It seems that everyone is anticipating the reunion of two rivals – Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty – who have returned to 90210’s West Beverly High, and this week’s Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive interview with the former teen stars about their rocky past, unlikely reunion, and why the new show shocks even them.

Below is an excerpt of Entertainment Weekly’s Q&A:

EW: Did you ever think the two of you would be sitting here talking about playing Brenda Walsh and Kelly Tay­lor again?

Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty: [In uni­son] No.

Garth: I thought [Beverly Hills, 90210] had a beginning, middle, and an end. It was very neatly in its coffin and it was done. When they told me they were do­ing it, I thought: No! Like something sort of sacred was being disrupted. Some part of who I was and a piece of my history was being messed with. It took me a while to settle into that idea.

Doherty: Early on, my publicist got a call asking her “Would she do it?” I was kind of like, Why would I play Brenda Walsh again? There was an “I Hate Brenda” newsletter. Why would I pos­sibly get myself back into that? I think it was too scary for me. I didn’t want to go back to people hating me. It just wasn’t something that I considered for a good chunk of time. At some point it hit me that this is what the fans want­ed. They put a roof over my head. They allow me to eat and to feed my dogs. The only reason I survive is because of them. If there’s one way to possibly say thank you, it is to go back and play a character that you never even liked yourself.

EW: You didn’t like Brenda?

Doherty There were parts of Brenda I loved. They just took her in a really odd direction that I didn’t necessarily agree with at the time. I still kind of look back and think, Eh, it’s not what I would have done, but I understand. Every show has to have that character full of teenage angst and drama. I think she was driven by insecurity that was at the root of everything.

EW: The other day you had your first scene together in 14 years. When did you last see each other before the scene and what was it like shooting together again?

Doherty: [Laughs] Oh, God. When was it? Ten years ago? I don’t know. A long time. I can only speak for myself, but being with someone I knew made it easier for me my first day on set. At least for me there was an appreciation that we’d been through the first 90210 together and now we’re going through it again, but in such a different way be­cause we’re both adults now. The only weird thing was while we were trying to catch up everyone was watching us. Every single eyeball was on us. I don’t know what they were expecting. I was more interested in talking to her about Dancing With the Stars. I thought she did an amazing job.

Garth: There had been so much buildup. Everyone was asking me before what it was going to be like. I was like, “I don’t know. I haven’t talked to her in 10 or 15 years.” I had that tension and I started to let it get to me. Is she going to be nice? Is it going to be a bad envi­ronment? But when I saw her every­thing was fine. [To Shannen] I was go­ing to call you and tell you this—I got your number from Gabe but I never called. I felt a certain comfort too in having you there and I did not think I would feel that way. It was at some point around 2 a.m., and I felt like it’s so nice to have someone here who is a partner, someone who knew where we’d been and what it was like with the real show.

Doherty: I think when you’re 18, your per­sonalities conflict, and then you meet up 10 or 15 years later and the playing ground is totally different and you’re fine. Like Jennie said, of course there were nerves going in. But half of it was the buildup everyone else put on it. When I was driving to the set I was get­ting phone calls, and I finally turned my phone off because I thought, I have to go in there with a completely fresh attitude and start over and give everybody a chance and everybody has to give me a chance. Once I was able to turn all of that off, the first moment I saw her it was like, Okay, this is going to be good. It was like, “Hey.” Then a hug. It’s like going to a war together. You’ve already been in the trenches together. You learned so much from that first war. That second war, you know what you need to do to make the set the most peaceful environ­ment you can possibly have.

EW: Okay, but back to the fistfight: fact or fiction?

Garth: I don’t think we ever hit each other.

Doherty: We had our moments.

Garth: I just remember being outside and the boys having to try to settle us down.

Doherty: No, we never punched each other.

Garth: Scratching? I’m not going to deny that.

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Shannon Doherty may have earned a bad girl’s reputation on the set of Beverly Hills, 90210, but there’s one person who’s excited she’s going back to the world’s most famous zip code: former costar Tori Spelling.

News that Doherty has joined the new 90210 cast, “is amazing,” says Spelling, who also plans on appearing on the CW spin-off.

“That’s probably the best news the fans could ever get,” she told People at Saturday’s Much Love Animal Rescue’s Bow Wow Wow event. And despite Doherty’s onset reputation, Spelling says, “All the girls on the show will be psyched!”

Spelling is pretty psyched herself — about her own growing family. Daughter Stella, who was born June 6, “is doing great,” she says. “She’s growing fast. It seemed like only yesterday she was born and now she has big chubby cheeks and she’s starting to focus everywhere.”

And big brother Liam, 1, is stepping right into his new role as big brother, Spelling says.

“He’s doing well, [the] little man,” says Spelling. “He’s at that age where it’s hard for him to understand. He’s not old enough to explain to him what’s happening but he’s old enough that he knows something’s happening. So, at first he was unsure, but now he gives her kisses goodnight. It’s really sweet.”

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Brenda is back in her old zip code!

“Shannen Doherty will be returning to 90210,” Gabe Sachs, executive producer of the CW’s new spin-off, said during the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills on Saturday.

“Shannen is looking forward to returning to 90210,” Doherty’s rep tells People exclusively.

Doherty, who played the twin sister to Jason Priestley’s character Brandon Walsh for four seasons of the original Beverly Hills, 90210, will return as Brenda Walsh when the new show premieres Sept. 2.

Now, Brenda will be a visiting drama teacher who directs a musical at West Beverly High School.

Jennie Garth was the first original 90210 cast member to reprise her role as Kelly Taylor, who will be a counselor who at West Beverly.

Earlier this month, Tori Spelling, who played Donna Martin in the original, was also announced as a returning cast member but said she would be unable to appear in the pilot of the spin-off after giving birth to her daughter in June.

“I’m looking forward to returning to 90210 in a later episode,” Spelling told People earlier this month.

According to Sachs, original cast members won’t just have cameos. “They will be in multiple episodes,” he said at the TCA event.

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From EOnline!

If you’re a fan of the OG Peach Pit posse, you might want to sit down, ‘cause sources connected to the CW’s new 90210 are spilling exclusive dish of OMG proportions.

In a nutshell: Shannen Doherty is in, Tori Spelling is out and Jennie Garth may be—wait for it—reuniting with Shannen on the screen.

(We’ll pause while you find a paper bag to breathe into…especially if your name happens to be Jennie Garth.)

A very reliable and very inside source who works on 90210 tells me exclusively that, “It is happening with Shannen. It’s just a question of how long she’ll shoot, whether it will be one day or ten and what the storyline will be, but we are working on it, and it is a very real thing.”

Inside sources also confirm exclusively that Tori will not be able to appear in the season premiere for personal reasons. The new mom (she gave birth to a baby girl June 9) had been signed on to do “a few” episodes at the beginning of the season, but now that won’t be happening.

As for Shannen’s storyline, I’m told the details are still in the initial-concept stages, but the writers are hoping to get Shannen and Jennie together, onscreen, for a scene. Can you imagine?

Of course, the real question is, will they do it? “I don’t think there’s any love lost between Shannen and Jennie,” says one rock-solid inside source. “But they are both adults now and professionals, and I don’t see it being an issue. Everyone has their take on what happened back in the day, and I think the feeling is that it’s time to move on. They were 19 and 20 when all of that happened and a lot has changed. And, you know, they’re not moving in together, just shooting together for an hour and a half.”

Another insider close to the negotiations points out: “I want to stress that Shannen has been very, very cool through this whole process. We have seen nothing like the behavior for which she was once famous for.”

Awww…Who doesn’t love a redemption story, right? As long as there are two red dresses in the dressing room, all should be right with the world, the ratings should go through the roof and we 9-0 fans can start freaking out about how lip-smackingly juicy this remake just might turn out to be.

Shannon Doherty and Holly Marie Combs, former co-stars of the television show ‘Charmed,’ leave Nobu restaurant in Malibu after a long dinner engagement. When asked if they plan on working on a new project together, Holly Marie replied, “it’s possible.”

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Former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Shannen Doherty sympathises with troubled stars Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, because they are subjected to far more pressures than she ever was.

The 36-year-old, who caused her own share of controversy in the ’90s, believes today’s young celebrities routinely engage in extreme behaviour that would have been frowned upon in her day.

She tells website People.com, “It’s totally different today. (The attention) is to an extreme now that I can’t relate to. “My heart goes out to all of them and I certainly hope that they keep their heads up and most importantly they keep their self-respect.

“When I went and got drunk at a bar when I was 12 years old, it was like the biggest deal in the world. And now these girls, that’s like a night at home for them. I don’t know why it’s acceptable, and now at my age I look at it and I’m like, ‘Oh, honey, don’t do that.’

“It’s growing pains, right? Everybody’s got to grow up and make their own decisions. All those girls will learn something from the experience, and that’s all that matters.”

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She is looking old!  (Now I feel old)