1 hour ago, BetterForgotten said:

‘Beyond the Gates’ Star Tamara Tunie Talks Resilience, Divine Order and Speaking Your Truth (EXCLUSIVE)

 

^ above photos from article by author Deanna Barnert
for "First for Women" (magazine owned by same company as SOD)

The full article is in the print magazine (as in the above cover photo of the mag).

there are a few excerpts here:
https://www.firstforwomen.com/entertainment/celebrities/tamara-tunie-talks-beyond-the-gates-divine-order-and-resilience
 

Edited February 25Feb 25 by janea4old

Don't remember if this casting was discussed in detail on this thread. 
I see that she was mentioned in her instagram stories in this post 
in December
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/66310-beyond-the-gates-premiere-date-time-slot-set-by-cbs/?do=findComment&comment=1979455

Attorney Bill Hamilton's secretary (or legal admin):
Character name "Caroline Lee".
She is played by Ellie Wang. She's on IMDB as "Elena Wang (1)".
She is Singaporean, raised in Australia.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3886963

https://www.instagram.com/theelliewang/

This is a 2015 interview:
https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/features/profile-elena-wang

2018 article about a play she did with George Takei.
It started on Broadway and was revived in L.A. in 2018.
It's a musical play with a story set during the Japanese American internment of World War II (with a framing story set in the present day).
https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2018/03/george-takei-elena-wang-and-allegiance-cast-weigh-identity-culture-and-enduring-power

Ellie Wang recently filmed an appearance in a romcom TV movie working with Adam Huss - Nikolas Cassadine.  The film stars Eric Roberts, and hasn't aired yet.
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/ghs-adam-huss-scores-triple-play-with-exciting-new-roles/

Edited February 25Feb 25 by janea4old

First episode credits: 

 

 

 

character: Supervising Nurse Shanice Johnson
actress: Ernestine Johnson Morrison.
on IMDB as Ernestine Johnson((I)
Lots of BTG photos and videos here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGdUjGyAZxq

Finally got to watch only the second daytime soap opera premier in my lifetime!

What worked for me: 

Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis, and Nicole.

Bill the cheater, his new woman and Kara Mosley. I'm interested to see Bill scheming. We need a powerful antagonist.

The sets were great!

What didn't work for me:

-the younger black couple (Naomi and the guy) and the younger white couple. They just felt like extra weight.

-pacing: it felt a little slow, I think this would've worked better as a 30 minute show but we're well past that now.

Overall it was just the first episode, interested to see where this goes, this is definitely better than B&B.

Suggestion for the opening, to familiarize the audience with character names, put it above the actor names. Example:

Edited February 25Feb 25 by Planet Soap

With the show finally making its long-awaited premiere, I have officially unpinned this thread. It will continue to exist and receive ongoing discussions about the behind the scenes world of Beyond the Gates and its historical impact, but it will no longer be the place to discuss episodes or spoilers. News can continue being posted here, as long as it isn't spoiling anything for any particular episode.

Casting news, breaking news and episode discussion, and related topics, should now take place in their respective discussion threads on the SON Community.

Michele Val Jean posted this and this was my reply to her:

This is your moment, Michele!

I am so proud of you and I am so thankful to you for bringing us all into the world you created. Forever and always, that credit will remain. No one can take that away from you. No one. Not ever.

— Errol Lewis (@ErrolLewis) February 25, 2025

This was classy of the DAYS writing team:

 

Thank you so much to the ⁦@DaysPeacock⁩ Writing Team for the beautiful flowers. So appreciated #DaytimeCommunity pic.twitter.com/7Pvo6zSLwU

— Michele Val Jean (@MicheleValJean) February 25, 2025

I wonder if GH will make some gesture ? Would be a classy and positive thing to do.

5 hours ago, janea4old said:

Don't remember if this casting was discussed in detail on this thread. 
I see that she was mentioned in her instagram stories in this post 
in December
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/66310-beyond-the-gates-premiere-date-time-slot-set-by-cbs/?do=findComment&comment=1979455

Attorney Bill Hamilton's secretary (or legal admin):
Character name "Caroline Lee".
She is played by Ellie Wang. She's on IMDB as "Elena Wang (1)".
She is Singaporean, raised in Australia.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3886963

https://www.instagram.com/theelliewang/

This is a 2015 interview:
https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/features/profile-elena-wang

2018 article about a play she did with George Takei.
It started on Broadway and was revived in L.A. in 2018.
It's a musical play with a story set during the Japanese American internment of World War II (with a framing story set in the present day).
https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2018/03/george-takei-elena-wang-and-allegiance-cast-weigh-identity-culture-and-enduring-power

Ellie Wang recently filmed an appearance in a romcom TV movie working with Adam Huss - Nikolas Cassadine.  The film stars Eric Roberts, and hasn't aired yet.
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/ghs-adam-huss-scores-triple-play-with-exciting-new-roles/

Thank you for this. I admit I was wondering about her a little bit. And she's in a movie with Adam Huss. Cool. 

 

 

For those wondering if Victoria Rowell had any recent reaction:

Thank YOU for recognizing my long campaign for a CBS Black produced, directed, written w/all star cast.

— Victoria Rowell (@victoriarowell) February 25, 2025

Looks like there was a premiere party in Atlanta for the cast and crew. Michele Val Jean went to Atlanta help celebrate!

From Julie Hanan Carruthers’ IG:

https://www.instagram.com/share/BAEO3EApe7
 

 

7 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

I wonder if GH will make some gesture ? Would be a classy and positive thing to do.

They won't; Y&R/DAYS usually always comment via social media when a cast member passes, etc. GH's social media is the only one who never does. So I doubt they will acknowledge BTG.

2 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

They won't; Y&R/DAYS usually always comment via social media when a cast member passes, etc. GH's social media is the only one who never does. So I doubt they will acknowledge BTG.

At least the GH stars that MVJ wrote for have shown their support like Laura Weight and Lisa Locicero.

Just now, BetterForgotten said:

At least the GH stars that MVJ wrote for have shown their support like Laura Weight and Lisa Locicero.

Oh, the actors do show support but do not expect the official Twitter/Instagram accounts to do so.