Stephanie Harper at 23rd lost his father and inherited the largest state of Australia. But wealth did not make her happy. Going out for the third time married at 40, she invites her spouse, the famous tennis player Greg Mardsen, to hold a honeymoon in their family estate called "Eden". During one of the walks along the Greg River, who dreams of to take possession of the millionth state of his wife, throws it out of a boat into the river crocodiles. Mardsen begins a new life for money with his "deceased" spouse with her best friend, and Stephanie Meanwhile "resurrect from the dead" with a new name and appearance, becoming one of the most famous top models.
The idea of film to the same name of the English writer Rosalin Miles, living for some time in Australia, came to the head of the producer and the Scenarist Michael Lawrence. Kevin Arthur became the director of the melodramatic thriller, and the mannequin Rebecca Gilling was invited to the main role. On the shooting of a mini-series, which consisted of only three episodes to 90 minutes, 2.5 million Australian dollars were spent. However, the high spectator interest, manifested to the film, determined his further fate: Three years later, a 22-serial continuation of the exciting history of Stephanie Harper comes to the screens.
"My first work in the movie was a role in the film" Stone ", which I received in 1974, after filming in advertising shampoo. The agent engaged in finding actresses for shooting in advertising, unexpectedly saw me in a pub, "says Rebecca Gilling. - The roller was awarded several awards, and I became quite famous after him. Soon I was invited to play in Stone. At first I offered a role without words from which I immediately refused. After that, another actress was approved for it, and I played a character named Vanessa. I remember a few scenes we were filmed into a bomb shelter, and we had a working shift last 26 hours. I got an incredible pleasure from filming a movie and decided to devote all my further acting career life. "
The next picture in which Rebecca starred was the film "Number 98". In it, the actress was so successfully entered into the role of "bad girls", which after began to receive many angry letters, in which she was accused of "negative impact on the moral norms of Australian youth." Rebecke had to make considerable efforts to understand the audience: it was just a fictional character to which she herself had nothing to do.
In the TV series "Return to Eden", the heroine of Rebecca Gilling becomes the top model. Rebecca itself, before becoming an actress, was also a model. She became famous thanks to shampoo advertising. The roller received several awards, and Rebecca is an invitation to the world of cinema. F.
Star hour for the actress was the series "Return to Eden". "It was the biggest role I've ever played in the movies," recalls Gilling. - Critics do not consider her the most successful in my career, but it was she who made my name to the world famous. I got great pleasure from working with American director Karen Artur. He conceived to remove the Australian analogue of the popular series "Dynasty", but with the inherent on our nation with a conciseness that would not allow to perceive everything that happened on the screen too seriously. Despite the millionth state that my heroine was inherited, I tried to show her the usual rustic girl. And it was not tired of surprising how popular was the series around the world. I received thousands of letters that fans of our film from Eastern Europe to Asia wrote me. And in Yugoslavia, I was awarded the title of an actress of the year - the only movie chamber for the whole career, for which, unfortunately, I could not come personally. "
In the film heroine Rebecca Gilling Stephanie Harper - 40 years old. Stephanie itself at the time of filming was 10 years younger. But the most difficult, according to the recognition of the actress, she was four years later, when she was filmed in the continuation of the series. There her heroine is already 47, and she was the mother of two adult children. And the gilling was about the same age as the actors playing her Chad. Today, the actress is 61 years old, and she has long completed her acting career.
Another seven years of work in the cinema, despite its popularity, Rebecca decided to devote himself to work in the non-profit environmental organization Planet Ark, whose representative is at the moment. "It seems to me that every person must do something useful for our planet. We are in favor of active environmental preservation. If every Australian puts at least one tree into the national tree day, which takes place in our country annually, it will already be a huge contribution to the future of our planet, "says Rebecca.