Members dragonflies Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Sorry if this was already posted anywhere From the new SID: A new Latin family is headed to OLTL this fall: Casting calls were issued for Hector, a businessman from Colombia, and his daughter Elena, a newcomer to Llanview High. The soap is also casting Maria, a sexy thirtysomething Latina married to a powerful and ruthless CEO. All 3 contract roles begin in August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scott Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 See if their gonna bring a new family in they should start them on recurring and slowly work them in. This has Santi family written all over it again. Or well Santi-esque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Ooo.. Some diversity! GO RON! I hope this turns out good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MTSRocks Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hopefully, the stereotypes does not travel to Llanview with this family. I look forward to this development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members detroitpiston Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Oh come on. Is it too much to ask for at least one black family, geez. I also wouldn't mind another Jewish or Muslim family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AddictedToSoaps Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Are these new people really necessary?? I'll reserve my judgements until these characters start airing, but I don't like the sound of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David_Vickers Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 I don't think these new characters are necessary and why are they all on contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 I think it's good that RC and FV are addressing some of our concerns about diversity, or lack thereof, on OLTL. Hopefully, this won't be another Santi mess, and that this new family will receive solid storylines which tie in well with the rest of the Llanview canvas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 But OLTL already has a Latino family, I was hoping for a Jewish, Muslim, gay, or any another type of ethnic/religious/social/economic group. I'm not saying too many Latinos is a bad thing, but when you already have Latino characters on your show, I think you can afford to add another group to your canvas. The fact that they're putting all these characters on contract seems a bit worrying as well, but we'll see. I've always said Ron C's weakness is diversity, hell Layla was used more under Tomlin than she is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DrewH Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Diversity is diversity and OLTL is about the only soap that fully has an established Latino family, aside from PSNS which is about to be cancelled. So I welcome these new diverse characters. Hopefully, Ron will introduce them the right way, instantly interweaving them within other characters and establishing a connection. As long as these new characters are sharing something with characters we love then it will be watchable. It's when new characters are only being seen with other new characters or with characters that fans don't care for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MTSRocks Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 As bad as JER was, PASSIONS probably had the most diverse cast in recent years. Hell, they even included an Orangutan in a front burner storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Yep. Eric Martsolf rocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leevo64 Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 I have complete faith in Ron's ability to introduce new characters. Charlie, Gigi and Jared have all been integrated flawlessly into the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reallyhateskateonlost Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 Oh Good! Because The Vega's and The Santi's were written so well. I wouldn't mine seeing and American Indian family in Llanview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted June 30, 2008 Members Share Posted June 30, 2008 RC's motto is Latino, not African American. BS. There is already a Latino family in Landview. Why not build an African American family around Layla? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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