Marcia Cross wanted to be the narrator

SVZ · April 18th, 2006, 06:27 AM

Actress MARCIA CROSS read the first script for hit TV show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and immediately yearned to play the show's narrator MARY ALICE YOUNG, not her character BREE VAN DE CAMP. The redhead star was in Utah working on US TV show EVERWOOD, when her agent and manager sent her a copy of the script to read. She explains, "They said, 'This is the hottest script; you've got to read it.' "Originally I wanted to be the narrator - which is an odd thing, I know, but it appealed to me. "When I auditioned though, (Desperate Housewives creator) MARC CHERRY said, 'No, no, no. I want you to read for Bree.' "I actually read cold for Bree right then, and they wanted to test me. In the end I actually didn't get the part right away. "They told me wonderful things, but offered it to someone else. That person - who shall remain nameless - turned it down."
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Mel1973 · April 18th, 2006, 11:04 AM

She might as well name names. How many actresses out there have already claimed that they were offered many of these parts before the actresses that play them now??

sweetrebel · April 18th, 2006, 11:15 AM

I have never watched this show. Not even once. I don't think I could sit through it. There isn't one person on there that I care for, maybe Felicity Huffman, but the rest irritate me...

Mel1973 · April 18th, 2006, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetrebel

I have never watched this show. Not even once. I don't think I could sit through it. There isn't one person on there that I care for, maybe Felicity Huffman, but the rest irritate me...

I'm with you - never even watched one. I have friends who just love it and say I should watch it.... just don't really wanna! I agree with you about Felicity as well: Can NOT STAND ANY of those other girls..

bella · April 18th, 2006, 11:35 AM

The first series was good, but you really had to see every episode and I can't handle that level of commitment to something like a TV show, but I saw it on and off, didn't really understand the main story, but followed the sub-story lines. The second series is just terrible though, and Terri Hatcher looks ridiculous.

I really love Felicity Huffman though, I think she's gorgeous and a great actress.