Roger Bart, actor, expressed his love for ‘Desperate Housewives’, even though he once feared his acting career might have ended after his role on the show.
Speaking exclusively to People at the 2024 Tony Awards Meet the Nominees junket earlier this month, Bart reflected on his time on the hit ABC series and his concerns about future opportunities after he played George Williams, a pharmacist who became a love interest of Marcia Cross' Bree Van de Kamp after poisoning her husband to death.
Bart described filming his character's death scene as his "favorite and most terrifying" moment on ‘Desperate Housewives’.
"I asked the director, 'You think I'm ever going to work again after this?' Because I was realizing, just by walking through airports, this is impactful," said the actor.
Bart recalled the reaction he got after his character’s death, "I was walking through an airport and the amount of attention I got for it, because back then everyone tuned in at 9:00 on a Sunday, it was like 23 million people, it was crazy," he explained. "... It was really something."
"I remember the ladies going, 'So you are dead?' And I said, 'I am.' That was literally the only reason I was on The View. It was so funny," the ‘Desperate Housewives’ star mentioned.
Talking about when he first got the role of George Williams, he said, "I had kind of no idea what it was going to be."
"Matter of fact, I even shot my first scenes just thinking I was sort of like this druggist, and then, Mark Cherry, who created the show, came to our little trailer area and goes, 'Do you want to know what we have planned for the character?' " he added.
"I said, 'Well, yeah. Unless it hurts me,' and he said, 'Well, you're going to be a sociopath stalker.' So I thought, 'Oh, this is going to be really fun," the actor continued.
"With that show, I can go anywhere in the world [and be recognized]. I've gone to some crazy places, but that show will be the one where someone walking across the bridge will say, 'Are you?' " Bart explained. "It is great to have been a part of that."
Robert Bart has been nominated for his featured actor performance as Doc Brown in ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ at the Tony Awards, taking place on June, 16.
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