Marcia Cross Still Hasn’t Seen the Last Episode of ‘Desperate Housewives,’ But She is Ready for Next Iconic Role
variety.comMarta Balaga After playing Kimberly Shaw in “Melrose Place” and Bree Van de Kamp in “Desperate Housewives,” Marcia Cross is ready for her next iconic role. “I always assumed that after ‘Desperate Housewives’ there will be a third act.
It has not happened yet. That’s the double-edged sword of being an ‘icon.’ Everybody thinks you are that character and by the time they forget about it, you are not on anybody’s list anymore,” she said at Series Mania in Lille, France. “I am at this funny crossword: I am this incredibly ripe human and yet Hollywood is not particularly interested.
We are tackling LGBTQ+ issues, although there is still a long way to go, we are talking about people of color, but – and I hate to say it – we don’t love to see older women.
We were 40-year-old women doing ‘DH’ and that was a big deal. Now, I want to see 60-year-old women.” Especially the ones who are complicated. “That’s my favorite thing.
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