Britt became a fan-favorite character due to her constant scandals and Sheridan's humorous performance.

They were actually talking about Nicole Sheridan in real life! It was popular 16th century prime-time drama creator William Shakespeare who once wrote, 'All the world's a stage.' Now we can only assume that the majority character killings are indicative of real-life violence behind them. The role helped her earn her spot on Desperate Housewives as local troublemaking vixen, Edie Britt. And he had a very difficult time distinguishing between fact and fiction.'Īnd Marc Cherry said: 'Edie's already slept with most of the guys on the street and has caused about as many problems as she could.' I think whoever Edie represented in Marc's life was somebody he didn't like. 'Somebody up there really wanted her dead.

The lawsuit notes that although some of the male characters were killed off the show, 'none of the female characters had ever before been killed off or written out of the show.'Ĭompare this to Sheridan and Cherry's explanations in April. One time, before an appointment, Edie dragged Lynette despite her protests to a bar before forcing her to do tequila shooters and play pool with a one-armed man. 'The decision to kill off Sheridan's character demonstrates that Cherry and ABC intended to and did retaliate against Sheridan for her complaints about Cherry,' the lawsuit says. According to TMZ, the lawsuit claims that on September 24, 2008, Sheridan confronted Cherry about the script and 'Cherry took her aside and forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head.Ĭherry later tried to 'beg forgiveness,' but Sheridan reported him to ABC and he decided to retaliate via electrocuting Sheridan's character. Sheridan is suing creator Marc Cherry for assaulting her, then killing off her character after she complained. Now it appears to have been a classic case of real-life revenge manifested in a fictional kill off. When Nicollete Sheridan's character, Edie, was killed off Desperate Housewives, everyone had very interesting theories why this happened.

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