Interview with Marc Cherry
“Desperate Housewives” producer and show creator Marc Cherry recently sat down and did an interview with Scott Pierce of The Deseret News and I have all the juicy bits here to share with you! They talked a lot about Cherry possibly stepping back from the show to work on other projects. Good news for us, he has no plans to do anything of the sort! Cherry stepped back last year during the ill-famed season 2 and the show definitely suffered as a result. Since that debacle, he has no intention of stepping aside again. Which isn’t to say that he’ll work on the show forever, either. “I want it to run seven years. And the moment seven years is past, I will personally take down the sets,” said Cherry. That sounds to me to be definite word that “Desperate Housewives” will run seven seasons and seven seasons only. Cherry also doesn’t plan to launch right into another mega-hit after the show’s run either. “I’m only going to have one major hit. I’m only going to catch lightning in a bottle once. I wish I had the energy to develop and write at the same time, but I don’t.” His focused attentions have really paid off, since season 3 is already much, much better than season 2.
Marcia Cross’ status on the show was also discussed. Obviously, the sudden bed-rest was a bit of an issue to work around but work around they did. In the meantime, not only will James Denton be getting extra screen-time in Marcia’s absence, but so will Nicollette Sheridan. Plans are to expand her role of Edie Britt and even explore her relationship with her son, a story that was merely hinted at in the show’s pilot episode.
More than anything, Cherry sounds very humble about the show’s (and as a consequence, his) success. “I’m really proud of this season. I’m hoping next season’s even better. There’s a couple things I haven’t accomplished yet that I think we can really do. I think we can even dig deeper, so I still have goals ahead. But basically, it’s just kind of, have a humble attitude towards the success. Once you start to believe that you deserve it, I think then you’re really screwed.”
Desperate Housewives, Marc Cherry, Marcia Cross, Nicollette Sheridan, James Denton
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:00 am
[...] Four more years for “Desperate Housewives” February 22nd, 2007 by Marilyn Porter I always feel good when something I’ve previously reported on becomes fact. This time? The fact that Marc Cherry wants “Desperate Housewives” to air for seven seasons. Remember that interview? Turns out the deal is permanent now. Marc Cherry has signed a huge, eight-figure deal with ABC to work on “Desperate Housewives” for four more years. This is right in line with his vision of a seven-year span for his brainchild. The principle “Desperate Housewives” players have also signed on for four more years as well. So we have many happy years ahead of us to air the dirty laundry. Maybe by then we’ll get Gabby and Carlos back together and maybe (just maybe) Susan and Mike will finally end up together. You guys have four years, you better get to work on all that! Posted in News, Mark Cherry Link to this Entry Email This Entry [...]
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