next generation of Cheetah Girls.”
source: people.com
