"Love and secrets of Sunset Beach." Actors - idols of the generation of the 90s

"Love and secrets of Sunset Beach" (actors: L. Gutterman, S. Ward, K. Robertson, S. Buxton, S. Behrens) - this is an American television "soap opera", the focus of which was the life of a group of people from the city of Sunset Beach, located in California.

The most expensive television project of the 90's

The day's series was another attempt of TV-90s to raise the declining popularity of "telejouve", focused mainly on young viewers. Together with NBC, the project was produced by well-deservedly famous Aaron Spelling. The production budget at the time of the broadcast was a million dollars a week, soap opera was considered a potential hit, so it was promoted in every possible way by the channel. Being the most expensive series for that period of time, "Love and Secrets of Sunset Beach" (actors, creators, producers, the entire film crew) immediately attracted the attention of media and TV viewers in the first months after the start of the broadcast, but quickly lost the regained ratings. However, he managed to win two Emmy awards and was awarded various awards and nominations, their number exceeded thirty.

Plot

In the center of the narrative is the story of a three-year period from the life of the inhabitants of Southern California. The main characters are the wealthy Richards family, lovers, but the unlucky beauty Meg Cummings and the mysterious Ben Evans, the Torres family and their entourage. The feature of the series was a sharp contrast between horror and fun, tragedy and comedy, sarcasm, irony, nightmares of life and mental torment, fantasy and sketch parody. That is, the characters alternately experienced ups and downs: when one half triumphed, had fun and enjoyed life, the second experienced a real nightmare, and later the situation turned completely opposite. Such was the structure of the narrative of the series "Love and Secrets of Sunset Beach". The actors involved in the work on the project were pleased with the opportunity to show their dramatic talent to the fullest.

Acting casting. The largest star

The name of Aaron Spelling as Executive Producer played a role. The television series collected a brilliant cast of casting for its launch, which was not previously observed on the daily air. The most notable star was deservedly considered Leslie-Anne Down, who more than successfully starred in a large movie and all sorts of serials of the 70-80-ies. The actress received a personal offer from Spelling to take part in the shootings. Perhaps, to some extent, the choice of the producer was due to the fact that she lived near the planned location of the filming. Moreover, after the fleeting success of Leslie in the 90's played the role of girlfriends or wives of the main characters, and in the failed films, which affected her fees. Leslie-Anne Down played the role of Olivia Blake Richards, a secular lioness suffering from alcoholism. Many leading film critics compared her character with Alexis Colby in the performance of Joan Collins from the grandiose soap opera of the 80s Dynasty. According to Dawn herself, at the beginning of her career she was often confused with Collins, maybe because both actresses come from England.

Constellation of the masters of the scene

Sam Behrens, an American television actor, known earlier as the performer of the role of the new husband Valin Ewing (Joan Van Ark) in the television project "Quiet Quay" was quite convincingly played by Olivia's wife - Gregory Richards. He is known for his roles in the daytime television series "Hope Ryan" "The main hospital" and, of course, "Love and secrets of Sunset Beach". Actors who work shoulder to shoulder with eminent performers, too, can boast of achievements in the actor's field. Taylor-Young Lee, Emmy winner, played the part of Olivia's friend Elaine Stevens. Actor's casting adorned Kathleen Nun from the Quiet Quay in the role of Betty Katzencracarkha and Carol Potter from the popular youth Beverly Hills, starring Joan Cummings.

The main protagonist

The role of young heroes in the majority were invited by much less well-known performers. Became famous after the execution of the villain in the series "Shores of Malibu" Susan Ward in "Sunset Beach" was the role of the main protagonist Meg Cummings. A young actress, like her heroine, truly believed in love, which is what spelled Spelling at the interview. The series became for her the most significant starting point in the acting career, he made Susan a star. For the sake of participation in the project, the girl had to move to Los Angeles.

The main character and villain

The main male role was played by British actor of television and cinema Clive Robertson. He came to Hollywood on vacation, for three weeks he did not receive a single offer and before his departure decided to go to the casting for Spelling. Producer at the last moment approves the actor for the role. Clive played not only Ben Evans, but also another character - twin brother Derek. After the show, Robertson was included in the list of the sexiest TV actors. And the main villain, inciting hostility and provoking a quarrel, was Sarah Buxton, who played the role of extraordinary Annie Douglas Richards.