{"id":118064,"date":"2024-07-18T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/18\/elton-john-is-jean-smarts-dream-guest-star-for-hacks\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T15:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:02:05","slug":"elton-john-is-jean-smarts-dream-guest-star-for-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/18\/elton-john-is-jean-smarts-dream-guest-star-for-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John is Jean Smart&#8217;s dream guest star for &#8216;Hacks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-17\/Getty_EltonJohn_071724.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, a Program of Pride Live<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Five-time Emmy winner <strong>Jean Smart<\/strong> has just been nominated yet again for her role as comedy legend Deborah Vance on Max&#8217;s hit show <em>Hacks<\/em>. And while the show has lined up some big-name guest stars in the past, Smart tells <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/07\/hacks-emmy-nominations-jean-smart-hannah-einbinder-jen-statsky-season-4-news-1236012841\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Deadline<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0that her dream guest for season\u00a04 would be<strong>\u00a0Elton John<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would think I\u2019d died and gone to heaven if he came on the show,\u201d Smart told <em>Deadline,<\/em> noting the show has already used two of his songs: &#8220;The Bitch Is Back&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;m Still Standing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I think that he likes the show, so maybe we could write an incredible part for him that would be awesome,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I have this funny feeling about him, I don\u2019t know why. Every once in a while I\u2019ll see somebody, or I\u2019ll be a fan of someone, and I just think that if I met that person, we\u2019d be friends. And that\u2019s how I\u2019ve always felt about him. Always. I don\u2019t know why. I have nothing to base that on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smart&#8217;s co-star <strong>Hannah Einbinder<\/strong>, who was also nominated for an Emmy, added that having Elton on the show &#8220;would be sick.&#8221; Production for season\u00a04 of <em>Hacks<\/em> starts in September.<\/p>\n<p>If Elton did appear on <em>Hacks<\/em>, it&#8217;d be the latest in a long series of cameo appearances the Rocket Man has made over the years. He&#8217;s guest-starred as himself in TV shows like<em> The Simpsons, Ally McBeal, South Park, Absolutely Fabulous,<\/em> <em>The Nanny<\/em> and <em>Nashville<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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