Hollywood actress Jane Fonda reunites with her Nine to Five co-star Lily Tomlin in a new Netflix comedy about two jilted wives who have to start life over again in their 70s.

Grace and Frankie sees the two main characters forge a relationship after their husbands fall in love with each other. The show’s debut is timely in the US, where the Supreme Court last week began hearing arguments in a landmark case that could pave the way to legalising same-sex marriage nationwide.

“We both have friends that are out and... are dealing with this issue of same-sex marriage and so it seemed appropriate and timely that our series touches on that,” Fonda said at the show’s premiere. “For us it’s about older women and how they handle massive turmoil and chaos and tragedy in a way in their lives when the rug is pulled out from under them... They think they’ve been broken but they’ve been broken open and a new life looms ahead of them.”

Fonda, 77, and Tomlin, 75, starred alongside singer Dolly Parton in the 1980 hit movie Nine to Five.

The series, which comes from Friends creator Marta Kauffman, debuts on Netflix on May 8.

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