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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 428406" data-attributes="member: 22">Great to have that confirmed after all these years! It seems likely that the reference to Bill&#039;s father&#039;s skin colour would have been added after the actor was cast, i.e., they chose the actor they most wanted rather than the one who &quot;matched&quot; Rudolph Walker and then worked backwards, which makes it even more interesting that that should be the bit of dialogue that always stayed with me. I&#039;m fascinated by such examples of necessity as the mother of invention (or &quot;happy accidents&quot;). Re-re-watching EastEnders from the start, for example, it dawned on me how much of Angie Watts&#039;s life that takes place after the actress has left the series -- the alcoholic relapses, relationship break-ups,&nbsp; sudden marriages -- is dictated by Letitia Dean&#039;s panto commitments. Every January, regular as clockwork, some drama occurs in Angie&#039;s life that necessitates Sharon dropping everything and leaving the country for a month or two. And then all of those incidents are fed into and remain part of the overall saga, long after the original reason for them has been forgotten. And of course, a good 75% of what happens on Brookside in the late &#039;80s is a result of three actors (one each from three of the main households) deciding to quit in mid-1987. The list, especially in soaps, goes on and on.Here&#039;s a bit more direct Empson v Henry action:[MEDIA=youtube]-a9CH5pf_5o[/MEDIA]Yes, it really is.Although soap being what it is, Patrick has mellowed considerably over the (last twenty-five!) years. He was a bit of a bad lad when he first showed up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 428406, member: 22"] Great to have that confirmed after all these years! It seems likely that the reference to Bill's father's skin colour would have been added after the actor was cast, i.e., they chose the actor they most wanted rather than the one who "matched" Rudolph Walker and then worked backwards, which makes it even more interesting that that should be the bit of dialogue that always stayed with me. I'm fascinated by such examples of necessity as the mother of invention (or "happy accidents"). Re-re-watching [I]EastEnders[/I] from the start, for example, it dawned on me how much of Angie Watts's life that takes place after the actress has left the series -- the alcoholic relapses, relationship break-ups, sudden marriages -- is dictated by Letitia Dean's panto commitments. Every January, regular as clockwork, some drama occurs in Angie's life that necessitates Sharon dropping everything and leaving the country for a month or two. And then all of those incidents are fed into and remain part of the overall saga, long after the original reason for them has been forgotten. And of course, a good 75% of what happens on [I]Brookside[/I] in the late '80s is a result of three actors (one each from three of the main households) deciding to quit in mid-1987. The list, especially in soaps, goes on and on. Here's a bit more direct Empson v Henry action: [MEDIA=youtube]-a9CH5pf_5o[/MEDIA] Yes, it really is. Although soap being what it is, Patrick has mellowed considerably over the (last twenty-five!) years. He was a bit of a bad lad when he first showed up. [/QUOTE]

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