Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ‘was never even supposed to be made,’ but Jane Seymour is down for more seasons

According to the actress of the show, Jane Seymour, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, which aired for a total of two television movies and 150 episodes, was nearly never actually a reality.

The act was never planned to be done by me. “It was never even supposed to be made,” Seymour recalls in an interview with EW Role Call, in which she reflects on the numerous memorable parts she has enjoyed over her career. The CBS drama was presented to her at the conclusion of her marriage to David Flynn, a money manager who had forced her to participate in a number of unfavorable business transactions. “We got married, we had two children, and then I had a devastating divorce in which I lost everything,” she explained to reporters. I was in the negative by approximately nine million dollars, and I was facing litigation from all of the big banks, including the FDIC. I had two children, no money, and I was living on the streets. Consequently, I called my agency and told them, “I am willing to do anything.”

Therefore, the part of Dr. Quinn was assigned to her by Seymour’s agency. The script was delivered to me around ten o’clock that evening. I was had to make a decision at ten o’clock the following morning, and I had to go right into wardrobe at noon. I also had to begin filming at six o’clock the following morning. In addition, I was required to sign a contract for a period of five years. The actress was concerned that it would prevent her from participating in a comedy that the members of the Paramount team had been working on for her, but “Oh, don’t worry about it,” they said. At the helm is a female character. It is a show on medicine. Children and animals are the target! The story is dusty, which indicates that it was a Western. Additionally, it is a period piece, and it is morals. Do not be concerned about it because it will never be successful. After that, you’ll be able to participate in our show since it will become a good movie of the week, you’ll look beautiful in it, and you’ll make some money.'”Seymour, however, recognized that Dr. Quinn “just had a magic to it” the moment she came onto the set with Joe Lando, who she described as “my closest male friend, to this day”): “Everything was operating normally. And it was appropriate for me as well, because I was at the lowest point of my life, and there was this woman who had gone back to the West and had to go deal with all of these troubles and problems, and there was me.

The fact that Seymour began promoting the show as CBS’s next major smash was something that even CBS did not want to believe could happen. “That it would get picked up was something that nobody, not even CBS, ever anticipated happening. She makes reference to the musical Springtime for Hitler, which was intended to fail on purpose in The Producers, and claims that the people involved thought they were doing something similar to that. They were under the impression that they were cleaning up after all of the dealings they had had. It was only because I kept telling all of the affiliates that “This is the hit of the year” that I was able to gather this information. Jeff Sagansky, who was serving as the president of CBS at the time, looked at me and asked, “Why did you say that?” which is something I will never forget. My response was, “Because it is.” I just finished watching all of the other shows. This is the end.’ “Oh, please,” he said with a sigh. Do not do that.'”

Dr. Quinn “still plays in 98 countries, so so much for people not wanting it,” says Seymour, who will be commemorating her 1980 film Somewhere in Time as part of the TCM Film Festival this weekend. The film was canceled in 1998, but it is still being played in 98 countries. “To this day, people are begging for it to come back on the air.”

Fans of Seymour are now enjoying her murder-mystery series Harry Wild on Acorn. The actress made the decision to take on this project despite the fact that she did not want to do another series, “particularly — unless maybe we brought Dr. Quinn back.”

In addition, it does not appear to be an extremely difficult task to accomplish.

“We actually have the most wonderful scripts and everything ready to go for a reboot,” Seymour said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in the year 2020. We would begin operations twenty-six years later, when the focus would be on the liberation of women. Although we need to locate a network or someone who is interested in doing it, we are all on board with the idea. All of the details have been planned out, and [the creator of the original series] Beth Sullivan has done an excellent job.

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