Ariel Winter is at least listening to the idea of a Modern Family spin-off. She was speaking at the premiere of her new movie, Dog Years, when she delivered her succinct response:
"That'd be cool," Winter said.
A woman of few words, but powerful ones. She's like the Sam Spade of modern-day sitcom actors.
The idea of a spin-off from the show is a fairly logical one. It would also enable Winter to ditch her baby voice. Winter has been outspoken and has a self-possession that belies her 19 years. She's gotten real on our site about how she learned to love her body.
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But let's think about how that would happen. Ideally, it would mean ditching the family structure and recentering the show around Winter's Alex Dunphy character. And that would make sense; Alex is getting to be the right age to start thinking about college. While past attempts to send family-based shows off to school have been kind of disastrous, there's no reason that the concept has to be a dud. Winter's an actress who's shown considerable growth and range as the show has matured, so we'd love to see her stretch her wings in a bigger role.
Watch her interview below.