{"id":27890,"date":"2025-08-28T03:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/27890\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T03:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:24:07","slug":"drake-more-on-shows-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/27890\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake, More on Show&#8217;s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/drake-0\/\" id=\"auto-tag_drake-0_1\" data-tag=\"drake-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a> and his former co-stars from the Canadian teen drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/degrassi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_degrassi_1\" data-tag=\"degrassi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Degrassi<\/a> reunited to look back at the show\u2019s legacy in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/trailer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_trailer_1\" data-tag=\"trailer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trailer<\/a> for the upcoming Lisa Rideout-directed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/documentary\/\" id=\"auto-tag_documentary_1\" data-tag=\"documentary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">documentary<\/a> Degrassi: Whatever It Takes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWildBrain and Peacock Alley Entertainment released the trailer on Wednesday ahead of the film\u2019s world premiere, set for Sept. 13 at the Toronto International Film Festival. In addition to Drake, the documentary will also feature interviews from stars Dayo Ade, Stefan Brogren, Amanda Deiseach, Maureen Deiseach, Shenae Grimes-Beech, Jake Epstein, Shane Kippel, Miriam McDonald, Stacie Mistysyn, Melinda Shankar, Amanda Stepto and Jordan Todosey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI didn\u2019t have a great time in high school. I just didn\u2019t really fit in,\u201d Drake says at the beginning of the trailer before he recalls learning he was cast as Jimmy Brooks on the show. \u201cThen one day, my mom called me and told me, \u2018You got the role.\u2019 And I just grabbed my bag and left. And man, what a wild journey that started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe beloved franchise began with Kids of Degrassi Street, which aired from 1979-86. Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High followed before Degrassi: The Next Generation premiered in 2001. The series, which starred Drake, Grimes-Beech, Nina Dobrev and more actors before their big breaks, ultimately ended in 2015. However, the franchise continued when Degrassi: Next Class aired on Netflix from 2016-17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs the trailer continues, Grimes-Beech recalls starring on the show as a \u201cwhirlwind experience.\u201d Meanwhile, Brogren points out that the young stars were \u201cbecoming real teen icons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDespite the many doors that the show opened for the stars, Stepto looks back at the \u201chate\u201d she received from fans due to some of the storylines. \u201cSometimes you just don\u2019t want to be known for Degrassi. And I think we all had that where we\u2019re just trying to escape it,\u201d Brogren says in a separate interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe show\u2019s creator, Linda Schuyler, also reflects on the show\u2019s legacy in the trailer. \u201cHave we always gotten it right? Probably not. Have we told our stories with the best of intentions? Yes, we have,\u201d she says, referring to some of the show\u2019s more controversial storylines, including teen pregnancy, drug abuse and mental health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDegrassi: Whatever It Takes is executive produced by Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts and Angela Boudreault for WildBrain and by Carrie Mudd for Peacock Alley. In addition to directing the documentary, Rideout also co-wrote the project with Celine Wong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drake and his former co-stars from the Canadian teen drama Degrassi reunited to look back at the show\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[22535,2054,1447,18,117,19,17,327,22536,22537,5587],"class_list":{"0":"post-27890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-degrassi","9":"tag-documentary","10":"tag-drake","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-toronto-2025","17":"tag-toronto-film-fest","18":"tag-trailer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}