Really good interview. I didn't remember she'd been on Passions.

I wish they'd asked her about some of the post-Reilly stories, like that stuff with the chip in Vivian's tooth. Has she ever talked about that story?

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/soaps/louise-sorel-october-surprise-2884.html

I adore her, can't wait for her to be on screen

She sure was on Passions. Chopping Tuna. Very good interview.

Loved all the JER questions/responses. Very interesting.

Great interview! Love Louise and can't wait to see her back on my tv screen.

I was surprised to see so much Reilly talk, but of course I didn't mind.

Yeah, that role on Passions made no sense. I wonder why they cast her in such a day-player role. Louise would've fit perfectly on the show.

I don’t know. I did take that problem upstairs to the producers’ office. I said, “What has happened to Vivian? She used to be sophisticated and intelligent!” I guess I probably bent a few egos because I understand now that one of the people I was [complaining to] was actually doing some of the writing.

Damn that Tom Langan!!

She’s passionate and fearless. I don’t think she was ever intended to be that funny – that began to happen after Reilly came to Days. You know, they tried to get rid of me. I think I originally signed for a year but at the end of five months they called my agent and said they were dropping me. But they called too late [per the terms of the contract] and they would have had to keep paying me so, begrudgingly, they kept me on the air. But then that’s when Reilly came in and started writing and, before long, Vivian took off with the fans.

I'm glad Reilly decided to keep Vivian around and made her popular.

Also Reilly had gradually paved the way for that story, preparing the audience so he could go that way on a show that used to be much more normal. He took his time setting it up. You can’t do the same sort of thing on, say, As the World Turns. It can’t come from nowhere. It’s like Seinfeld – not that I’m comparing the two – where they gradually crafted the characters to the point where they could do the most insane things. It was genius. And that’s where Reilly was smart. He didn’t just throw in a premature burial. He made it work.

Word to this. Reilly-1 was so awesome. He made almost everything word back then.

Great interview. I love that fact that Vivian pays someone to take the fall for Lawrence's murder, so she can exact her own revenge on Carly. Can't wait for her to grace the screen again.

Great interview! Love Louise and can't wait to see her back on my tv screen.

I was surprised to see so much Reilly talk, but of course I didn't mind.

Yeah, that role on Passions made no sense. I wonder why they cast her in such a day-player role. Louise would've fit perfectly on the show.

Damn that Tom Langan!!

I'm glad Reilly decided to keep Vivian around and made her popular.

Word to this. Reilly-1 was so awesome. He made almost everything word back then.

YEP! Pretty much everything you said!!

Word to this. Reilly-1 was so awesome. He made almost everything word back then.

Yes he did. This is an example where a writer is allowed to write his vision. An example of how he was given TIME to set things up. And it paid off. Now soaps change storylines every 6 months. Once JER set up all the storylines, it was non stop action up until his very last day.

She sure was on Passions. Chopping Tuna. Very good interview.

It's shocking that she would do this, especially considering the Augusta Lockridge killing the pigeon thing that she fought Bridget and Jerry Dobson over.

Yes he did. This is an example where a writer is allowed to write his vision. An example of how he was given TIME to set things up. And it paid off. Now soaps change storylines every 6 months. Once JER set up all the storylines, it was non stop action up until his very last day.

It was that way with DAYS Run #1, where there was a little bit of accountability in the form of Tom Langan and Corday and MAYBE the network. Flying Solo, Reilly clearly exercised his right to develop a freak show.

Reilly run #1 without that accountability would have ended NBC Daytime in 1995.

AND wait...

Louise Sorel and Paul Rauch "dated"? YUCK! I didn't think she was his type(blonde, big boobs, blue eyes).

Edited October 25, 200916 yr by bellcurve

They dated when Rauch was at OLTL, after she was cast as Judith Sanders. Supposedly that's the reason Judith got such an abrupt exit from the show, because the relationship ended and he didn't want her on the show anymore.

love this womens interviews.

It was that way with DAYS Run #1, where there was a little bit of accountability in the form of Tom Langan and Corday and MAYBE the network. Flying Solo, Reilly clearly exercised his right to develop a freak show.

Reilly run #1 without that accountability would have ended NBC Daytime in 1995.

Toups might have the actual quote or source, but I thought Reilly was given free reign after the success of Maison Blanche which was early to mid-1994.

I think the reason his early stories (Who killed Curtis Reid, Alan/Sami rape, Buried Alive, Maison Blanche, Kates introduction, Laura Horton returns, Kristin & Peter etc.) were so good was because he hadn't forgotten what he had learnt at GL yet and initially he had Sheri Anderson holding his hand.

Anyway, can't wait to see Aunt Viv on screen, she even transcends the crappy previews they make for this show.

Toups might have the actual quote or source, but I thought Reilly was given free reign after the success of Maison Blanche which was early to mid-1994.

I think the reason his early stories (Who killed Curtis Reid, Alan/Sami rape, Buried Alive, Maison Blanche, Kates introduction, Laura Horton returns, Kristin & Peter etc.) were so good was because he hadn't forgotten what he had learnt at GL yet and initially he had Sheri Anderson holding his hand.

Anyway, can't wait to see Aunt Viv on screen, she even transcends the crappy previews they make for this show.

Maybe he told that to the press. But there's no way Reilly had full creative control at DAYS. Period.

I'm almost willing to bet that's why he resented Corday all these years.