Video: 10 years with Santa Barbara: how one of the longest TV series was created, and how the fate of its actors developed
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
When we hear about someone's confused relationship, we often say: "It's just Santa Barbara!" Although few people already remember why such associations are associated with this very popular in the 1990s. a series that started on American television exactly 32 years ago. At that time, many viewers, who were not spoiled by high-quality foreign television production, watched every day the vicissitudes of the fate of the heroes of the sensational series. Hardly anyone knows that Leonardo DiCaprio starred in one of the episodes of the series, and one of the actresses became a pastor. What was the secret of success "Santa Barbara", and how the fate of the actors developed - further in the review.
Although "Santa Barbara" is not the longest series in the history of cinema, we consider it just that, since it became the first long-running American "soap opera" shown on our television after the collapse of the USSR. It was aired intermittently due to the high cost of purchases and even due to strikes by dubbing actors from 1992 to 2002. Soviet viewers were overwhelmed by the glamor of overseas life: houses with swimming pools, expensive cars, exquisite outfits, etc., amazed the imagination and helped to forget about pressing problems.
Viewers bombarded the studio with letters asking for a sequel, but still never saw the last 97 episodes! In total, they were filmed in 2137, and we showed them from 217th to 2040th. Although hardly anyone noticed this - in principle, it was possible to start with any series and end the same way. The Russian dubbing of "Sanba-Barbara" was recognized as the best in the world. Actors from St. Petersburg have been working on it for 7 years.
In the United States, the series was seen in full and much earlier: the first episode was released on July 30, 1984, and the last was shown on January 15, 1993. It is not surprising that with such a length of the series, many characters were perceived as real people. At the same time, not only housewives were sincerely imbued with the problems of the Capwell clan - even US President Ronald Reagan once wrote a letter to actress Luis Sorel after her screen heroine went blind after an explosion in a tunnel. In it, he expressed his condolences and wishes for a speedy recovery.
5 writers and 5 directors, 142 actors, 150 make-up and costume designers worked on Santa Barbara, although the entire series was filmed in a 1,800-square-meter studio, 140 km from the real Santa Barbara. Once a film crew visited Moscow - when, according to the script, Warren Lockridge came to visit his Russian friend Pavel Ivanov. The creators of the series are a married couple of Dobsons. They wrote 100 pages of script every day. In total, the couple earned about $ 30 million on Santa Barbara, the actors received up to $ 2,000 per shooting day.
Almost every character was played by several actors. The reasons were different: the actors got tired of playing the same role over the years, they were fired due to rejection of certain plot moves, they left because of scandals on the set or because of illness, etc. Only one CC Capwell was played by 6 actors. Few people remember that young Mason Capwell was played by Leonardo DiCaprio in one of the episodes in 1990.
The most sought-after actress in Santa Barbara was Robin Wright, who played the role of Kelly Capwell: she starred in the films Forrest Gump, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and many others, won the Golden Globe. Marcy Walker, who played Eden Capwell, later became … a pastor! Hey Martinez, who impressed women in the role of Cruz Castillo, starred in small supporting roles after Santa Barbara. Another favorite of the fair half - Lane Davis, the best Mason of all times and peoples, starred in the TV series "Clinic", "Practice", etc.
Robin Mattson, who got the role of charming adventurer Gina Capwell, did not act in films anymore. She has become a host of a cooking show and has published several cooking books. The role of attorney Julia Capwell brought actress Nancy Lee Gran the Emmy Award, after which the woman took up charity work.
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