Ash Moves Into Melrose Place
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Ashlee Simpson will be back on the small screen, and she’s moving into Melrose Place, no less!
The 24-year old mommy to four-month old, Bronx Mowgli, has been tapped to play a lead role in CW’s Melrose Place redux. She will be returning to the television scene after a seven-year hiatus since her breakthrough role on WB’s 7th Heaven.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the cast of Melrose Place and I look forward to being a part of its new generation of residents,” she said in a statement to People magazine.
Wondering what her role in Melrose is? Well, it’s been circulating around that the singer/actress will play the show’s newest resident, the “sex-kitten” Violet. According to Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly, Violet is a “bright-eyed but shrewd small-town girl and recent L.A. transplant who has come to town with a secret.” Apparently, Violet has a sex appeal, and she’s not afraid to use it. Oooohhhh…
Now, if Melrose fans would remember, her role will be quite like Amy Locane’s Sandy Harling, who was the original series’ budding Southern belle blonde. Well, I guess the question now will be what Ash’s hair color should be for this part? Would she bleach it blonde, yet again?
Ash will join Katie Cassidy, of Supernatural fame, Michael Rady of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. While it has been rumored that OCstar, Mischa Barton has been sniffing around Melrose Place, no official statement from the show’s people have been made on whether or not she would be starring in the show.
I guess with this new show, hubby Pete Wentz, might need to spend more daddy-son bonding moments with Bronx. Oh well, it will surely do him good anyway! Go, Pete!














