Umlingisi u-Angela Lansbury uthe ubheka ukuqala kabusha kochungechunge oluthi "Wabhala Iphutha Lokubulala". Ngasikhathi sinye, umlingisi akamthandi umbono wenguqulo yesimanje, kepha iqiniso lokuthi isiteshi se-TV se-NBC senze isinqumo sokusebenzisa igama elifanayo ngokubulawa kwakhe kwephrojekthi entsha, wabhala ("wabhala leli mbumba").
"Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyiphutha," kusho inkanyezi eneminyaka engama-88. - "Ubhale le cala lokubulala" uyohlala ehlotshaniswa nendaba yedolobha laseCabot-Cove kanye nabahlali bayo abahle. Ngiyaxolisa ukuthi basebenzisa leli gama, yize benelungelo eligcwele kulo. "
Khumbula ukuthi uchungechunge oludumile lwalusesiteshini se-CBS sezinkathi eziyi-12 ukusuka ngo-1984 kuya ku-1996. U-Angela Lansbury wadlala kuye indima enkulu yombhali uJessica Fletcher, ochwepheshe kwabaphenyi. Esikhathini sakhe samahhala, uFletcher wabuye wahola uphenyo usulo, futhi uchungechunge ngalunye lwalunikelwe kwelinye lazo. Ngaphambi kwalomsebenzi, uLansbury uqokwe kathathu ku-Oscar, futhi waphinde wanikezwa "ama-globes wegolide" ngezindima ngamafilimu aphezulu agcwele. Kodwa-ke, udumo olukhulu kunawo wonke, kanye nokuphakanyiswa okungu-12 kwe-Ammi Premium, waletha ngqo iqhaza likaJessica Fletcher. "Kwakuyindlu yami emhlabeni," kusho uLanbury. "Ngokuphazima kweso, ngadumala, ngaba nezithameli ezinkulu, engisenazo."
Iqiniso lokuthi i-NBC izodubula inguqulo yesimanje yefilimu ehlukahlukene, yaziwa ngo-Okthoba. Iqhaza lomlingiswa ophambili lavunywa ngumlingisi oneminyaka engama-43 ongumlingisi oneminyaka engama-43 u-Octavia Spencer ("Wording"). Uzodlala umlawuli wesibhedlela kanye nomphenyi wesikhathi esiyingxenye.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi u-Octavia ungumlingisi omuhle kakhulu. Ngabona umsebenzi wakhe "encekwini", futhi ngangikuthanda kakhulu. Ngimfisela inhlanhla, kepha bengingeke ngifune ukuba 'wabhala ngokubulala, "kuphawulwe uLancebury.