Marie was on a soap called Somerset when HODS was filmed ...
It always sounded to me that Marie wanted to do HODS but couldn't, that it was amicable. Where did the vindictiveness come in?
We're getting way OT here, but Marie has said on many occasions that she was cast as Nancy Hodiak (Barnabas' second victim in the hoDS script). However, after it got out that she'd auditioned and won the role of India Delaney on
Somerset, Marie was suddenly informed that it was decided that none of the Nancy Hodiak scenes would be shot and her services were no longer required for hoDS. And Marie has said she believed that DC made that decision not only because she dared to get a job with another soap, but also because she got a job on a soap that was going to go up against DS at 4pm.