“It was great, because we really worked well together in terms of the thespian part of it.

“And it was physical, like throwing things, and really in a chamber.

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Cross debuted her character on theBeverly Hills, 90210spinoff in its first season.

Melrose Place Cast, Patrick Muldoon, Kristin Davis, Marcia Cross, Jack Wagner and Heather Locklear

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“That was it for me, just really working with another actor on another level.”

How am I playing this?'”

“And I said, “Well, you know, she’s basically…she’snuts.'

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And Marcia’s like, ‘Okay, I get it’ but shereallygot it.

She was brilliant in the role.

As fun as Dr. Kimberly Shaw was in the beginning, it was straightforward.

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“Then they called me asking if I wanted to go back.

I remember being thrown a lifeline because I was grieving so terribly.

When I look at it now, it’s my life in grief.”

Marcia Cross and Jack Wagner, Melrose Place

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