Wildfire

Actress Gets ‘Rich Girl’ Roles, Not Ethnic

Actress Gets ‘Rich Girl’ Roles, Not Ethnic

By Paul E. Pratt, Jul 21, 2006

My ethnic background is not something I tell people very much anymore, confesses Nicole Tubiola. The star of the ABC Family series Wildfire says some of that is due to her multi-ethnicity. But she is more concerned that discussion of her background might limit her acting roles and opportunities.
“I don’t want to tell people I’m one thing and then have them see me as only that,” she says. While Tubiola does not deny her Korean roots — or her white or Italian ones, for that matter — she stresses: “I’m an actress. There are many different roles I am able to play. As soon as I say I am one thing and not another, it closes doors for me.”
Fortunately, Tubiola’s racial makeup opened doors on the set of Wildfire. Tracing the lives of a group of young people on a horse ranch in the American Southwest, Wildfire cast non-whites in several key roles.
Originally, Tubiola auditioned for the role of Kris, specifically written as a Latina character. Tubiola’s exotic beauty and dark complexion seemed ideal for the part. But when Genevieve Cortese was cast, producers offered Tubiola the role of Danielle “Danny” Davis. “I think they thought [Danny] would be the blond rich girl,” says Tubiola. “But as the casting process continued, it turned into something else.”

read the complete interview at Asian Week
http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=4db8b119e378566f6130bee3fe309132

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