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No 'Just Jack!' for Sean Hayes in 'Will & Grace' revival

By Karen Butler
Actor Sean Hayes, the voice of Terri in "Monsters University," attends the premiere of the film in Los Angeles on June 17, 2013. Hayes' classic sitcom "Will & Grace" is returning to NBC this week for Season 9 after an 11-year absence. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 3 | Actor Sean Hayes, the voice of Terri in "Monsters University," attends the premiere of the film in Los Angeles on June 17, 2013. Hayes' classic sitcom "Will & Grace" is returning to NBC this week for Season 9 after an 11-year absence. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Sean Hayes says viewers won't see him framing his face with his hands and declaring "Just Jack!" in Season 9 of his sitcom Will & Grace.

"You just have to go to Marshall Fields with him once on the down escalator, while people are going on the up escalator doing that [signature move of Hayes' character Jack.] I got sick of it for him. It was just like, 'Put your [expletive] hands down already!'" Max Mutchnick, the show's creator/executive producer, said at a panel discussion at the Tribeca TV Festival Saturday.

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"I'm happy to have people still do it. I think it's an honor and a privilege that people loved it so much that they feel compelled to do that. As far as creatively, I just felt like, 'Let's invent a new thing.' ... It was time to think of a new thing," Hayes added.

"Sean will sometimes privately do that for me," joked Hayes' co-star Eric McCormack.

The show is to return Thursday on NBC for Season 9 after an 11-year absence.

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