Thread: Desperate Housewives

Originally Posted by BeanieLuvR

I never liked Angie and will not be in the least sad to see her go. I will miss Katherine if she goes. I've loved Dana Delany since China Beach.

It said something about Katherine going to another show and if that didnt work out, then she would be back...so they will probably leave her exit open...

Delaney was up for the role of Carrie? Oh, my. I don't see her in that role for a second. I could see her as Miranda, and possibly Charlotte, but never in a million years as Carrie.

she had just made that bomb of a movie with Rosie Odonnell, (what was the name of it???, totally forgettable) now I remember, it was Exit to Eden, and she did not want to be in another "sex" show. Bet she has kicked herself over that one. What kind of role is she playing on desperate housewives? A horny housewife having an affair with a woman. Go figure.

I still don't think she's kicking herself, personally. She could never have pulled Carrie off. It's not the role, it's the style of acting. Carrie is pretty sassy and in a lot of ways, fairly juvenile. Delaney is more mature and a lot more classy. She would have made a fantastic Charlotte. Her acting style matches that characters perfectly.

That being said. I just saw her in a commercial for Castle (who happens to star her ex husband from Desperate Housewives). We'll have to see how it goes. I didn't particularly enjoy them together on DH, but maybe they'll be good together on Castle (which has been picked up for a 3rd season if anyone is wondering... yay!).

Dana Delany turned down the lead role in the iconic HBO series Sex and the City.

The actress, who plays Katherine Mayfair on ABC’s Emmy-winning dramedy Desperate Housewives, says she was offered the part of “Carrie Bradshaw” on the hit TV series, but turned down the role made famous by Sarah Jessica Parker because she had just starred in kinky 1994 movie Exit to Eden was “tired of taking about sex.”

“The producer of Sex and the City, Darren Star, was an old friend of mine and he talked to me about it. But I had just played Mistress Lisa in Eden and people reacted badly to it,” she explains.

“I had been America’s sweetheart and they (the public) just didn’t want to see me in that role. So I said, ‘Darren, I just can’t talk about sex one more time’. So Sarah Jessica Parker made it her own.”

Nonetheless, Dana says she’s glad she turned down the role because she doubts SATC would have been as successful without SJP.

“I wouldn’t have been the fashion icon that she was. It would have been a completely different show and who knows if it would have been a hit?”