And this is one of the best-remembered shows of the ’80s…if only as the perfect example of the decade’s excess: “Dynasty.”
The biggest names in the cast are all really getting up there in age – Linda Evans (Krystle Carrington) is 63, Joan Collins (Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan, to be precise) is 72, and family patriarch John Forsythe (Blake Carrington) is 88 – but all of them turned out for the soon-to-be-aired program, Dynasty Reunion: Catfights and Caviar, airing on May 2nd on CBS…which will feel a bit odd, since the original series was on ABC.
Collins clearly still maintains the same demeanor that the tabloids always said she had back then. During the taping of the special, she was heard to say, “Can I ask everyone behind the camera to be absolutely still?” (Later, she clarified, “Even if someone puts their hand in their pocket, it distracts me.”)
But in case you think the gathering of the show’s stars was something the actors and actresses did out of the kindness of their heart, think again; Gordon Thomson, who played Adam, originally turned down the offer to appear because of the low salary he was being offered…but then, I dunno, I guess he realized that the amount was easily comparable to the time he’d be off the schedule at Taco Bell and then figured, “What the hell.” (To be fair, Thomson will be appearing in this summer’s “Poseidon”…but, still, it’s not like he’s really working that much these days that he should be so greedy…or, then, maybe that’s why he is.)
