BOBBIE

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=95 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0b886723.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="With Love To... BOBBIE!"><U><B>With  Love  To...</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="With Love To... BOBBIE!"><U><B>BOBBIE!</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>BOBBIE</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOBBIEs Bio"><U><I><B>BOBBIE's  Bio</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOBBIEs gallery"><U><I><B>BOBBIE's  gallery</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bobbies New Look!"><U><I><B>Bobbie's  New  Look!</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id170.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In Style"><U><I><B>In  Style</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Family"><U><I><B>Home & Family</B></I></U></A><I><B> - UPDATED!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Find  out  how  Bobbie  got  the  role  of  Macy  on  "The  Bold  and  the  Beautiful":</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>Taken  from  The  Bold  and  the  Beautiful  Tenth  Anniversary  Book:</U></B></I></div> <div> <B>A  few  month  after  Sally  Spectra  became  an  integral  part  of  "The  Bold  and  the  Beautiful" , Sally's  only  daughter, Macy, arrived  in  Los  Angeles. It  was  a  challenging  character  to  cast  because  while  Macy  initially  harbored  resentment  toward  her  mother  for  being  shipped  off  to  boarding  schools  at  a  young  age, she  was  essentially  compassionate  and  kindhearted.</B></div> <div> <B>Bobbie  Eakes  auditioned  for  the  role  in  1989, shortly  after  Big  Trouble, an  all-girl  singing  band  she  was  part  of, dissolved. "I  had  never  audirioned  for  a  soap," says  Bobbie. "As  soon  as  Big  Trouble  broke  up, my  agent  called  and  said, 'They're  looking  for  a  new  role  on  The  Bold  and  the  Beautiful, what  do  you  think  about  doing  a  soap?'"  Bobbie, who  guest-starred  on  several  prime-time  television  series, including  The  Wonder  Years  and  Cheers, decided  to  do  the  audition  for  practical  reasons. "You  usually  tend  to  audition  as  much  as  possible, and  then  if  you  get  offered  the  job, that's  when  the  decision-making  comes  into  play,"  she  explains. "In  the  meantime, you've  met  the  casting  director, who  in  the  future  might  want  to  see  you  again  for  other  roles  that  come  up. It's  also  good  to  keep  up  your  craft  by  auditioning. So  I  said, 'Sure, I'll  read  for  it.'"</B></div> <div> <B>In  the  meantime, Bobbie  tuned  in  to  watch  an  apisode  of  The  Bold  and  the  Beautiful. "The  first  thing  I  saw  was  a  scene  where  Sally, Darla  and  Saul  were  at  a  factory  in  the  garment  district. Darlene  was  wearing  the  dress  she  wears  as  Sally  in  the  'Sally  says  recycle' poster. It  was  a  big  flowery  dress  with  a  chinched-in  waist."  Bobbie  immediately  found  herself  intrigued  by  the  chemistry  the  actors  shared  together  and  the  natural  humor  that  was  present  in  their  scenes. "They  were  having  a  ball,"  she  says. "I  didn't  know  it  at  the  time, but  these  characters  were  also  relatively  new. I thought  it  would  be  a  fun  show  to  do."</B></div> <div> <B>Bobbie  read  for  the  part  and  was  eventually  called  to  screan  test, along  with  two  other  actresses. "I  actually  tested  with  Billy  Hufsey, who  had  been  on  Days  of  Our  Lives  and  Fame. He  wasn't  on  The  Bold  and  the  Beautiful, but  they  were  testing  him  for  a  new  role  on  the  show,"  she  reveals. In  another  test, Bobbie  performed  opposite  Darlene  Conley. Before  performing  her  screen  test, Bobbie  observed  the  other  actresses  who  were  also  up  for  the  role. "I  watched  them  and  thought, 'Humm, they're  really  great.'  They  had  a  lot  of  energy  and  they  were  real  frenetic."  Considering  the  verve  and  theatrical  flare  Bobbie  remembered  in  the  scenes  with  Sally  and  her  workers, she  understood  that  the  actresses  were  making  acting  choices  that  tried  to  match  the  same  tone  Darlene, Schae  Harrison  and  Michael  Fox  possesed. "I  thought, well, I  could  try  to  outdo  that  and  go  way  over  the  top. Or  I  could  bring  it  way  down  and  play  another  element, give  them  something  totally  different. In  contrast  to  what  Darlene  plays, I  think  it  really  worked. I  think  it  was  a  nice  balance."</B></div> <div> <B>Right  before  Bobbie's  test, Darlene  introduced  herself  and  generously  offered  the  young  actress  suggestions  on  how  to  approach  their  screen  test  together. Bobbie  says, "She  gave  me  a  couple  of  little  pointers, other  than  what  I  had  already  decided  to  do.. She  also  said, 'You  ought  to  hit  this  line  and  emphasize  this  line.'  I  thought  she  was  absolutely  right. I  was  nervous  and  thinking  about  a  million  things; sometimes  it  takes  somebody  away  from  you  to  really  look  at  the  scene  and  really  see  your  part  in  it. I took  her  advice  and  the  scene  went  well."  Smiling, Bobbie  adds, "I  thought, She  must  like  me; she's  helping  me. Now  that  I  know  her, I  realize  she  probably  gave  good  advice  to  every  one  of  the  actors. But  at  the  time  I  thought, She  wants  me  to  get  it!"</B></div> <div> <B>Soon  after, Bobbie  learned  from  her  agent  that  she  had, in  fact, won  the  role. "Maybe  Darlene  didn't  plan  on  it,"  says  Bobbie, "but  I  think  she  really  was  responsible  for  me  getting  the  part."</B></div> <div> <B>Describing  her  role  on  The  Bold  and  The  Beautiful, Bobbie  observes, "Macy  has  some  very  real  problems. But  all  those  things  that  are  considered  her  problems  make  her  very  real  to  people  who  watch  the  show. I  think  there  are  women  who  identify  with  her. She's  like  your  sister  or  cousin, somebody  that  you  know. Macy  isn't  threatening. She's  preety  likable, for  the  most  part. She  has  goodness  and  a  wholesome  quality. I  like  to  try  to  balance  the  wildness  of  Sally  and  bridge  that  road, wonderful  thing  that  Sally  does  with  the  Forrester  family, which  is  very  subdued  and  subtle. It's  a  different  style  altogether."</B></div> <div> <B>Bobbie  says  that  working  with  Darlene  Conley  has  been  an  invaluable  experience. "She's  a  true  original. She's  always  prepared  and  always  brings  so  much  more  to  the  script  than  anybody  ever  dreams. So  much  of  the  character  is  really  Darlene. She  makes  the  character  sing."</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=45 BGCOLOR="#FF99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Updates"><U><B>Site  Updates</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><B>News</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOBBIE"><U><B>BOBBIE</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bobbies Music"><U><B>MUSIC</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id118.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MACY"><U><B>MACY</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CRL"><U><B>CRL</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BOBBIE MACY Petition"><U><B>Petition & Support</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vote"><U><B>Vote</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles"><U><B>Press  Room</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MACY email"><U><B>MACY  E-Mail</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Top Sites"><U><B>Top  Sites</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Features"><U><B>Features</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Credits"><U><B>Credits</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U><B>Contact  Me</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>