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Keri Russell Jokes Being 'Sexually Active' Got ‘Mickey Mouse Club’ Girls Cut


Keri Russell revealed why ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’ girls were let go around the age of 17, two years before the boys

“Was there a cut-off age where, like, after you turned 17, you can no longer be on it?” Ferguson, 48, asked Russell, who starred alongside Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Nikki DeLoach during her final season. Russell found great success after being on the teen series — she starred on Felicity from 1998 to 2002 before playing Elizabeth Jennings on The Americans from 2013 to 2018 — but it isn’t lost on her that her story could’ve been much different. Russell, meanwhile, has had a long career as a TV actress and film star, most recently appearing in 2023’s Cocaine Bear and playing Ambassador Kate Wyler on The Diplomat.

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