Liz Hurley snubbed for role by Only Fools and Horses bosses for being too glam
The iconic BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses was filled with drama, laughs and also a little bit of love.
Fans of the show were over the moon when Trotter met the love of his life Cassandra in the sixth season.
However Cassandra could have been played very differently if directors has gone if they had given the role to the famous actress Liz Hurley.
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In the Channel 5 documentary Only Fools and Horses: Secrets and Scandals fans discovered that Liz Hurley actually auditioned for the show.
Author Mike Jones revealed: “She auditioned for the role and it was felt that perhaps she was probably a little too glamorous for…how can I say it diplomatically? Our lanky Trotter brother.”
In the end, the role was given to Gwyneth Strong who played the role perfectly and viewers fell in love with the lovely Cassandra.
The characters met when Trotter accidentally took her coat, which was identical to his, before later dancing in a nightclub and discovering a connection.
The same series saw the couple get married and Rodney finally moved out of the flat he shared with his brother, Del Boy (David Jason).
This comes after it was announced an episode of Only Fools and Horses was banned from TV for almost 20 years because it showed loveable rogue Del Boy Trotter as a cruel and nasty bully.
A Royal Flush was originally broadcast at Christmas in 1986 and featured “Plonker” Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) becoming friends with the daughter of a duke.
His cheeky older brother Del (Sir David Jason) tries – and fails – to help him make the right impression when they mingle with high society.
The show was only finished just hours before broadcast and contained no audience laughter.
And after it aired, creator John Sullivan said he “hated it” as certain scenes were too dark and made the nation’s much loved Del Boy look totally out of character.
In a scene at a posh dinner at a manor house, he cruelly belittles Rodders in front of the guests.
And when they go to the opera, he upsets audience members by getting in their way and threatens one man angrily “I am gonna come down there and smack you in the eye.”
Sullivan ruled that A Royal Flush should never be repeated.
It was not until 2005 that he allowed it to be released on DVD but only after major editing.
Audience laughter was added to soften harsher moments and other scenes were cut completely.
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