Now that’s some smart casting!
Billie Lourd has been announced as the latest casting addition for the final season of Will & Grace.
Creators Max Mutchnik and David Kohan decided in July that the forthcoming season would be the show’s last, following its revival in 2017.
Lourd has been cast as Fiona, the granddaughter of Grace’s mother, Bobbi Adler, played by the late Debbie Reynolds. In real life, the American Horror Story actress is Reynold’s granddaughter.
“The episode is especially meaningful because of Billie’s relationship to the show,” Mutchnick said. “We’re thrilled to have Billie. And best of all — she’s really good.”
Reynolds died at age 84 in 2016 — one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher (Lourd’s mother) died as the result of a heart attack at age 60.
The final season of Will & Grace will premiere in 2020.