Isaiah Washington: from homophobic to bionic?
NBC is set to announce that Isaiah Washington, whose contract ABC decided not to renew for another season on the hit show Grey's Anatomy following months of controversy after his much-publicized gay slurs, will guest star on the NBC's remake of The Bionic Woman this fall, according to the site Towleroad.com.
Washington has reportedly signed on for "at least five episodes" of Bionic Woman and will play an outsider with a mysterious agenda who is introduced early in the series. USA Today also reports that the network also has a development deal "to star in a potential action drama he pitched to the network for the 2008-09 TV season."
Says: Katherine Pope, president of NBC's Universal Media Studios: "[Isiaiah Washington is] a brilliant actor...I think people watch characters on TV, not personalities."
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Comments
This has to be the one of the stupidest casting decision in the history of television.
The BIONIC WOMAN is a huge gay iconic character. And NBC goes out and hires THIS GUY!? I seriously want to know what they were thinking.
Then again, it is NBC.
Posted by: Chad | July 16, 2007 11:12 AM