Tori Spelling is 34 years old, which is somewhat astounding considering that the role everyone still associates her with most strongly is that of a teenager. But then, if the "Beverly Hills, 90210" star has her way, that won't be true for long.

The former (and future?) Donna Martin is enjoying a career renaissance of late, with a TV show, "Tori & Dean: Inn Love," and the movie "Kiss the Bride," a gay romance in the vein of "My Best Friend's Wedding."

Joined by the film's director, C. Jay Cox, Spelling recently sat down with MTV News to discuss her love for the gay community, her pregnancy, her life as a ditz and what you can do to get her back on "90210."

MTV: Tori, I happened to catch your "E! True Hollywood Story" the other day. It credits the gay community with your career resurgence. Why do you think they have such love for you?

Tori Spelling: Their love for me? I don't know. But I know I love them just as much. We're two peas in a pod. I just have such an affinity for gay men. I love them. It's so wonderful that this is my second film that has a gay affiliation to it. It's great.

MTV: Your character, Alex, starts out as the ditziest character in the film and winds up the smartest by the end.

C. Jay Cox: Exactly, and I think sometimes that's the assumption about Tori. People don't give her credit. She is so much smarter and more grounded and sensible than people might think. The idea that she's this kind of rich, spoiled heiress — that's not who she is at all, and I think that plays into the assumptions that people have about Alex as we go into it. The idea that she doesn't really have a clear idea what's going on. Maybe we feel bad for her or something, [but] as we continue through the movie we realize she's the one [with] a better sense of truth than anyone else.

MTV: Do you agree with that, Tori, what C. Jay said is the biggest misconception about you?

Spelling: Completely. Yeah.

MTV: That said, what was your biggest challenge then?

Spelling: For me as an actor, it was probably my pregnancy. Alex really ran the emotional gamut in this movie. She had so many sides to her, she had so many emotions going on that I really wanted to just kind of dive into her and be a part of that, but then I had this other thing in my belly telling me, "Oh, you have to take notice of me right now." And I had to try to hide that. So it was kind of a tough struggle to forget about that, forget about being Tori, and just be Alex when I had the belly there.

MTV: Ultimately, did your pregnancy help or hurt you in this film?

Spelling: It definitely allowed me to tap into my emotions. I think the pregnancy helped because you're so hormonal and emotional that you're just so vulnerable and open to everything. I think that worked really well for Alex.

MTV: One of the things that's interesting about this movie is that nobody in it is just gay or straight. They all have fluidity.

Spelling: I'm glad that's how it came across because that's how I felt with these characters. There was no gay, straight, male, female; it was just this awesome love triangle, and it was just about finding your soul mate. It's really about love. That's how I saw it when I was doing it, and that's what Alex saw, I think.

Cox: There has been this pressure to label ourselves one way or the other. OK, pick a team, and you have to decide who you are. [But] sometimes I think that sexuality and love are more fluid than that. And that was one of the things we wanted to talk about in the movie.

MTV: Why haven't there been more mainstream gay films? I thought there was going to be this explosion, and there hasn't been.

Cox: After "Brokeback Mountain" became a big success, every studio in town had their gay project that they wanted to do. And subsequently I think the only thing we've seen is "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," which was the best that they could do. So for a while it was fashionable, but then it really didn't pan out.

MTV: Changing topics, I wanted to ask you about the "90210" remake.

Spelling: I knew you were going to say that!

MTV: I bet. I'm the right age. It was a big part of my childhood.

Spelling: Mine, too.

MTV: So are you going to be part of the remake in any way?

Spelling: I don't know. I mean, I would hope that someone from the original cast would just pop up. I always put myself in the fans' shoes, and I'm sure they would love to see that. But I'm excited for the fans to see a remake or a new generation of "90210."

Cox: I think people should write in and demand that she be put into it because I think that would be great.

MTV: We'll tell MTV.com readers to write in. [Readers, please comment below!]

Spelling: Aw, thank you.

MTV: What do you think Donna Martin is up to these days?

Spelling: Well, when we last saw her, she got married to David. She was in fashion, so I would hope she's gone further in fashion. That would be very cool since I'm very into fashion and I have my own jewelry line. Maybe she's a big designer now.

Cox: There could be the Donna Martin Collection.

Spelling: The Donna Martin Collection. There you go. So if that was part of the remake we could actually launch that in real life. Always branding, see? I wonder if she has kids, though. I wonder if she and David are still together. I wonder these things.

MTV: So if not "90210," what else? Do you have another movie coming up?

Spelling: [Pointing to her belly] I have a big project coming up. It's kind of taken me out of the game momentarily.

Cox: That's kind of a major production right there.

Spelling: Yeah. Everything's on hold until June.

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