Santa Barbara and Russia, where the series hundreds of thousands of loyal viewers, and "in their homeland", in the United States, is considered one of the best - if not the best - "soap operas" of day ether. But, as noted by one of the key "heroes" of the iconic "Santa Barbara", and such an epic series has repeatedly happened to miss.
Hey Martinez, at one time received a prestigious television award "Emmy" for the role of Cruise Castillo in Santa Barbara, not so long ago a session of questions and answers with the fans of the series on Facebook - and told about one of the plot solutions for which he It is still a shame, although since the completion of Santa Barbara has passed many years.
"The only moment I truly hated in Santa Barbara - and in fact I even wonder that I generally starred in a similar thing - this is when Iden" returns from the dead "and" becomes "by another person to help Cruise move in life further, "the actor remembered. We are talking about the storyline, which was broadcast in 1991, when the audience showed the mentally ill-tested Eden, which "puts on" a new person - artist Susan Colter.
"It had glasses and a red wig, and we all had to pretend that Cruz did not understand who in front of him when he danced with her. I was ashamed to play it. I could not forget about it. It is probably the weakest thing that I have ever done as an actor. "
Despite the truly weak scenario, Hey Martinez during communication with fans repeatedly stressed that in general he "loved" the film creation in Santa Barbara, which lasted as many as 9 years, from 1984 to 1993. "You can, of course, find fault To look at a gift horse in the teeth, but the truth is that Cruise and Eden's relationship really worked, because the scenarios created a very deep, very sensual material for us, - Martinez argues. "We are truly lucky."
Hey Martinez also called the most successful, in his opinion, a storyline in Santa Barbara, which he truly proud. As such, the actor chose the story arch with the rape of the Eden and his consequences. This storyline could be observed in 1989, she brought "Santa Barbara" at once 8 AMMI awards, which are awarded day television projects. Including Santa Barbara awarded as the best drama, and Mari Walker, who played Eden, got a figurine for the best major female role. "What happened to the heroine was truly terrible," hey Martinez argues. "But the way Marci played it, it was just incredible."