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Lawless Resurrected As a Footballer’s Wife

February 12, 2007 by Sam Sloan   || Category: TV News

2007_02_12t085440_300×450_us_lawless1.jpgLos Angeles (Hollywood Reporter) — Now that Lucy Lawless’ “Battlestar Galactica” Cylon model has been put on permanent ice in the equivalent of a Cylon Fridgidaire, the actress also known as “Xena: Warrior Princess,” has moved on to a non-SF genre lead role in the new ABC drama pilot “Football Wives,” a take-off of the popular BBC series “Footballer’s Wives.”

That will teach her to gaze upon the likeness of the Final Five. Her punishment: A slot on another British-to-American TV rip-off that will probably be loved by millions — poor Lucy!

Lawless will play a woman married to a professional football player who tries very hard to be sophisticated but just can’t escape her sexy image, no matter how hard she tries.

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7 Responses to “Lawless Resurrected As a Footballer’s Wife”

  1. cpfc86 on February 12th, 2007 10:16 pm

    It’s not a BBC series, It was a ITV series. BBC would not make is Crap.

  2. Sam on February 12th, 2007 10:43 pm

    Since it is seen on BBC America I just assumed it was a BBC origination. Never watched it myself, and don’t plan on watching this Americanized version either, even if Lucy is in it.

  3. fred on February 13th, 2007 7:19 am

    I’m with you there Sam. She’s hot but she’s not that hot.

  4. Wiz on February 13th, 2007 4:37 pm

    I must be missing something. I’ve seen several mentions of Number 3’s retirement being “permanent,” but my read on that scene was that “cold storage” was very much a reversible process. I can easily imagine someone in a not-very-distant episode mentioning, “You know, I wonder if she saw something?”

  5. Sam on February 13th, 2007 6:44 pm

    It’s Sci Fi permanent, which like SF death is anything but. ;)

  6. nes_fan on February 14th, 2007 1:13 am

    she survived being typecast so hopefully this to will pass

  7. angela on March 21st, 2008 6:05 am

    Lucy Lawless deserves to be in more exceptional roles, not this kind of crap.

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