See Also: Marc Cherry People Guide, Marcia Cross People Guide

Marc Cherry has admitted that Marcia Cross wasn't his first choice for the role of Bree Van De Kamp, and that her style even "bugged" him. But after he somewhat reluctantly cast her in the show he grew to appreciate the characteristics she brought to Bree.

"I didn't originally want to cast Marcia Cross," he told Media Village. "I brought her to the network, but I really wanted Dana Delany! She turned down the part, three times. My problem with Marcia was, I thought she was awfully good, but she didn't really get the joke. She sometimes played Bree kind of oblivious in terms of humor, and that bugged me. I had a problem with it. But she was the best [actress available] so we cast her."

But don't worry, Bree Fans, Cherry said it just took him a little while to appreciate Cross's talents. "What I figured out about six episodes into season one was that Marcia was actually making the character more endearing!" he said. "Bree doesn't know her own Bree-ness. The obliviousness that Marcia brought to it actually became a major part of the character and now it's one of my favorite things to write, where Bree does stuff and she doesn't know she's kind of being ridiculous."

He said that he also started to change the writing of the character to suit Cross, rather than trying to get her to conform to his pre-conceptions. "When you find an actor, if it's not a perfect fit you have to adjust the writing to them," he said. "We've done that with Marcia, and I've got to say I'm so proud of her. I think she may be the most memorable character now that I've created. I think Bree Van De Kamp represents things to a whole lot of women across America, and so it's kind of funny how that all came down. It looks like I had it all planned from the start. I didn't. We just kind of found our way together."

Meanwhile in part one of the interview at Media Village he gave away some upcoming plot spoilers. As well as revealing there'd be not one but two marriages this season, he said there'd be other exciting events on Wisteria Lane. "Tom's back is going to give out and Lynette will have to run their restaurant all by herself," he said. "Edie will have a new romance with someone on the street. And disaster will loom in the triangle between Austin, Danielle and Julie."

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