Shannen Doherty Gave Brenda Walsh a Startling Emotional Intensity
glamour.comThe character of Brenda Walsh, played by Shannen Doherty on , can be summed up in a thirty-second clip that came during season four.
The group of teens we dutifully followed through high school were now students at fictional California University and there was an earnest three-episode arc about the theater department's competitive production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Aspiring actress Brenda had landed the leading role of Maggie via dubious measures and her jealous, off-kilter understudy, Laura, tried to sabotage her by placing a fake phone call saying rehearsal was moved to a different time.When Brenda figures out what happened after missing her call time, the scene she delivers to Laura and Steve Sanders, Laura’s boyfriend who is also Brenda’s brother’s best friend, is bone chilling.
She quietly and calmly eviscerates them both, her voice dripping with ice, her body language confident, her intense green eyes flaming. “I always knew you were weak,” she says to Steve, not letting it go as they turn to leave. “One more thing, Laura,” she spits. “I may have missed rehearsal, but I’m still Maggie.
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