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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 273087" data-attributes="member: 23">One little titbit that I thought interesting when I first heard about it:In 1983, Barney Rosenzweig produced a pilot episode of a noir-detective series called This Girl For Hire, with much of the same creative team as Cagney &amp; Lacey. The lead ended up going to Bess Armstrong, whom Rosenzweig felt was entirely wrong for the part, and it never went beyond the initial telemovie. But his first choice for that role had been Farrah. In his book, he comments that she was becoming a respected actress by that time, but by the time negotiations were worked out she was unavailable. Considering how impeccably careful the casting had been on Cagney &amp; Lacey it&#039;s quite a compliment that he would consider Farrah so seriously for this lead role. I&#039;m assuming he had some ties with her from his brief stint on Charlie&#039;s Angels that first year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 273087, member: 23"] One little titbit that I thought interesting when I first heard about it: In 1983, Barney Rosenzweig produced a pilot episode of a noir-detective series called [I]This Girl For Hire[/I], with much of the same creative team as [I]Cagney & Lacey[/I]. The lead ended up going to Bess Armstrong, whom Rosenzweig felt was entirely wrong for the part, and it never went beyond the initial telemovie. But his first choice for that role had been Farrah. In his book, he comments that she was becoming a respected actress by that time, but by the time negotiations were worked out she was unavailable. Considering how impeccably careful the casting had been on [I]Cagney & Lacey [/I]it's quite a compliment that he would consider Farrah so seriously for this lead role. I'm assuming he had some ties with her from his brief stint on [I]Charlie's Angels [/I]that first year. [/QUOTE]

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