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"Kathy Bates has revealed that her role in Harry&amp;#039;s Law was originally written for a male actor. Speaking on Today, Bates explained that she fell in love with the show when she read the script. &amp;quot;I had to wait for the right part,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;When I first read the script, she just jumped off the page and I realised this was it.&amp;quot; Bates added that she was determined not to change the character&amp;#039;s name when she became female, saying: &amp;quot;When I first read the script, they still had the script they&amp;#039;d been sending around to the male actors and then when I got the second draft, it had Harriet, and I said, &amp;#039;No, no, no, it&amp;#039;s got to be Harry - that&amp;#039;s who I fell in love with&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Harry&amp;#039;s Law premieres tonight at 10/9c on NBC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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