Post by Forever Xena on Apr 17, 2005 3:05:15 GMT -6
Ward Making House Call
Contributed by Cindy White
Tuesday, 05 April 2005
Sela Ward, who knows a thing or two about dramatic series, will appear in the final two episodes of House this season with the potential of becoming a recurring cast member next year, Fox has announced. Ward, who has won two Emmy awards (the first in 1994 for Sisters, the second in 2000 for Once and Again), will play an ex-love of Hugh Laurie's Dr. House.
Executive producer David Shore told Now Playing in an interview that Ward's character will appeal to Dr. House to save her dying husband. “Obviously, he didn't know she was married,” Shore says. “He didn't know anything that happened in her life. And to find out that she's married and her husband's very sick and she's coming to House to save him... he's sort of damning himself by doing what obviously he should do.”
House, which has earned positive buzz and solid ratings thanks to its American Idol lead-in, received an early renewal from Fox for a full second season recently. According to Shore, the writers are already coming up with plotlines and arcs for season two. “The plan is to have this woman at least be around on occasion next year, to be back in his life a little bit,” he says. “[The plan is] just to carry that forward and start exploring the other characters in other detail.”
Ward will make her debut on the show in May.
Contributed by Cindy White
Tuesday, 05 April 2005
Sela Ward, who knows a thing or two about dramatic series, will appear in the final two episodes of House this season with the potential of becoming a recurring cast member next year, Fox has announced. Ward, who has won two Emmy awards (the first in 1994 for Sisters, the second in 2000 for Once and Again), will play an ex-love of Hugh Laurie's Dr. House.
Executive producer David Shore told Now Playing in an interview that Ward's character will appeal to Dr. House to save her dying husband. “Obviously, he didn't know she was married,” Shore says. “He didn't know anything that happened in her life. And to find out that she's married and her husband's very sick and she's coming to House to save him... he's sort of damning himself by doing what obviously he should do.”
House, which has earned positive buzz and solid ratings thanks to its American Idol lead-in, received an early renewal from Fox for a full second season recently. According to Shore, the writers are already coming up with plotlines and arcs for season two. “The plan is to have this woman at least be around on occasion next year, to be back in his life a little bit,” he says. “[The plan is] just to carry that forward and start exploring the other characters in other detail.”
Ward will make her debut on the show in May.