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Wilmer Valderrama Reveals Why He Almost Turned Down the Chance to Play Fez Again on ‘That 90s Show’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Seventeen years after that seventies show went off the air,
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  Speaker 2: Wilmot Valderrama is back playing Fees, the character that made
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  Speaker 2: him famous on its spinoff, That ninety Show. But returning
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  Speaker 2: to his roots and Fez's trademark accent wasn't entirely an
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  Speaker 2: easy decision. He tells the Jennifer Hudson Show. I had
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  Speaker 2: literally promised myself that I would never do the voice
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  Speaker 2: again because it was just time for my next chapter
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  Speaker 2: and becoming what I needed to be. Even at my tipsiest,
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  Speaker 2: you couldn't get me to do it. I had to
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  Speaker 2: really think about saying yes, because first and foremost I
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  Speaker 2: wasn't even sure I could still do the voice. But
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  Speaker 2: as soon as I opened up the script and the
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  Speaker 2: first line came out of my mouth, I was emotional.
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  Speaker 2: I got choked up because I heard him again. It
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  Speaker 2: was so silly, but it was great. That ninety show
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  Speaker 2: is on Netflix that's
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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood.