Dallas Fans on the Ultimate Dallas Site put questions to the Fabulous Audrey Landers.

Read the interview below.

 

 

 

 

We tried to ask as many of the allocated questions as possible so apologies if yours did not get asked. But sit back and enjoy and tune in soon for a chance to ask a Star.

Ultimate Dallas - Hi Audrey, we have some questions here for you from the fans at the Ultimate Dallas Site. We have had so many questions for you, 100's , you are very popular.

Audrey - (laughs) I'm glad to hear that

Ultimate Dallas -Russ D'Angelo from NY asks Hi Audrey, My question to you is, when you first started Dallas in the 3rd season, did you think you would be a regular or did you think that maybe you would only be on for a few episodes? My wife and I are big fans of yours and the show.

Audrey: when they were originally casting for the part of Afton it was only supposed to be for two episodes and so I went in and actually got the part over 100's and 100's of girls. For me it was amazing because I wasn't that familiar with the show, I had seen it a few times and I actually borrowed a dress of my sisters for good luck and I went in and did my best reading. It was finally narrowed down to two different girls and I found out on my birthday that I had gotten the part. Great birthday present, it was after I did the first episode they asked if I would consider a contract role.

Ultimate Dallas -  Gary2Ewing2001 from UK and Luis from Peru ask Which do you consider your favorite episode/storyline?

Audrey - I always enjoyed the parts where I sang, where they would write that the character would sing at a club. I really didn't love the character much as the years went on, after she became a nice girl. It was a lot more fun playing Afton as the bad girl character.

Ultimate Dallas - Laura Wales from Washington asks When you returned to play Afton in JR Returns was it like the old times again?

Audrey - Well there was a lot of sentimentality and I was anxious to play it. But there were so many changes and so few original characters in the Reunion Movie I had mixed feelings about it. Being on the set was like being home again but there was a feeling that certain elements were missing.

Ultimate Dallas - Scott from Australia asks Hi Audrey... I'm a HUGE fan of Dallas, and feel in love with the city Dallas when visiting several years back.  Just wondering, if in JR Returns the storyline between Afton and Cliff could have been extended, ?

Audrey - I was disappointed that it didn't take off more than it did as a spin off with the younger generation. I had a daughter on the show who was a teenager and JR's son was a teenager and I thought it would be an interesting story to continue the Dallas group but with the teens following in their parents footsteps. but it never did take off.

Ultimate Dallas- Many people are ask: Larry Hagman said he has been approached for a Dallas the new Generation. There is also a soap on the net written by fans called Dallas the Legacy with Afton, would you be interested in reprising the role of Afton?

Audrey - Oh I would love it in fact. I remember it was so funny when I met the girl who played my daughter, she was a lovely lovely girl but very very tall, Ken Kercheval, who played her father, and I, aren't particularly tall. There is one scene in the reunion that is particular humorous, it was made laugh so much. At the end of the Reunion Movie where I come out of the Mental Hospital , my daughter has rescued me and I run to her "oh my baby" and I'm staring up at my `baby` . Eventually what they had to do as it did look really silly was to make a ramp so I was taller.

Ultimate Dallas  -James from London asks I wonder if you ever got frustrated with your role on the show, would you have liked a bigger slice of the action?

Audrey - It wasn't so much a bigger slice but there were times when I did get frustrated as many of my fans did because the writers wanted this evolution of the character, starting out as the bad girl and finally maturing realizing Cliff was not the right man for her. They never really carried that part through and Afton was really very wimpy you know? She didn't stand up for herself , it was really aganist the type of character that had been developed for all those years to stay with a man that was not good to her and then not have a strong storyline as to why she's with him. Some of my fans, especially female fans could not grasp why Afton stayed with him so as an Actor I had to try and rationalize it in my own brain and I had to say `you know unfortunately there are many women who get stuck in bad relationships`. So that was how I coped with her staying with a man that was so mean to her.

Ultimate Dallas - Cheryle from the Great South asks Were you happy with your wardrobe on Dallas?

Audrey - (laughs) someone else chose them, they were great but not my choice.

Ultimate Dallas - ILUVDDALLAS from Long Island asks If Afton was a real person would you get on with her?

Audrey -Oh yeah I would, I would appreciate the fact that she made a life for herself and her daughter and I can respect the fact that she had her faults but was able to overcome them and make a better life for herself.

Ultimate Dallas - Curtis from Canada asks You had a chance to work on two of the biggest phenonmenons on television, Dallas and Charlie's Angels. Both characters were the ultimate bad girls  What were the differences behind the scenes on the two shows? Was the working atmosphere very different between the two?

Audrey - On Charles Angels she was truly an evil character , I have to think hard as that was quite a while ago, I was 16 years old when I did that. I could not find one redeeming thing about her. But it was so long ago

Ultimate Dallas - Gray Thomas from the UK asks Do you keep in contact with any of the cast from Dallas?

Audrey - I do a little bit but everyone has their own life and we all go our own separate ways. I keep in contact with Ken Kercheval and Larry Hagman.

Ultimate Dallas - Pauline from Scotland asks What was it like to work with Larry Hagman?
Thanks

Audrey - It was a blast, it was a lot of fun. Very boisterous and he really enjoyed his character, he was a lot of fun and always very professional to work with.

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