Felicity Huffman on Balancing “Transamerica” and “Desperate Housewives:” Huffman filmed the pilot of “Desperate Housewives,” did “Transamerica,” and then returned to work on the “Desperate Housewives” series. Huffman admits that that period of her professional life was awkward at times. “If you watch the first four or five episodes of ‘Desperate Housewives,’ I am not good [laughing]. No, really, I couldn’t get Marc [Cherry’s] rhythm afterwards. ‘Desperate Housewives’ has a certain voice and it’s a certain sarcastic, loving, wicked, twisty voice, and you need to play with that. I came in a little heavy-handed so yes, it was a really hard transition to make. [Laughing] Plus I kept answering to Marcia Cross’ character, Bree.”
Felicity Huffman Analyzes “Desperate Housewives:” “I think Marc has done a brilliant thing. He’s taken the icon of the American family and he’s held it up for ridicule. But because Marc loves it, it’s not ridicule that pulls it down and the stories poke fun at it and make people go, ‘Oh, I feel good, but that’s funny.’ When you do that, you have to have extremes. You have to have the extreme Gabrielle, you have to have the extreme Bree, the Edie, the Susan and the me. I’m the extreme mom. I’ve had parents come up to me and say, ‘Can’t you just enjoy your little boys a little on the show?’ And I’m wondering and I’d say yes, but on the other hand I say no.”
Huffman confirmed her “Desperate Housewives” co-star Teri Hatcher still brings homemade goodies to the set. “Oh my god, she’s the best baker in the world. But I do everything I can to stay away from them at all costs. Everyone loves when she brings in her baked goods and she does it pretty often, too.”
