Lucy Lawless Says They Keep Trying To Reboot Xena

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'She should be a villager with burning hair running from fire!' Lucy Lawless says she wants to star alongside Magda Szubanski in a Xena: Warrior Princess reboot Over the past few years rumours have swirled about a possible reboot of nineties cult series Xena: Warrior Princess. Now, Lucy Lawless, who gained worldwide fame for playing female action hero Xena, has revealed she wants to star alongside Magda Szubanski in a remake, if it's ever given the greenlight in the future.

Speaking to Now To Love on Thursday, the New Zealand native, 51, said: 'Yes [I'd sign up for a reboot] and Magda, she would be a character on Xena: The Reboot.' 'She should be a villager with burning hair running from fire!' Lucy Lawless (left) said she wants to star alongside Magda Szubanski (right) in a hypothetical Xena: Warrior Princess reboot Lucy continued: 'She's going to be a villager with burning hair running from fire or something!' The iconic 90s actress added the 58-year-old comedian is one of her 'nearest and dearest' pals.

'Magda's a good buddy of mine. She's one of my friends who is dearest to me,' she told the publication. Work pals: Lucy stars alongside Magda in Channel 10 murder mystery series, My Life is Murder, where she plays private investigator Alexa Crowe Lucy stars alongside Magda in Channel 10 murder mystery series, My Life is Murder, where she plays private investigator Alexa Crowe. Just last month, Lucy revealed that she nearly missed out on landing the iconic role of Xena in a new interview with Stellar magazine.

She explained that the TV series was originally meant to be a three-episode long spin-off and actress Vanessa Angel was initially cast as Xena. Things could have been so different! Lucy recently revealed she nearly missed out on landing Xena the Warrior Princess - the iconic role that gave her worldwide fame Xena the Warrior Princess was supposed to follow on from Hercules: The Legendary Journey, but became a series within its own right.

Lucy eventually landed the lead role as Xena and admitted she is surprised that fans from all over the world still remember her as the character. 'I am still staggered that people remember [Xena] and me all these years later,' she said.

All worked out: In an interview with Stellar, the New Zealand native explained the TV series was originally meant to be just three episodes and she wasn't the initial choice for Xena - Pictured: Lucy in character as Xena Lucy revealed that she is recognised the most in New York and Fiji, as well as the Philippines and Turkey. She starred as Xena for the series' six-year run alongside her co-star, Renee O'Connor, who played Xena's close friend Gabrielle on the show.

The series was seen to break boundaries as not only was Xena a female lead, but it was heavily hinted that the character was romantically involved with Gabrielle.

Controversial: The series was seen to break boundaries as not only was Xena a female lead, but it was heavily hinted that the character was romantically involved with friend Gabrielle (played by Renee O'Connor, R) Gay icon: Their relationship was kept ambiguous by show writers and initially denied by Lucy, but she later claimed she personally felt Xena was gay and in love with Gabrielle. Pictured: Lucy with co-star Renee O'Connor (R) Their relationship was kept ambiguous by show writers and initially denied by Lucy.

However, she later revealed in interviews, after the series wrapped in 2001, that she personally felt Xena is gay and was in love with Gabrielle. It led to Lucy becoming both a feminist and gay icon for her portrayal of the Warrior Princess.

'It's staggering to me!' Lucy revealed she is still recognised worldwide by Xena fans - the series first aired in 1995 and came to a close six years later in 2001 Most watched News videos - NAVY seal pleads to 'Free Ben Roberts Smith' on Sunrise - Terrifying moment fight breaks out on Primrose Hill - The Big Question: Will Trump bomb Iran 'into the Stone Age'?

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Speaking to Now To Love on Thursday, the New Zealand native, 51, said: 'Yes [I'd sign up for a reboot] and Magda, she would be a character on Xena: The Reboot.' 'She should be a villager with burning hair running from fire!' Lucy Lawless (left) said she wants to star alongside Magda Szubanski (right) in a hypothetical Xena: Warrior Princess reboot Lucy continued: 'She's going to be a villager with...

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'She should be a villager with burning hair running from fire!' Lucy Lawless says she wants to star alongside Magda Szubanski in a Xena: Warrior Princess reboot Over the past few years rumours have swirled about a possible reboot of nineties cult series Xena: Warrior Princess. Now, Lucy Lawless, who gained worldwide fame for playing female action hero Xena, has revealed she wants to star alongside...