In Part 1 of our interview with writer Sheri Anderson, the Emmy Award winner revealed how the new trilogy of Days Of Our Lives novels came about, and shared her thoughts on web series and how soap operas can be informative and still entertaining.
In Part 2 below, Anderson discusses her last stint at Days, not cheating the audience, and making a living as a writer.
We Love Soaps TV: How much fun was it to write these novels without having to think about sets or actors?
Sheri Anderson: I developed an animated show at one point and it was the same thing where you'd say, "Wow, I can go anywhere!" I had some of The Powers That Be say after the first novel, "This would make a great movie. We should make this a movie." It has 600 foot yachts in the south of France, superstars, Maseratis and Aston Martins crashing.
In Part 2 below, Anderson discusses her last stint at Days, not cheating the audience, and making a living as a writer.
We Love Soaps TV: How much fun was it to write these novels without having to think about sets or actors?
Sheri Anderson: I developed an animated show at one point and it was the same thing where you'd say, "Wow, I can go anywhere!" I had some of The Powers That Be say after the first novel, "This would make a great movie. We should make this a movie." It has 600 foot yachts in the south of France, superstars, Maseratis and Aston Martins crashing.
- 5/19/2011
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
South African model-turned-actress Christina Storm is set to co-star as a lesbian prostitute in the new TV series tentatively titled Flesh, according to South Africa's News24.com.
The psychological thriller by producer Franz Marx — who created the long-running South African soapie Egoli — is set in Cape Town and stars Shaleen Surtie-Richards as an experienced detective investigating serial killers.
Shaleen has starred on Egoli since 1992.
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
In the pilot, Surtie-Richards's character Penelope de Vos pursues a killer targeting gay men, one of whom is played by Gert van Schalkwyk (Egoli).
According to News24, the other well-known actors who play roles in the pilot episode include Ashley Dowds, Jill Middelkop (Egoli), "and a model, Leigh, who plays a lesbian prostitute."
The pilot has reportedly been finished, and is now being shopped to local television networks.
Storm became well-known in South Africa for dating one of the country's star rugby players, James...
The psychological thriller by producer Franz Marx — who created the long-running South African soapie Egoli — is set in Cape Town and stars Shaleen Surtie-Richards as an experienced detective investigating serial killers.
Shaleen has starred on Egoli since 1992.
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
In the pilot, Surtie-Richards's character Penelope de Vos pursues a killer targeting gay men, one of whom is played by Gert van Schalkwyk (Egoli).
According to News24, the other well-known actors who play roles in the pilot episode include Ashley Dowds, Jill Middelkop (Egoli), "and a model, Leigh, who plays a lesbian prostitute."
The pilot has reportedly been finished, and is now being shopped to local television networks.
Storm became well-known in South Africa for dating one of the country's star rugby players, James...
- 9/10/2009
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
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