Murder She Wrote Remake a “Mistake” Says Angela Lansbury

Actress Angela Lansbury has said that “it’s a mistake” for NBC to reboot the Murder She Wrote series. The network announced its plans to do a remake of the show with Octavia Spencer as the show’s lead. Lansbury has credited Murder She Wrote has her “greatest doorway to the world”. “I suddenly became a worldwide-known character as Jessica Fletcher and really built an enormous audience, which I have to this day,” said the 88-year-old said in a telephone interview according to the Washington Post. “I think it’s a mistake to call it ‘Murder, She Wrote,’” Lansbury continued, “because ‘Murder, She Wrote’ will always be about a Cabot Cove and this wonderful little group of people who told those lovely stories and enjoyed a piece of that place, and also enjoyed Jessica Fletcher, who is a rare and very individual kind of person ... “So I’m sorry that they have to use the title ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ even though they have access to it and it’s their right.” However the actress praised Octavia Spencer, and said that she admired her work in The Help. “I wish her well, but I wish it wasn’t in ‘Murder, She Wrote’” Angela said. Angela Lansbury is to receive an honourary Academy Award for her acting career and screenwork, this week.