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Minka Kelly On Whether She Might Reprise Her ‘Friday Night Lights’ Role In Peacock’s Reboot: “I Think It’s Best Leaving People Wanting More”

Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly does not have plans to participate in Peacock’s reboot of the famous football series.

Deadline first reported the streamer landing the reboot in December. In the original show, Kelly starred as Lyla Garrity, head cheerleader for the Panthers football team. While discussing her upcoming Netflix series Ransom Canyon, in which she stars alongside Josh Duhamel, Kelly seemed to indicate an unlikely return to Dillon, Texas, to reprise her role.

“I think it’s always best leaving people — if even they do — wanting more. I think leaving that where it was is probably the right thing to do,” Kelly told Deadline. “Maybe too much sometimes is too much. I don’t know that they need more Lyla.”

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The actress also said she sees a lot of her Ransom Canyon character in her former Friday Night Lights

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