Soapdish

Soapdish (1991)

All that glitter... All that glamour... All that dirt.

Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.

Date of release
1991-05-31
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (277)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Michael Hoffman

Casting

Interesting facts

Soapdish is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Michael Hoffman, from a screenplay by Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman. The film was produced by Aaron Spelling and Alan Greisman, and executive produced by Herbert Ross.

Production

During production of Steel Magnolias, with writer Robert Harling on set, he had conversations with Sally Field and her then husband Alan Greisman about making a film about actors, to which Harling thought a movie where she played an "out-and-out bitch" would be fun, which she found interesting.

Andrew Bergman was called in to re-write the script. "I thought it was a fun picture and a wonderful cast. I wasn't on the set all that much, but whenever I was, it seemed perfectly agreeable." Sigourney Weaver turned down the role of Celeste; she would later regret the decision.

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