Marcia Cross Reprises ‘Desperate Housewives’ Role In Surreal Promo For Series Mania

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First came Desperate Housewives and now we’ve got Desperate Lillewives. Marcia Cross has reprised her iconic role as Bree Van de Kamp from the ABC comedy-drama in another surreal Series Mania promo video, two years after she appeared at the popular French co-production and TV content festival.

The fest has made it something of a tradition to release a promo featuring major TV stars in silly scenarios over recent years.

The new parody video begins a tracking shot of a neighbourhood that looks identical to the Desperate Housewives area, with a French voiceover saying, “since Bree Van de Kamp had moved to Wisteria Lille, she had secretly developed an addiction to TV series.” The character is then seen with a trademark wine in one hand and a remote control in the other. “When her husband was at the gym, she enjoyed watching Ted Lasso,” the V.O.

continues as the camera pans up to reveal Series Mania founder Laurence Herszberg dressed as Bree. A surreal scene ensues as she meets a “single plumber with a rather troubled past” (played by French-Israeli actor Tomer Sisley) at her front door and lies to her husband (Series Mania’s Frederic Lavigne) about needing salt to clean a wine stain. “I don’t think so.