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Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), Sex and the City (1998–2004), Younger (2015–2021), Emily in Paris (2020–present), And Just Like That... (2021–present ...
Jan 10, 2023 · Ever since he was tapped to create Beverly Hills, 90210 at the age of 27, Darren Star has had an innate sense of what audiences want. And under the tutelage of executive producer Aaron...
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Oct 26, 2019 · When the series he created, 'Beverly Hills, 90210' premiered on Fox in 1990 and launched his career, Darren Star was credited by some with energizing the network and with reviving the Spelling TV...
Aug 2, 2022 · In the fall of 1990, Darren Star was not yet 30 and had only a couple of previous screenwriting credits when he launched his first series as a creator: Beverly Hills, 90210. That show, of...
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- The Walshes Didn't Live in Beverly Hills.
- It Was Inspired by John Hughes, and Thirtysomething.
- Ian Ziering Thought It Was All Pretty superficial.
- Shannen Doherty's Audition Was "Horrible."
- Dylan Mckay Wasn't Supposed to Be A Recurring character.
- Allegedly, No One Knew That Tori Spelling Was Aaron Spelling's Daughter.
- Aaron Spelling Kept A Close Eye on Donna's storylines.
- Gabrielle Carteris Lied About Her Age to Play Andrea.
- It Wasn't An Immediate Hit, But Summer Episodes Changed that.
- The Season One Finale Didn't Sit Well with Fox affiliates.
Contrary to the show’s title, and its storyline, the Walsh family doesn’t move from Minneapolis to Beverly Hills—at least not judging by the exterior shots of their home. That house is located at 1675 East Altadena Drive in Altadena, California, about 30 miles away from Beverly Hills. But Altadena, 91001just doesn’t have the same panache.
Beverly Hills, 90210 creator Darren Star was just 27 years old when Fox came to him and told him they wanted to create a series about teenagers in Beverly Hills, and already had Aaron Spelling signed on as producer. Star was interested, particularly if the series could focus on real issues facing teenagers. “The one show I really liked was Thirtyso...
Ian Ziering had moved back to his home state of New Jersey when he got the call about 90210—and had a very specific reaction to the script. “When I read the script for 90210, I thought, ‘Boy, this is very superficial,’ and it was,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “I mean, the pilot was all about the glitz and the glamour of Beverly Hills, the obnoxio...
It didn’t take Shannen Doherty long to determine that, after reading for the part of Brenda Walsh, there was no way she’d be landing the role. “My audition was horrible,” she told The New York Times. “I actually remember walking out and saying: ‘I lost that job. I blew it.’ And the casting director came out and sort of winked at me and said, ‘I wou...
Dylan McKay was originally written as a bit player with a story arc that would last just a few episodes. But Aaron Spelling was so pleased with Luke Perry’s performance that he decided to expand the part. “I was a guest star, and Aaron wanted to make me a regular,” Perry—who tragically passed away in March 2019—told The Hollywood Reporter in 2015. ...
It’s long been rumored that the casting directors had no idea that Tori Spelling, who auditioned under another name, was Aaron’s daughter. But even Tori has admitted that there may have been some nepotism at play. “I heard about the show from my agent,” the actress told Entertainment Weekly. “She said, ‘Your dad is doing it.’ I was like, ‘I haven’t...
It’s probably no coincidence that Aaron Spelling’s daughter was the most naive character in the crew, and that her commitment to abstinence was a major plot point throughout the series. “The thing that was always at play in the Donna story was that Donna was played by the daughter of Aaron Spelling,” writer/executive producer Larry Mollin toldVultu...
Not many of the “teens” at the center of 90210 were actual teenagers. Gabrielle Carteris was the oldest cast member; she was 29 years old when she was cast as 16-year-old Andrea Zuckerman. Worried that she would be considered too old, she lied about her age. “They didn’t know, I lied,” Carteris later admitted. “I actually talked to a lawyer about h...
Beverly Hills, 90210 made its debut on October 4, 1990, but it was far from an overnight success. All that changed thanks to two key moves: a season one finale that saw Brenda lose her virginity to Dylan, and the decision to begin airing the show’s second season in the summer. “By the end of season two,” according to Entertainment Weekly, “90210nea...
About “Spring Dance,” that season one finale that saw Brenda and Dylan consummate their relationship? Well, it didn’t make everyone happy. “The affiliates were scandalized,” Star recalled to The New York Times. “Not because they had sex, but because Brenda was happy about it, and it didn’t have any dire consequences. I was strongly advised to write...
Oct 5, 2020 · An interview with Darren Star about his career in television from Beverly Hills 90210 to Sex and the City to the new Netflix romantic comedy Emily in Paris.
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Aug 20, 2024 · Star didn’t invent these narrative traits, but he’s mixed the concoction to perfection for more than 30 years. This is the man, after all, who brought us cultural mega-sensations Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place and Sex and the City before his fortieth birthday.
