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"David Cross has suggested that the Arrested Development cast had much more fun shooting the new season than in previous years. Arrested Development aired its first three seasons on Fox from 2003 to 2006, but will stream 15 new episodes on Netflix on May 26.   Cross - who plays Dr Tobias Funke - has now spoken about the creative freedom felt by the cast and crew once they no longer had to deal with network demands. &amp;quot;It was as opposite as you can get. When we did the show for Fox, we all felt under-appreciated, and you really got the sense that we were a bit of a burden to them,&amp;quot; he recalled to Rolling Stone. &amp;quot;The fact that we won an Emmy was the worst thing in the world [to Fox] - they would have loved to cancel us.&amp;quot;  He continued: &amp;quot;The last season, after the fourth or fifth episode, we were going to work every day wondering, &amp;quot;Is this the week they&amp;#039;re going to cancel us?&amp;quot; We all felt it.  &amp;quot;But with Netflix, it was just the opposite. They wanted us there. They stayed out of the writers&amp;#039; room. They stayed off the set.&amp;quot;  The 15 new Arrested Development episodes are expected to lead directly into a feature film, a project which creator Mitch Hurwitz recently said he&amp;#039;s confident will get off the ground. &amp;quot;I think it will work,&amp;quot; Cross said of the proposed movie. &amp;quot;But the idea of going into a theatre and watching the Bluth family on a massive screen, I&amp;#039;m not sure if that experience will work.  &amp;quot;I think it would be weird and unsettling, but who knows. But there is a plan. There is certainly an idea that&amp;#039;s flushed out and ready to be written. But I can&amp;#039;t say what it is.&amp;quot; Arrested Development star Jason Bateman recently said that he has always believed the show would be revived due to its loyal fanbase, although he also admitted this week that fans might have to wait a while before the film is released. Arrested Development character posters:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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