Subject: Re: The Laura-Madeleine Theory
From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker)
Date: 1990-10-05, 13:35
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <90278.111920BXJ101@psuvm.psu.edu> BXJ101@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> >I seem to recall Sheryl Lee (Laura-Madeleine) saying on Donahue last year that
> > she had originally been hired only to be Laura's dead body and to appear in a
> >couple of still photos (i.e., Laura's homecoming-queen photo).  Apparently
> > Lynch took a liking to her and THEN created the character of Madeleine for
> > her in addition to putting her in Wild at Heart.  If the character of Maddy
> > was created well into the season, as Lee seems to have said, then the Laura-
> > is-Madeleine theory would appear to be kind of blown out of the water.

I thought the same thing.  I read an interview with Sheryl Lee in the
local paper where she said that she was originally hired for 4 days
of shooting.  It was later that they decided to expand her part
in Twin Peaks.

I came to the same conclusion.  Maddy was added as an afterthought.

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