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Recently the FoF had the pleasure to be a part of an interview with Diahann Carroll regarding her role as June on White Collar. Be sure to check out White Collar on Tuesday nights at 10/9c on the USA Network. Question: I wanted to know—how did the role come about on White Collar?
D. Carroll: The creator, actually, is the person who approached us about doing this role and he really understood the period of time that was—my character, June—that was her hey-day and I thought, well, this is going to be really great fun because it goes back to the period of the Rat Pack and she was, obviously, a part of it to the degree where she was married to one of the musicians, or—it's not exactly clear what he wants to do with that area of it and that's another thing that I love—the creativity as you go along. That's how she meets the main character, getting rid of some of the clothing that she has kept, her memorabilia from that period that was a wonderful time in her life, but actually, he has a great feeling for that period of time, and so it's been, really, a joy being there and doing it.
Question: That's great, and you know, in your career you seem to have done it all. Is there anything that you still have yet to accomplish?
D. Carroll: That's a great question. I appreciate that question and I really have not done it all, but, I mean, in terms of — I've done theater and television and film and nightclubs, that is true, but I really would love another opportunity to do something as fascinating as Dynasty was, on television. I really enjoyed doing that and I'd like to see something like that come about again. Something that is totally absurd and fun. |
