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Whoopi Goldberg Debuts on Italy’s Un Posto al Sole for 30th Anniversary

She portrays Eleanor Price, a wealthy American visiting Naples.

Overview

  • Her first episode airs on January 23 on Rai3 as the long-running Rai FictionFremantle drama marks 30 years.
  • Goldberg’s character arrives to commission a luxury yacht from the Cantieri Palladini, bringing her into contact with Roberto Ferri and Marina Giordano.
  • Portiere Raffaele welcomes her to the Palazzo Palladini setting and shows her the city, with a personal reason for her trip teased without revealing plot details.
  • Goldberg says the project rekindled her love of acting and she praised the demanding pace and memory work of soap productions.
  • She publicly thanked Patrick Swayze for championing her Ghost casting and recalled filming in rainy Naples during the holidays, while one Italian outlet reports a 20-episode arc and a new opening theme that others have not confirmed.