Catfight!
Desperate Housewives' Nicollette Sheridan isn't sad about moving off Wisteria Lane.
"When the show started it was such a different beast," she tells the new issue of TV Guide.
"It was exciting and dangerous and funny and edgy and bizarre. It
started feeling a little complacent, and that was very frustrating." When told of her character Edie Britt's demise, "I said, 'OK,
sayonara. It's been a great ride. Thank you,'" she tells the magazine. She says she would've left sooner, but all the women were "contractually bound, so there was no way out on your own terms."
Oooh, trapped on the hit TV show that revived your career. You're like Sojourner Truth, except not. Nicollette goes on, somewhat egomaniacally:
Sheridan also takes aim at Cherry for ignoring her, never adding her
face to the opening credits and rarely speaking about her in interviews. Says Sheridan, "When you have a jewel, why not polish it and put it out there for all to see?"
Did you just call yourself a jewel? isn't there some rule that you're not allowed to do that? Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry responded to his enslaved jewel:
Cherry insists Sheridan's character was no longer relevant on the show.
"Edie's already slept with most of the guys on the street and has caused about as many problems as she could," he says. Plus, "There has been tremendous pressure put on me to cut costs ...
the network is saying to all the shows, 'The company is really hurting
financially. You must find a way to produce these shows more cheaply,'"
he says. With Sheridan gone, the show will save an estimated $100-200,000 per episode, according to TV Guide. Asked about Sheridan's replacement, Cherry says, "We will find a new kind of sexiness coming through Wisteria Lane." "What I won't do is cast another fortysomething sexy blonde," he
adds. "[Sheridan] performed the aging, neighborhood tramp better than
anyone has ever done before."
Oooh, that was an unnecessary little dig at Sheridan's age, wasn't it?
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