Overview

• At the Southfork Experience: Dallas panel on August 9, Metcalfe admitted he never noticed the long-rumored disagreements among the show’s leading women because he was focused on being grateful for the role.
• He described landing the part of John Rowland as a career breakthrough that “broke” him by thrusting him into rapid fame and intense on-set pressures.
• Metcalfe has previously said the role left him feeling “caged” by typecasting and industry expectations to appear shirtless on camera.
• He said he does not know whether any members of the original cast will join Wisteria Lane, the reboot “inspired” by Desperate Housewives.
• Developed by Kerry Washington’s Onyx Collective, Wisteria Lane is set to explore the lives of five neighbours with concealed secrets in a new take on the cul-de-sac drama.