The series "Return to Eden": actors and roles

Dynamic and entertaining series "Return to Eden" (actors: Rebecca Gilling, James Raine, Wendy Hughes) was released on September 27, 1983. The joint project of Australia and the USA has a certain cinematic value, at a certain time period it was extremely popular and popular all over the world. The USSR was no exception. The first season, published under the slogan "She came back to take revenge ...", conquered millions of hearts of domestic moviegoers, mostly the beautiful half.

The history of the creation of "soap opera"

From the very beginning of the idea of filming adapted adaptation of the novel of the same name by Rosalyn Miles, producers Michael Lawrence and Hal McElroy doubted the success of the project and cautiously offered to take a trial version - a mini-series. And all because the artists invited to participate in the shootings were unknown to a wide audience. So the film "Return to Eden," whose actors gained worldwide fame and popularity right after the release of the picture, remained a shortened version. Fears of the creators were not at all groundless, but they turned out to be in vain. Not only in Australia, but also in the United States and European countries, the film aroused great interest, which prompted the authors three years later to begin shooting the second season, which was much longer than the first (22 series). "Return to Eden 2," whose actors with small "losses" migrated from the first season, received the same support from the audience, but less enthusiastic assessment of the film critics.

Luxury and splendor

The budget of the series at that time was truly fabulous. Money was not spared by the creators - natural shots were staggering with dizzying splendor, and pavilion - with glaring eyes, luxury and plausibility, the outfits and decorations of the actors were deprived of speech, literally fascinated all those watching. The main characters - Gilly and Stephanie - caused envy in women and admiration for men. The audience fell in love with Jake Sanders and Dr. Marshall. Leading fashion magazines tirelessly published outfits in the style of a la Tara Welles. Basically, they were jackets with broad shoulders combined with narrow skirts, luxurious evening dresses mostly of blue and gold shades. All the images complemented the obligatory massive decorations - necklaces, clip-buttons. After participating in the filming of the series "Return to Eden," actors often bought screen outfits for personal use.

The plot: the beginning of the tragedy

The main character, Stephanie Harper (Rebecca Gilling), had everything that a happy woman could dream of - a decent inheritance, a family, a beloved husband. But one day she, along with her husband, Greg Marsden (James Rein), goes to Eden, the suburban family manor of the Harpers. There also soon comes a close friend of the main character, Gilly (Wendy Hughes), along with his faithful. The woman could not even think that her lover had long been betraying her with her best friend. But Greg's mind had long been riddled with a crazy plan. Following him, he wanted to get rid of his legal wife. Soon the villain turns around an opportunity, and he decides to implement his criminal intent. During a boat trip to places that swarm with crocodile cannibals, Greg pushes Stephanie into the water, predators immediately attack a woman who can not swim. The whole tragedy unfolds in front of Jilly, but she does not hurry to help her friend. Such a plot of the plot line of the film "Return to Eden", the actors and roles in which are selected qualitatively, amazed with its unusual and intriguing.

Return after a nightmare

All those around, hearing about the "accident", understood that poor Stephanie was not destined to survive. But the woman literally miraculously survived, although she received numerous injuries. Her savior was Dave Wells, from whom she lived for some time, recovering from the tragedy. The old man called Tara, the victim of the teeth of crocodiles, the name that his beloved wore. A terrible act awakened in the heart of the main character's thirst for revenge, such a perfidy from loved ones and people close to her, Stephanie did not expect. To begin to implement the plan, the woman goes to the local clinic for plastic surgery. Dr. Marshall (James Smiley), inspired by the courage of the patient, conducts several complex operations. A few months later, Stephanie is no less attractive than before the incident. Soon she decides to return to Sydney, but Stephanie "dies", will retaliate Tara Wells - a bold, determined and unusually beautiful girl. This episode of the mini-series "Return to Eden" actors called the turning point, the first culmination.

New appearance - a new life

It takes very little time, and on the cover of Vogue flaunts her face - Tara Wells - a new star of the world of haute couture. The only thing that bothers the beauty is the feelings of Dan Marshall, the doctor who helped her to find a new life. A girl can not accept his courtship, although she is not indifferent to the savior herself, she is also unable to explain why she rejects the lover. Tara-Stefani one day returns to the walls of his native home at the invitation of his insidious husband and starts a friendly relationship with him. Once she manages to persuade Greg to go to the Eden estate, where she hopes to enforce a revenge plan, although she wants to return to her children - Sarah (Nicole Piner) and Dennis (Jason Duncan) - to try to establish a relationship with Dan Marshall. Further it is impossible to tell the development of the story line, preserving the intrigue of the film.

Characters

The characters of the film "Return to Eden" (photo actors that proof) are all as one beautiful, but very evil. Sometimes it seems that there is not a single absolutely positive, sinless hero in the picture. This fact is not a negative feature of the project, on the contrary, it causes additional spectator interest, turns the usual melodramatic story into a detective drama, and moments even into a thriller. The actors of the movie "Return to Eden" were so imbued with the idea and got used to the images of their characters that they played with full force, in separate episodes it seemed that they had mixed up real life and cinema. Emotions were like a hurricane.

Crime in the television series

Actors of the series "Return to Eden", playing the role of their heroes, thanks to the violent author's imagination of the creators were repeatedly organizers / witnesses / accomplices of various crimes. Massacre with the purpose of murder in the picture was a lot, but still a bloody series can not be named, all the scenes were shown with caution, without fanaticism and cruelty. If you try to list all the crimes that occurred in the mini-series, the viewer will count: several attempts to kill with a pistol, a horse, a poisonous viper, drugs, crocodiles, explosives in a boat, sleeping pills and a pool, spoiled brakes, etc. Were among them successful and not very good. To the horrendous list, you can add several suicide attempts, an endless amount of blackmail and a traditionally banal plane crash.

Interesting Facts

The role of the unfortunate Stephanie Harper brought world fame to model and actress Rebecca Gilling. In the first season at the age of thirty she played a 40-year-old woman, but three years later, in the second season, she had to play the mother of two adult children - a 47-year-old beauty fighting foes for her father's company. The paradox was that Rebecca in reality was the same age as her cute offspring.

The frantic success of the series prompted Indian filmmakers to film "The Thirst for Revenge" - their adaptation to the national mentality of the film "Return to Eden." Actors and roles (photos of Australian performers and Indian comparisons are useless) did not correspond to the originals, but they corresponded to the views of Indian spectators. The main role was played by the star of the Indian cinema of the 80's - Rekha.

In Russia, the premiere of the project took place on the Ostankino channel in 1992, the replay was on ORT in the late 1990s, in 2005 - at the First and TNT, in 2009 on the Domashny channel.

Strangeness, which has a series "Return to Eden"

Actors, whose photos were published in the world's leading media on the crest of the wave of popularity of the project, noted some inconsistencies in the plot of the offspring of directors Karen Arthur and Kevin James Dobson. In addition to the insignificant artistic level of the "trolley", they were confused by two circumstances. The first question remained open - why did Stephanie have only a face left after an adventure with crocodiles? The rest of the body of the animals simply ignored. And the second question was especially worried about the entire female audience - both actresses and spectators. Why, in the beautiful image of the model of Tara Wells, is the victim tempted by the ex-wife of the tennis player, if she is eager to avenge the greedy and unprincipled villain? The plot of the "soap opera" never answered these questions, leaving room in the souls and minds of the fans for their own reflections, guesses, revealing the cause-effect relationships.

One of the best television projects of the last century

This mini-series immerses the viewer in an incredible story, professionally shot, with style and taste. He deservedly is considered one of the best and original television projects of the last century. His storyline is not tightened, not trivial and not tedious. This picture motivates, inspires the creation of its internal personal core, while confirming the old truth that the true beauty of a person is internal.