meg bennett played victor on the young and restless.
meg bennett played victor on the young and restless.
who plays victor on the young and restless?
meg bennett
sister celeste appeared from august 22 to september 25, 2012 as "a streetwise nun who offers victor newman a helping hand." the role was portrayed by former "one day at a time" star bonnie franklin. her casting was announced by multiple sources in july 2012. of her character, franklin stated: "i play a modern day nun, so no wimple or rosaries, who works in a waterfront area [...] she's a strong lady who knows what she wants to do. she works at a mission, helping the homeless and people who are in trouble, helping them pull it together so they can move forward. i find this man who is trouble and i try to help, but i don't trust this woman that i meet." she mentioned that "i'm coming into this as a totally new, fresh character, so i'm not even involved, quite honestly, with what's going on with victor. i just greet them as my character meets them." franklin said that she was happy to be working with eric braeden, who plays victor, and genie francis, who plays genevieve atkinson, another core person in this storyline.
list of the young and the restless characters (2012)
the original script featured a female antagonist named victoria, as opposed to a male antagonist named victor. some of victor's lines are still listed as belonging to "victoria" in the film's final shooting script, although any references as to her relationship with arthur have been excised. following the film's release, sam mraovich received numerous complaints that, although ostensibly a homophobe, the character of victor is not only played by a gay actor but is portrayed as flamboyantly gay in the film (michael haboush, who plays victor, is in fact openly gay and a veteran of gay pornography). mraovich responded saying that the casting and direction were intentional, and meant to convey that victor is a self-loathing gay man in the vein of james mcgreevy:
ben and arthur