'Josie and the Pussycats' stars reunite and talk sequel: 'The people need to cry for it.'

The band was almost back together Thursday, when Tara Reid and Rachael Leigh Cook, two of the three people of the from the 2001 big-screen version of Josie and the Pussycats, plus their co-star Missi Pyle, met up. All three walked the red carpet at the premiere of their new Netflix film, A Tourist's Guide to Love.

And at least Reid and Pyle say they're all for a sequel to their musical comedy, which landed in theaters 22 years ago this week.

"Oh, we both would [be] down for it," Reid told Entertainment Tonight. "We'd love to. If we could do that. Absolutely."

She suggested a second film could focus on "the comeback of the band."

Pyle, who played the wicked twin sister of the band's manager (Paolo Costanzo), pointed out the beloved status of the film, which is based on characters first introduced in Archie comic books in the 1960s.

"It's such a cult classic," Pyle said the film. "People will come up to me all the time and are like, 'It's my favorite movie ever. The people need to cry for it."

Cook, however, is less certain about a new Josie. Meanwhile, Rosario Dawson, who played the third band member alongside Cook and Reid, wasn't there, but Yahoo Entertainment has reached out to her reps to see if she’d be up for a reunion.

When the film was released, a sequel would have unheard of, because it was considered a box-office failure. Box Office Mojo reports that it made just less than $15 million, against a $39 million budget.

In April 2021, Reid theorized in an interview with Too Fab that the movie would be a hit today.

"I feel like if it came out now," she said, "it would be huge."

Reid called it "ahead of its time," "so smart" and the favorite movie she had ever done, but said it needed the push of positive social media. But even MySpace wouldn't come along for two more years.

Check out these throwbacks from the original Josie and the Pussycats premiere on April 19, 2001, in Los Angeles: