'Ladies, there's a new desperate housewife in town': The girls get ready for battle as Vanessa Williams arrives in Wisteria Lane
9/02/2010 02:29:00 AM
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The Desperate Housewives are sexier than ever in season seven, judging by a promo for the new series.
Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman are seen changing out of their casual clothes and into their signature red dresses to greet a new arrival to Wisteria Lane.
Fully prepared for battle in their matching outfits, the four women stand ready to welcome new resident Renee Perry, played by Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams.
According to the show's storyline, Vanessa's character Renee is a friend of Felicity Huffman's character Lynette's from college, as well as being a cougar whose marriage to a Major League baseball player is on the rocks.
In real life, the 47-year-old former Miss America used to be married to Canadian Rick Fox, a former NBA player.
Vanessa's character decides to go after Bree Hodge's (Marcia Cross) younger beau, played by Brian Austin Green.
Green was in the original cast of Beverly Hills 90210 and is now married to Megan Fox.
It has now been revealed that Reggie Austin, from comedy show Life Unexpected, has been cast as Renee's husband Doug.
Vanessa has spent the last several years honing her mean streak.
She has no problem revealing her claws after playing arch villain Wilhelmina Slater in another ABC hit series Ugly Betty, where she proved she can play evil with comic timing.
Vanessa earned three Emmy Award nominations for her role as Wilhelmina.
After the show was cancelled earlier this year, she went back to her theatrical roots and starred on Broadway in Sondheim on Sondheim.
Now she's headed to Wisteria Lane and couldn't be happier, but promises her role won't be as over the top as Ugly Betty's Wilhelmina Slater.
'I hope I bring a little glamour, a little of the outside, out-of-town girl into Wisteria Lane,' she said. 'But I can't be in another show. It's not Betty World.'
Vanessa also revealed getting signed up for the show was the 'fastest deal ever', adding: 'The day I met Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, I thought it was just a general meeting.
'But I sat down and he said, "Listen, Steve McPherson would love you to join our cast. Do you watch the show? Would you be interested? If so, we’ll come up with a character together".
'I said, "Wow, let me think about it". Then we talked about Broadway for the rest of the meeting, and when we left, he said, "I’ll have the agents get into it". And it was done in four days. It was the fastest deal ever!'
And Vanessa has already proved a hit with her castmates, with Eva Longoria saying: 'I had my first scene with Vanessa Williams the other day.
'Aside from being stunning - I can't stop staring at her face - she's absolutely wonderful, and sweet, and just a really kind human being.'
Season seven of Desperate Housewives is set to air in America on ABC on September 26.
Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman are seen changing out of their casual clothes and into their signature red dresses to greet a new arrival to Wisteria Lane.
Fully prepared for battle in their matching outfits, the four women stand ready to welcome new resident Renee Perry, played by Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams.
According to the show's storyline, Vanessa's character Renee is a friend of Felicity Huffman's character Lynette's from college, as well as being a cougar whose marriage to a Major League baseball player is on the rocks.
In real life, the 47-year-old former Miss America used to be married to Canadian Rick Fox, a former NBA player.
Vanessa's character decides to go after Bree Hodge's (Marcia Cross) younger beau, played by Brian Austin Green.
Green was in the original cast of Beverly Hills 90210 and is now married to Megan Fox.
It has now been revealed that Reggie Austin, from comedy show Life Unexpected, has been cast as Renee's husband Doug.
Vanessa has spent the last several years honing her mean streak.
She has no problem revealing her claws after playing arch villain Wilhelmina Slater in another ABC hit series Ugly Betty, where she proved she can play evil with comic timing.
Vanessa earned three Emmy Award nominations for her role as Wilhelmina.
After the show was cancelled earlier this year, she went back to her theatrical roots and starred on Broadway in Sondheim on Sondheim.
Now she's headed to Wisteria Lane and couldn't be happier, but promises her role won't be as over the top as Ugly Betty's Wilhelmina Slater.
'I hope I bring a little glamour, a little of the outside, out-of-town girl into Wisteria Lane,' she said. 'But I can't be in another show. It's not Betty World.'
Vanessa also revealed getting signed up for the show was the 'fastest deal ever', adding: 'The day I met Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, I thought it was just a general meeting.
'But I sat down and he said, "Listen, Steve McPherson would love you to join our cast. Do you watch the show? Would you be interested? If so, we’ll come up with a character together".
'I said, "Wow, let me think about it". Then we talked about Broadway for the rest of the meeting, and when we left, he said, "I’ll have the agents get into it". And it was done in four days. It was the fastest deal ever!'
And Vanessa has already proved a hit with her castmates, with Eva Longoria saying: 'I had my first scene with Vanessa Williams the other day.
'Aside from being stunning - I can't stop staring at her face - she's absolutely wonderful, and sweet, and just a really kind human being.'
Season seven of Desperate Housewives is set to air in America on ABC on September 26.
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