Santa Barbara Discussion Thread

[Paul Raven]

Yes,it's funny that sometimes when a performer leaves fans are totally behind it even though it might upset story plans for the show.

But when someone is dismissed fans are up in arms about how it will ruin the show.

Robin had a contract that she wanted to break with no consequence. The PTB are always blamed in these cases.

[Contessa Donatella]

No one ever suggested "no consequences". She certainly expected that she'd have to pay back. The issue was that NBC had her pay back double time & that was the only issue.

[Paul Raven]

I wonder how that came about? They must have sensed they had the upper hand and went for it. I'm surprised that sort of move was legal.

Sounds like something Warner Bros would pull back in the 30's and 40's.

Don't think it would be allowed now.

 

[Chris 2]

Yes, it would be allowed today. Robin Wright had a contract and was obligated to do the show. They gave her a choice to void the remainder of that contract and sign a new one in return for that time off, but she wasn’t forced to. She could have turned down the offer and the other part, and left in 1987.

Honestly, many production companies even today wouldn’t have given her that choice; they would have held her to the original contract and forced her to turn down the other part. You can’t run a soap with your actors constantly demanding time off to take other parts. That’s why soaps vets with more clout negotiate “outs” in their contracts that let them do outside projects with a certain amount of notice. Robin was a newbie and didn’t have that type of clause in her original contract. 

Edited August 7, 2024 by Chris 2

[Contessa Donatella]

That's why I say they took advantage. They knew how badly she wanted to do it. They might have also known what an ordeal they went through in their quest for the perfect Princess Buttercup and so on. But it was totally legal and would be today.

[whitelighter72]

Anyone else think it was odd how the Heather/Scott/Celeste storyline petered out with no real closure? I mean, I think it was pretty clear it was over between Scott and Celeste, but it still felt unresolved. As for Scott and Heather, it was more up in the air. In their last scene together Scott wanted to get back with Heather but she wasn't exactly ready to welcome him back with open arms. So it didn't look like they'd be getting back together any time soon. But last we knew, they both still lived in Santa Barbara, so who knows?

[kalbir]

Re: Robin Wright/Princess Bride/Santa Barbara contract. The Princess Bride was filmed August-December 1986, so 5 months. Assuming NBC initial soap contracts were three years, Robin Wright initial Santa Barbara contract would have ended July 1987 but her last episode was broadcast June 1988. So it seems NBC gave her 5 months off to film The Princess Bride, but added 11 months to her initial contract.

Edited August 11, 2024 by kalbir

[Liberty City]

Don't forget, though: Wright [briefly left the role prior to The Princess Bride to film Hollywood Vice Squad in 1985. Per her words, it was a two-year deal that turned into four-years. And then in 1988, she opted to leave, and in 2023 called it (now) her "training," despite hating it then and "going into the Army of television".

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[Manny]

Oh what a nice video!! 

I think Jane Rogers is the most different from what I remember her. I mean, obviously it's been almost 40 years, but with a lot of them they still look so much the same (just older), but with her I would have never recognized her.

Vincent I. looks amazing, wow. 

I remember loving Heather and Scott and I hated Celeste so much. I remember when I started watching Y&R in late 90s, and Hope appeared at some point, I was shocked that it was Celeste from SB and now she was playing such a nice person.

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Took me a while to like her hahaha

And seeing Sherilyn Wolter... omg, I LOOVED Elena Nicholas / Eleonor Norris. She was so amazing and soapy villianess goddess. I still remember when she was in that mirror labyrinth and C.C. was there too and then he finds her on the ground, shot and her last words are "Cruz killed me, Daddy"... with two shocks at once... Cruz allegedly shooting her and her being C.C.'s daughter! So cool!  

Edited August 11, 2024 by Manny

[BarbaraBorel]

I am exactly at episode 1245 and so depressed I've been watching this every night for almost a few years now. Any luck in finding any in English I found a website that sells DVDs that were once VHS tapes and the different seasons please email me with any response to how I can watch the rest of the series

[Carlos Abad]

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I really love this video, my favorite of all that I have watched about the reunion. I don’t know if it’s the soundtrack, the editing or what. But this video made me cry so much.

[TheyStartedOnSoaps]

Apologizes if this has already been posted - Oscar Winner Gwyneth Paltrow all-time favorite show was Santa Barbara - she never missed an episode. Still years later she is such a fan of the show - she invited Robin Wright on her podcast to talk all things Santa Barbara

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Edited August 12, 2024 by TheyStartedOnSoaps

[Aback]

 

Wowza! Here I am in 2024 with newly found appreciation for GP!

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[Carlos Abad]

Robin Wright is the favorite Kelly for most santa barbara fans, but at the same time some Santa Barbara fans are so hard on Robin Wright.

She didn’t like the genre, she didn’t like the hard schedule the same as Ava Lazar, Linda Gibboney and many more, and she didn’t like her acting on the soap which is comprehensible from the point of view of the actor who sometimes is embarrassed of their own work and they only want to improve. Many times they didn’t like their jobs as many of us.

Also, Robin Wright has been hard on some of her acting in other movies saying she did a bad job, but soap opera fans only focus on her words about Santa Barbara. Until 2009 or so she said she was not a good actress in many interviews and that she was not the right choice for many of her parts.

Also I think it’s better that Robin Wright didn’t attend the reunion because in all her events she has an assistant and also security people, so it would be odd to do that in a small and casual event as the reunion.

People don’t understand that she’s not the only one who make decisions about her career or the events she goes or not. There’s a lot of management behind who control what she does and she does not.

Anyway, she has been in London and Spain from the last 7 months directing and acting in a Prime Video miniseries so there was not chance to her to attend the event even if she wished it.