“And, Almost Starring….”

[Carrie Fairchild]

Random rabbit hole for a Sunday morning. I came across an abridged version of Aaron Spelling’s book on Spotify, which prompted me to look up the thread on it here. The above bit of info is mentioned in the thread (with the actual quote above being snipped from the book).

Joan as Hillary would’ve been a nice nod to her old relationship with Heather on Dynasty. It would also be a throwback to her turn as modelling boss Racine, on the Paper Dolls TV movie. Spelling seems to embellish some of the facts in the book, so while Joan being unavailable rings true (she would’ve been filming three movies around this time), I think Linda Gray had to fight to be considered for the role after reading about it in the tabloids (during which time, names including Linda Evans, Raquel Welch, Farrah Fawcett and Faye Dunaway were being thrown around as potential Hillarys).

 

[ClassyCo]

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Random rabbit hole for a Sunday morning. I came across an abridged version of Aaron Spelling’s book on Spotify, which prompted me to look up the thread on it here. The above bit of info is mentioned in the thread (with the actual quote above being snipped from the book).

Joan as Hillary would’ve been a nice nod to her old relationship with Heather on Dynasty. It would also be a throwback to her turn as modelling boss Racine, on the Paper Dolls TV movie. Spelling seems to embellish some of the facts in the book, so while Joan being unavailable rings true (she would’ve been filming three movies around this time), I think Linda Gray had to fight to be considered for the role after reading about it in the tabloids (during which time, names including Linda Evans, Raquel Welch, Farrah Fawcett and Faye Dunaway were being thrown around as potential Hillarys).

I've only seen clips of MODELS INC, but personally I would've preferred Farrah Fawcett in the role.

 

[Daniel Avery]

Olivia deHavilland was frequently mentioned as the first choice to play Ruth Galveston on Knots Landing but I'm not sure how hard they lobbied her to come out of retirement in France to play the part. Sometimes they play up negotiations with someone else just to get the desired actor to sign for a lower rate.

Delta Burke was offered the role of Katherine Wentworth on Dallas and likely would have killed it in the part, but she could not get out of her contract with a sitcom called Filthy Rich.

 

[ClassyCo]

Olivia deHavilland was frequently mentioned as the first choice to play Ruth Galveston on Knots Landing but I'm not sure how hard they lobbied her to come out of retirement in France to play the part. Sometimes they play up negotiations with someone else just to get the desired actor to sign for a lower rate.

Olivia would've been an interesting choice, but I really like Ava Gardner in the role.

Delta Burke was offered the role of Katherine Wentworth on Dallas and likely would have killed it in the part, but she could not get out of her contract with a sitcom called Filthy Rich.

I would've loved to have seen Delta Burke on one of the soaps. I'm unsure if I would've liked her as Katherine, but I'm sure she done great in the part.