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Debra Messing Revisits the Will & Grace Set

The actress found an 18-year-old surprise when she returned to her character's fictional apartment
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Eleven years after the finale of Will & Grace aired, NBC will reboot the beloved series this fall. Though the cast has not started filming the new season yet, they assembled for a PSA about voting before the election last year, and Debra Messing—who plays the titular Grace—was stunned by the preservation of the set. In an interview with ELLE.com, she says the iconic apartment was placed in a museum at Emerson College for storage, but has been relocated to California for filming. She even found a surprise that proves nothing was tampered with. When asked if it was a little bit creepy to return to the same set, Messing said, "Grace has a little orange box on the table in her living room. And in our second season, Donny and Marie Osmond came to our set, and sat down, and interviewed us for their TV show. When the set was getting unpacked in 2017, and we all sat down in Grace's apartment, we opened up the orange box and Donnie Osmond's interview questions for us are in the box. They're 18-year-old interview questions. It's crazy." We can't wait to see if there are any decor updates to Grace's home this fall—hopefully with all notes removed.