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>Niles’s wife Maris was not meant to be an unseen character, but the writers created so many outlandish physical descriptions of her that they felt no actress would live up to them. Julia Duffy and Valerie Mahaffey were considered beforehand.
>Kirstie Alley was the only regular cast member of Cheers never to appear in the show. Word is she didn’t get along with Grammer and allegedly informed producers she would not guest star as she was a Scientologist and didn’t believe in psychiatry, only for them to retort they had no intention to ask her to.
>Roz became pregnant in season 5 because Paramount demanded she face some kind of consequence for her constant sexual escapades. The writers didn’t want to add babies to the show otherwise, and even wrote off Jane Leeves’ first IRL pregnancy as Daphne developing an eating disorder. They only wrote in her second pregnancy because it was the final season and they felt appropriate Niles and Daphne would have a baby.
>There were serious talks about Frasier and Roz ending up together, with them having sex in season 9 and Roz becoming jealous of Frasier’s relationship with her rival Julia Wilcox in season 10, but the writers ultimately decided they worked better as friends and nixed the idea.
>In addition to Roz, the writers also considered Lilith and Julia as Frasier’s final love interests in season 11, but ultimately decided Frasier getting back together with Lilith was regressive, while Julia was not popular enough with fans due to her abrasive personality and mistreatment of Roz. They ultimately decided to pair Frasier with a new character, Charlotte, played by Laura Linney.
>Kirstie Alley was the only regular cast member of Cheers never to appear in the show. Word is she didn’t get along with Grammer and allegedly informed producers she would not guest star as she was a Scientologist and didn’t believe in psychiatry, only for them to retort they had no intention to ask her to.
>Roz became pregnant in season 5 because Paramount demanded she face some kind of consequence for her constant sexual escapades. The writers didn’t want to add babies to the show otherwise, and even wrote off Jane Leeves’ first IRL pregnancy as Daphne developing an eating disorder. They only wrote in her second pregnancy because it was the final season and they felt appropriate Niles and Daphne would have a baby.
>There were serious talks about Frasier and Roz ending up together, with them having sex in season 9 and Roz becoming jealous of Frasier’s relationship with her rival Julia Wilcox in season 10, but the writers ultimately decided they worked better as friends and nixed the idea.
>In addition to Roz, the writers also considered Lilith and Julia as Frasier’s final love interests in season 11, but ultimately decided Frasier getting back together with Lilith was regressive, while Julia was not popular enough with fans due to her abrasive personality and mistreatment of Roz. They ultimately decided to pair Frasier with a new character, Charlotte, played by Laura Linney.
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