Desperate Housewives star Vanessa Williams hints at potential return for much-discussed reboot

The Mirror caught up with Desperate Housewives icon Vanessa Williams up of this year's Pride of Britain Awards, who revealed her thoughts connected a imaginable instrumentality to Wisteria Lane

Desperate Housewives icon Vanessa Williams spoke with the Mirror astatine the Pride of Britain Awards astir her clip connected 1 of the astir fashionable TV shows of each clip - including her thoughts connected the long-discussed imaginable reboot.

Looking arsenic magnificently glamorous arsenic you mightiness expect, the erstwhile Miss America victor chopped a striking fig connected the reddish carpet successful a suit of sparkling purple. Her quality Renee Perry, the lone housewife to rival Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria) successful the decorator buying spree department, would undoubtedly approve.

The casting of Renee, successful 2010, came astatine a clip of modulation for Vanessa, present 61. Ugly Betty had conscionable been cancelled, marking the extremity of an epoch for fashionistas who couldn't get capable of Wilhelmina Slater - the sharp-tongued supermodel turned MODE editor-in-chief.

It wasn't agelong earlier Vanessa was snapped up, however, with Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry rapidly realising he'd recovered himself a caller Wisteria Lane troublemaker.

Vanessa told the Mirror: "Well, I came successful for seasons 7 and eight. Loved moving with each the girls. I got the occupation aft Ugly Betty was cancelled successful 2010, and I was doing Broadway, doing a amusement called Sondheim connected Sondheim. And Marc Cherry - the creator of Desperate Housewives - is simply a immense Sondheim fan.

"Not lone a fan, but each occurrence is named aft a Sondheim song. So helium came to spot me, and aft the show, I got a telephone call, and helium said: 'I'd emotion to person you articulation my show'. So helium saw maine doing Sondheim and that gave him the thought to invitation maine to articulation them."

And truthful it was that Renee strutted onto the lane similar a (second) tornado, bringing a dash of waspishness viewers had been missing since the fatal electrocution of Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) successful play five. Although galore would find it intimidating to participate specified a well-established fictional world, Vanessa appears to person taken it successful her stride, rapidly establishing herself among the picket fences and twitching curtains of Fairview.

Although determination person agelong been rumours of atrocious humor betwixt formed mates down the scenes, Vanessa's acquisition appears to person been a affirmative 1 - and she's inactive successful interaction with the different housewives. Vanessa revealed: "I conscionable talked to Teri (Hatcher) 2 days ago."

As for a imaginable reboot, a regular taxable of treatment among the show's loyal fanbase, it would look that Vanessa wouldn't needfully beryllium opposed. She reflected: "I don't know, erstwhile things are truthful palmy with that archetypal spark, it's sometimes hard to seizure lightning successful a vessel again. But judge me, if the aged radical decided they wanted to get backmost unneurotic and I got a call..."

For now, however, Vanessa is keeping engaged with different breathtaking projects and has present stepped into the burgundy heels of Miranda Priestly successful the caller philharmonic adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada. It's a portion that feels tailor-made for Vanessa, who tin present a scathing barb similar nary other, each portion looking head-to-toe fabulous.

In reality, it would look that Vanessa whitethorn person a softer broadside erstwhile compared to her roster of ice-tongued characters. Before heading into this year's Pride of Britain Ceremony, she said: "I've heard I request to bring immoderate small tissues successful my purse due to the fact that there's going to beryllium tears!"

• Don't miss the Pride of Britain Awards, Thursday 24th October, 8pm ITV1 and ITVX

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