Laguna Beach (T.V. Series)

Laguna Beach is a fictional soap opera in the novel series, Daytime Divas. 
The show follows the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California. Although there is a town in California called Sunset Beach, the show's beach scenes were shot on nearby Seal Beach. The show was co-produced by Wagner Television.
Laguna Beach won two Daytime Television Awards and was nominated another eleven times. The show also received twenty-two nominations for various other awards.
==Synopsis==
The long-running soap opera chronicles the conflicts and struggles of the residents of a Southern California beachside town. The show focused on the wealthy Richards family, star-crossed lovers -, middle-class Parker family, and many other residents were also prominently featured.
==Cast & Characters==
==Notes==
*During the affair storyline between Stacey Parker and Max Richards, - (who plays Max's wife Abby) did not read any parts of the Laguna Beach scripts other than her own, as she felt her acting was improved by not knowing what Max did behind Abby's back, and because she felt that she could better justify to herself why Abby would not suspect Max of cheating if she in reality did not know what he was getting up to. 
*- auditioned for the role of - before joining . 
*Danniella Westbrook has revealed that she became so affected by cocaine in 1995 that she would continuously mess up her lines, had to do take after take, was constantly late and needed prompts, and spontaneously fell asleep, once even passing out while she stood at the top of the Queen Vic stairs during filming, and was only saved from harming herself by Ross Kemp who caught her in his arms. 
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