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Posted: 1/29/10 at 4:57am
John Barrowman set to play villain in Desperate Housewives
By Baz Bamigboye
Last updated at 9:50 AM on 29th January 2010
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John Barrowman is set to star in several episodes of the hit U.S. show
John Barrowman is heading to Hollywood to play the 'bad guy' on TV hit Desperate Housewives.
The Torchwood and Dr Who star will guest star in several episodes on the long-running show about the goings on in fictional Wisteria Lane.
Barrowman, 42, will fly to Los Angeles early March to film with Desperate Housewives leading ladies Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria Parker.
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry is keeping the plotlines involving Barrowman secret.
However, The Daily Mail can reveal that he will be the show's main villain in the last section of the current season, series six.
The show returned to British TV this week but has been running in the U.S. for months.
Episodes featuring Barrowman will be broadcast in the America later in the Spring and around May/ June in the UK.
Executive producer Cherry met with Barrowman last week after watching him in episodes of Torchwood.
He was very taken by Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness character.
While he's in LA Barrowman will meet up with old friend Russell T .Davies.
Dr Who and Torchwood Writer Davies has been working in LA writing a Torchwood series for America's Fox TV. It will be a co-production between Fox and BBC TV.
Casting is way off. Barrowman will just being saying 'Hi' to Davies, not asking to be cast in the U.S. Torchwood.
The star will join the cast of Desperate Housewives towards the end of the current season six
Meanwhile, Barrowman has a new album out March 1 featuring songs from musicals including You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel..
Later in the year Barrowman hopes to do a second season of Tonight's the Night for the BBC.
The singer-actor had recorded the part of Raoul for the concept album of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical Love Never Dies.
However, the composer decided to re-orchestrate his score and re-record the record. Barrowman wasn't available to re-record and by that time Joseph Millson had been cast to play Raoul so he did the new version of the album.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1246955/John-Barrowman-set-play-villain-Desperate-Housewives.html#ixzz0dzfTARAN
By Baz Bamigboye
Last updated at 9:50 AM on 29th January 2010
Comments (0) Add to My Stories
John Barrowman is set to star in several episodes of the hit U.S. show
John Barrowman is heading to Hollywood to play the 'bad guy' on TV hit Desperate Housewives.
The Torchwood and Dr Who star will guest star in several episodes on the long-running show about the goings on in fictional Wisteria Lane.
Barrowman, 42, will fly to Los Angeles early March to film with Desperate Housewives leading ladies Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria Parker.
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry is keeping the plotlines involving Barrowman secret.
However, The Daily Mail can reveal that he will be the show's main villain in the last section of the current season, series six.
The show returned to British TV this week but has been running in the U.S. for months.
Episodes featuring Barrowman will be broadcast in the America later in the Spring and around May/ June in the UK.
Executive producer Cherry met with Barrowman last week after watching him in episodes of Torchwood.
He was very taken by Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness character.
While he's in LA Barrowman will meet up with old friend Russell T .Davies.
Dr Who and Torchwood Writer Davies has been working in LA writing a Torchwood series for America's Fox TV. It will be a co-production between Fox and BBC TV.
Casting is way off. Barrowman will just being saying 'Hi' to Davies, not asking to be cast in the U.S. Torchwood.
The star will join the cast of Desperate Housewives towards the end of the current season six
Meanwhile, Barrowman has a new album out March 1 featuring songs from musicals including You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel..
Later in the year Barrowman hopes to do a second season of Tonight's the Night for the BBC.
The singer-actor had recorded the part of Raoul for the concept album of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical Love Never Dies.
However, the composer decided to re-orchestrate his score and re-record the record. Barrowman wasn't available to re-record and by that time Joseph Millson had been cast to play Raoul so he did the new version of the album.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1246955/John-Barrowman-set-play-villain-Desperate-Housewives.html#ixzz0dzfTARAN
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