January 7, 1987: Robin Wright and Dane Witherspoon Spotted at Spago

Robin Wright and her partner Dane Witherspoon were seen dining at the renowned Spago Restaurant in West Hollywood.

April 4, 1987: Robin Wright covers Télé 7 Jours

Robin Wright is on the cover of the French magazine Télé 7 Jours.

May 1987: Robin Wright and Stephen Meadows cover Ciné Télé Revue

Robin Wright as Kelly Capwell and Stephen Meadows as Peter Flint/Antonio Fiorno are on the cover of the French magazine Ciné Télé Revue.

1987: Robin Wright by Wyatt Counts

Here’s a photo session of Robin Wright by the photographer Wyatt Counts.

June 2, 1987: Robin Wright and Ross Kettle cover Soap Opera Digest

Robin Wright and Ross Kettle are on the cover of the USA magazine Soap Opera Digest.

Wright and Kettle play lovers Kelly Capwell and Jeffrey Conrad on soap opera ‘Santa Barbara’.

In this interview Robin Wright explains that in order to get sprung from her soap role to film ‘The Princess Bride’, she reluctantly agreed to add another nine months to her contract. Translated, this means that no matter how ga-ga Hollywood goes over Wright’s movie debut -and no matter how many offers come pouring in- she’s chained to the soap until mid-1988. “That wasn’t a fair trade,” she surmises, “but it was worth it. My agents and managers decided that I should agree to anything, to work Saturdays, to kiss their butts for the next nine months, whatever it took to get out and do the film.”

During the last 3 years, Robin Wright had to turned down big movies due to her commitment to the soap like the leading roles in ‘Weird Science’ (In October 1984) or ‘Dirty Dancing’ (in 1986).

In a recent article, John Allen Nelson (Warren Lockridge) expressed how unfair were the contracts in the soap opera world. He said: “I was hired for Santa Barbara in June 1984. I signed a two year and a half contract. But that does not have a lot of sense for the actor, who must respect the terms of it, whereas the producer can put an end to it when he wishes it. In fact, this contract is a protection for the producer, since the actor cannot retract.”

Despite all of this, Robin Wright wants it made clear that she’s not anti ‘Santa Barbara’. She says: “I don’t want to knock it,” she states. “It’s been great. This has been my acting class and paid-for training ain’t bad.”

The article says that while her work on the first few episodes was wobbly at best, no one will argue that the newcomer got real good real fast. And she doesn’t take crap from anybody. At least that’s what Ross Kettle (Jeffrey) was warned about.

Ross Kettle says: “Robin was still out of the country making her film when I joined the cast. I didn’t know who she was, so of course I was curious as to who I’d be acting with. So I asked around, and everybody said, ‘Oh, she’s lovely, you’ll really enjoy working with her, but she doesn’t take any crap.”

June, 15 1987: Robin Wright on the cover of Télé Star

Robin Wright, Charles Bateman, Lane Davies and Marcy Walker are on the cover of French Magazine Télé Star.

June 30, 1987: Second Daytime Emmy nomination for Robin Wright

The 14th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 30, 1987. Robin Wright received her second daytime Emmy nomination for ‘Santa Barbara’ where she plays Kelly Capwell. The show received many other nominations:

Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: A MARTINEZ
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: MARCY WALKER
Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series: ROBIN WRIGHT
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: JUSTIN DEAS & RICHARD EDEN
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: ROBIN MATTSON
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series: JOHN WESLEY SHIPP (He won the award)

The nominees in the category of Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series were Tracey E. Bregman (The Young and the Restless), Jane Krakowski (Search for Tomorrow), Krista Tesreau (Guiding Light), Robin Wright (Santa Barbara) and Martha Byrne who won the award for ‘As the World Turns’.

July 27, 1987: Robin Wright on the cover of TéléPoche

Robin Wright and Marcy Walker are on the cover of the French magazine TéléPoche.

September 18, 1987: ‘The Princess Bride’ World premiere at Toronto Film Festival

The 12th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 10 and September 19, 1987.

‘The Princess Bride’ premiered at the Ryerson Theatre and won the People’s Choice award.

September 25, 1987: ‘The Princess Bride’ is released in theaters

Robin Wright’s second film was released in the United States on September 25, 1987 and was well received by critics. It grossed $30.9 million at the United States box office on a $16 million production budget.

The movie is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Peter Cook, Mel Smith, Carol Kane and Billy Crystal.

October 1987: Robin Wright in People Magazine

Robin Wright is featured in the October issue of USA ‘People Magazine’.

One of the pictures included in the magazine shows Robin Wright with her Shar Pei dog named Shiwa who lost one of his legs when he was hit by a car as a pup.

The article is mostly about the movie ‘The Princess Bride’. Director Rob Reiner says: “We all had our image of what Buttercup should like and Robin was perfect”.

Robin Wright also talks about her boyfriend Dane Witherspoon: “Our chemistry was so hot we were steaming just looking at each other. No wonder we got the parts. But soon Dane was fired. He went through hell emotionally, but we held on to each other.”

October 1987: Robin Wright covers Ciné Télé Revue

Robin Wright is on the cover of the French magazine Ciné Télé Revue.

October 5, 1987: Robin Wright on ‘Good Morning America’

On October 5 1987, Robin Wright and Cary Elwes promoted their film ‘The Princess Bride’ on ‘Good Morning America’.

Elwes was present in New York, but Robin was shooting ‘Santa Barbara’ so she spoke from Los Angeles via live video connection.

October 23, 1987: Robin Wright in Chicago Tribune

In this article, Robin Wright talks about her modelling days. She started modeling when she was 14 after an agent saw her skating and was impressed by her poise. Wright says: “I thoroughly hated modeling. It’s such a chauvinistic world. Women are treated like commodities. They sell their looks. All a model is ever told is to put her clothes on and shut up. I did it for the money and to see the world.”

Then she explains that working on ‘Santa Barbara’ is a lot more emotionally rewarding than modeling. “Oh, yes! In ‘Santa Barbara’ they actually ask my opinion about what goes into the show. Besides, if you do a soap, you can do anything in the world. Working on a soap is so hard and so fast.”

She also says that she didn’t talk with Cybill Shepherd when she was on ‘The Yellow Rose’ (Wright’s acting debut in 1984) “Cybill stayed away from the supporting cast”, Wright says, grimacing slightly.

Robin Wright also talks about how in 1984 she unsuccessfully auditioned for the title role of ‘The Sure Thing’ directed by Rob Reiner. ” I was too young” she says. “I didn’t know anything about auditioning for a movie. I didn’t know how to act on an audition. I was supposed to be playing a confident woman, and I was scared stiff.”

But 3 years later, Rob Reiner was looking for someone “beautiful, vulnerable, regal and young” to play the luscious Princess Buttercup. He auditioned more than 500 young women. Rob says, “the moment Robin walked into my office, I knew she was my Buttercup”.

November 1987: Robin Wright covers Ciné Télé Revue

Robin Wright and Ross Kettle are on the cover of the French magazine Ciné Télé Revue.

November 4, 1987: Robin Wright at ‘Barfly’ Premiere

Robin Wright attended Los Angeles premiere of ‘Barfly’, the Barbet Schroeder directed film starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.

November 10, 1987: Robin Wright at ABC Party

Robin Wright attended the ABC TV Affiliates Fall Launch Party at The Stock Exchange in Los Angeles, California.

November 13, 1987: ‘Santa Barbara’ Fan Appreciation Dinner

Robin Wright attended the ‘Santa Barbara’ fan appreciation dinner at the Stouffer hotel in Los Angeles.

Robin talked about this event. She said: “I thought the Fan Club Dinner was great. They were very sweet. It wasn’t organized in a way that you could see everybody. It worked out okay, believe it or not. There were about 800 people there, but they kept their distance and waited to see everyone. It was fine. It’s a big event. They wait a year for the dinner so I think it’s great that all the stars show up. And the fans. They’re the best”.

December 5, 1987: Robin Wright covers Télé Star Magazine

Robin is on the cover of French magazine Télé Star Magazine.

December 1987: Robin Wright is filming ‘Denial’, her third movie

The shooting of ‘Denial’, directed by Erin Dignam, began on December 14, 1987 and ended in January 1988.

In this movie, Robin Wright plays the leading role or Sarah/Loon who has a crazy love story with Michael, the character played by Jason Patric.

December 26, 1987: Robin Wright covers Télé 7 Jours

Robin Wright is on the cover of the French magazine Télé 7 Jours.