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Bree's response when her son tells her he's gay is, "I'd love you even if you were a murderer," the same quote that series creator Marc Cherry's mother told him when he came out. 4351 Wisteria Lane, the house in which Betty Applewhite lived with her family, was originally the house at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in which The Munsters lived Marcia Cross originally tried for the part of Mary Alice Young, but was cast as Bree Van De Kamp. Nicollette Sheridan tried for the part of Bree Van De Kamp, but was cast as Edie Britt.



Teri Hatcher broke two ribs filming the scene where she stumbles into a wedding cake and insisted they didn't stop production. Dana Delany (who later went on to be cast as Katherine) auditioned for the role of Bree and was offered the part. After thinking about it, she declined the role. Her reasoning was that she had played a similar role in the soap Pasadena, and felt she would be repeating herself. Marc Cherry conceived the idea for the series while watching coverage of the Andrea Yates murder trials, and was fascinated by how women lead lives of quiet desperation.



CBS, NBC, Fox, HBO, Showtime, and Lifetime, all turned down Marc Cherry's original script for the show. After several rewrites, ABC finally picked it up. The show is filmed on Colonial Street, a backlot street set at Universal Studios Hollywood. Eva Longoria was the first actress to be reported to have landed a starring role on the show.