Frank - Festival de télévision de Monte-Carlo

super soap
ever YounG,
ever restless XXXX
This year, “The Young & the Restless” is represented here by
members of the Abbott, Baldwin and Ashby clans… one of
whom is reported dead in a current cliff-hanger!
Hunky Australian, Daniel Goddard who has played Cane
Ashby since 2007, will be walking the red carpet alongside
glamorous soap beauty Tracey E. Bregman who has played
Lauren Fenmore Baldwin for more than 748 episodes as well
as Judith Chapman, the legendary soap actress.
Judith Chapman is the terrific Cruella DeVille of soaps. She has
recently completed her 663rd episode as Gloria Fisher Abbott
Bardwell in “The Young & the Restless.” Judith spoke exclusively
to Televisual Magazine saying “I’m very excited about re-visiting
one of the most glamorous capitals, et, aussi, tout la cote d’Azur...
speaking with the Press and the fans... and getting their reactions
to this show. En francais, si je peux. I’ve lived in England and
Spain, worked in Spain and have family in Europe. It’s like visiting
home. I have seen our show in Italian, and look forward to seeing
it in French. I think the voices are fabulous! I’d love to meet these
actors. It is such an honour!”
“She’s the girl who came from nothing, and raised two sons alone.”
says Judith. “She is always involved with the wrong men, until John
Abbott, and has ambitions that match her natural intelligence. She
means no ill, but, very often, makes mistakes that get her into
trouble.”
And Judith reveals: “Gloria’s TV family does everything they can to
support each other and make each other laugh. But whenever she
can battle with the Abbott children - those are the best scenes.
Ahh, Gloria!”
Judith’s career has spanned many hit soaps which include “As The
World Turns” in 1956 as well as “General Hospital,” “One Life to
Live,” “Days of Our Lives,” and “Ryan’s Hope” in 1975.
Tracey E. Bergman is no stranger to Europe as she was born in
Munich and raised in London until almost eleven. “I love to go see
my friends in London and I love Italy and France. I took French
as a child and one year of Italian so, I speak this great language
called Fratalian. I can never get through one sentence without both
languages in it!” The Bregman legend says Tracey E. added the E
to her name (quite legitimately; her second name is Elizabeth) after
Tracey Bregman,
Daniel Goddard
et Judith Chapman
an astrologer suggested in 1985 that it would help her career. A
month later, Tracey moved her “Bold and Beautiful” role of Lauren
Fenmore to “Y&R” . - and won a Daytime Emmy.
“Lauren used to be a bitch with no redeeming qualities! Luckily,
through the years she has grown and changed into a heroine who
hasn’t lost her edge. I’m thrilled that we are seen around the world
and that so many people enjoy our show.” “I’m so excited to be in
beautiful Monte Carlo!, I’ve wanted to come to this event for years.
I’m looking forward to meeting all the people who will be there. To
meet the Prince and his fiancee.”
Daniel Goddard first auditioned for “Y&R» using his best US accent
but once CBS network discovered his Australian background, they
made Ethan “Cane” Ashby an Aussie bartender, “he is a workingclass
kind of guy who mined opals and raised goats,” searching for
his birth family in Genoa City... who prove to be millionaire Phillip
Chancellor II and Jill Foster. He also found a Lady Chatterley-style
romance with lovely Lily. “Cane is like an onion and over the years
the layers have been peeled back to slowly reveal who he really
is - a good, loving man and fiercely loyal to his family and friends.
Even if he enjoys a fight now and then! I’m truly honoured that
we’re seen in so many countries and cultures. I’d like to take out
all the guys who dub me into their own languages and buy them a
bottomless beer.”
Already a great fan of Portugal, Daniel and his wife have been
getting to know le Midi before driving here by rented car from Nice.
“I’m a huge F1 fan and having watched the Monaco Grand Prix for
years, the first thing I did was drive through the tunnel down to the
chicane and the Piscine S-bend! Later I’m going to Germany for a
mate’s 40th birthday... and some days racing the Nürburgring!”
DIDJa know? Judith started acting in a
spaghetti western in Spain as a teen in Franco
Giraldi’s “Up the MacGregors”...Daniel plays
practical jokes on his male colleagues - “I’m saving
Eric Braeden to last, when I’ve built up the courage
to mess with him”... Tracey’s cousin is The Sultan
of Sequins: Bob Mackie, fashion designer for Cher,
Madonna, Tina Turner... and Elton John.
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