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JamesG · 07-22-2014, 04:32 PM

Octavia Spencer on Scrapped "Murder, She Wrote" Reboot: "Everything Happens for a Reason"
by Chris Harnick
7/22/14

"Everything happens for a reason." Octavia Spencer told E! News she's a firm believer in that thinking.

The Oscar winner was curled up on a couch at the Beverly Hilton next to her "Red Band Society" co-star Dave Annable on Sunday, July 20, to promote their new Fox series, but this scenario was very close to not happening.

Spencer was attached to star in the headline-grabbing NBC reboot of "Murder, She Wrote" as a hospital administrator and mystery writer. The project got a lot of attention, especially after original series star Angela Lansbury spoke out about the reboot and its eventual combustion.

Spencer said she's "glad" things worked out the way they did.

"You know, that would not have been the right fit for me. Although I love Bob and everybody over at NBC, I think things happen as they're supposed to. I am a detective and curious person by nature, that's who I am and I always thought that's who I wanted to play.

But when you're on a television show, it's a marriage and when you take that vow to be on a series for seven years, it should be something that you want to see and a character you want to learn about, and with a group of people that you want to see for the next seven years."

http://www.eonline.com/news/561875/o...s-for-a-reason

Hawkee · 04-29-2020, 03:58 AM

Octavia Spencer was gonna do a Murder She Wrote reboot at one time? That would've been cool to see because Octavia would've done a great Jessica Fletcher. Mom and I used to watch Murder She Wrote because she liked the storylines and mysteries that happened on each episode. But I used to like to watch it because of Angela Lansbury because after seeing Beauty And The Beast in the theater I saw an episode of Murder She Wrote with my mom and she showed me Angela Lansbury and I said in my cute little girl voice "Mom there's Mrs. Potts and she solves mysteries too" and my mother smiled and said yes that is Mrs. Potts. A Murder She Wrote reboot with Octavia Spencer would have done wonders because I recently became a fan of Octavia Spencer due to Disney's Onward and this reboot would've been great to watch "The Manticore" do her talent
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07-22-2014, 04:32 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,265	Octavia Spencer Talks Scrapped "Murder, She Wrote" Reboot *Octavia Spencer on Scrapped "Murder, She Wrote" Reboot: "Everything Happens for a Reason"* by Chris Harnick 7/22/14 "Everything happens for a reason." Octavia Spencer told E! News she's a firm believer in that thinking. The Oscar winner was curled up on a couch at the Beverly Hilton next to her "Red Band Society" co-star Dave Annable on Sunday, July 20, to promote their new Fox series, but this scenario was very close to not happening. Spencer was attached to star in the headline-grabbing NBC reboot of "Murder, She Wrote" as a hospital administrator and mystery writer. The project got a lot of attention, especially after original series star Angela Lansbury spoke out about the reboot and its eventual combustion. Spencer said she's "glad" things worked out the way they did. "You know, that would not have been the right fit for me. Although I love Bob and everybody over at NBC, I think things happen as they're supposed to. I am a detective and curious person by nature, that's who I am and I always thought that's who I wanted to play. But when you're on a television show, it's a marriage and when you take that vow to be on a series for seven years, it should be something that you want to see and a character you want to learn about, and with a group of people that you want to see for the next seven years." http://www.eonline.com/news/561875/o...s-for-a-reason Attached Images

04-29-2020, 03:58 AM	#2
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,871	Octavia Spencer was gonna do a Murder She Wrote reboot at one time? That would've been cool to see because Octavia would've done a great Jessica Fletcher. Mom and I used to watch Murder She Wrote because she liked the storylines and mysteries that happened on each episode. But I used to like to watch it because of Angela Lansbury because after seeing Beauty And The Beast in the theater I saw an episode of Murder She Wrote with my mom and she showed me Angela Lansbury and I said in my cute little girl voice "Mom there's Mrs. Potts and she solves mysteries too" and my mother smiled and said yes that is Mrs. Potts. A Murder She Wrote reboot with Octavia Spencer would have done wonders because I recently became a fan of Octavia Spencer due to Disney's Onward and this reboot would've been great to watch "The Manticore" do her talent Bestie
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