Fuller House Boss Explains Premiere's Musical Surprise, How Jodie Sweetin's Broken Leg Adjusted Season 3 Plans

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9 years ago

If you’ve seen the Season 3 premiere of Fuller House — which hit Netflix on Friday along with eight other episodes — you probably have a lot of questions. Mostly about that opening musical number.

Jeff Franklin says he first got the idea for the performance when he purchased the Full House house — the one used for exterior shots — in San Francisco.

He tells TVLine, “When I first bought it, I thought, ‘How cool would it be to have the cast walk out of that house and into the street and do a whole big production number?’ That was what I wanted it to be.’” Unfortunately, Franklin’s on-location dream was not to be. He adds, “We didn’t have the money to do that, so it became an in-the-house kind of deal.”

Of course, the show’s budget was only one obstacle Franklin’s team had to overcome in filming the song-and-dance moment; Jodie Sweetin’s freshly broken leg was another.

“I don’t know if you noticed, but we kind of stuck her in the back in a lot of parts,” Franklin admits. “We had to hide her broken leg! She’s game to do anything — as is the rest of the cast, who have accepted it as part of the deal — but she really couldn’t move.”