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Rafe Kovich and Alison Barrington Kovich are a supercouple from the American soap opera ''Port Charles''. Rafe was played by Brian Gaskill and Alison was played by Erin Hershey Presley. They were one of the most popular romantic pairings on the short-lived soap. The couple was not originally scripted into a romance. Once they were, they were written as star-crossed true loves with multiple obstacles to overcome. The couple is often referred by the portmanteau "Rali" (for Rafe and Alison) on Internet message boards. ==Background== Erin Hershey Presley was cast as Alison Barrington in 2000. For the first two years of her run, Alison's love interest was Jamal Woods.〔 The character was crafted as, at first, shallow and spoiled. She then softened to be playful and charming. The breakup with Jamal and the romance with Rafe Kovich developed her into full adulthood.〔 Rafe was created in 2001 as a vampire slayer and an angel. Brian Gaskill, who had portrayed an angel before in the short film ''Higher Grounds'', was cast in the part. Gaskill told ''Soap Opera Weekly'' he was excited to be playing an angel again.〔 "There's something about having that light," he said in the interview. "Playing someone who comes from there is very freeing."〔 Rafe was written as "unconventional," allowing Gaskill to infuse his own "offbeatness" into the role. On other programs, he was not allowed the same freedoms to make the acting choices he wanted.〔 "I would make choices on some shows and they'd say, 'That's really quirky and interesting, but guess what? Not on this show! You've got to be the good-looking cool guy.'"〔 Gaskill credited the role for helping him in his personal life as well as with his acting. "It has opened me up as much as an actor and as a person in ways that I never expected," he said in an interview with ''Soap Opera Update''. "It's been a little bit of back and forth between me and Rafe. I'm bringing to Rafe, but Rafe is giving to me. That's where I'm at. Sort of a coming of age a little late."〔 ''Port Charles'' began dividing its storytelling into thirteen week arcs call books. Rafe was introduced in Book Three, "Tainted Love."〔 "Tainted Love" was supposed to be the only story arc Rafe was featured in but his stay extended to the next arc, "Tempted", then through "Miracles Happen". He then became a regular character. The show's executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers "told me that one of the reasons I'm still around is because it's been palatable," Gaskill said. "They weren't sure if an angel on the show would get too corny. Somehow, I've been able to make it easy for people to take."〔 The character continued on the series until ''Port Charles'' was canceled in 2003.〔 〕 Rafe and Alison were not originally scripted into a romance with each other. "The greatest thing about their relationship is that it's just something that sort of happened organically," Gaskill said.〔 He and Hershey Presley, who were friends off-screen, created an unintentional on-screen chemistry that did not work with the story they were acting out.〔 They were occasionally told to tone it down by not smiling so much. "We really had to fight against it," Gaskill said. The story was soon changed into a romance between Gaskill and Hershey Presley's characters.〔 ''Port Charles co-head writer Barbara Estensen compared the actors onscreen connection to magic.〔 The couple was written as star-crossed true loves with multiple obstacles in their way.〔〔 One of the storylines the couple was written into was filmed on location in Fillmore, California at Historic Old Town.〔 "The writers said they really needed a sweeping ending to "Torn" (Eight ), like in a 1940s movie," Carruthers said. "We found this great, obviously very charming little venue to shoot that totally looks like Port Charles- and the train is so romantic, we couldn't pass it up."〔 ''Port Charles'' had taken on an accelerated taping schedule that gave the cast and crew a summer hiatus.〔 The shoot took place on July 30, 2002 meaning Gaskill, Hershey Presley, as well as 150 extras, stunt people, and crew members had to take a day off from their summer hiatus.〔 Hershey Presley, who had married Brian Presley three days before hand, postponed her honeymoon for the shoot.〔 In the story, Alison was leaving Port Charles by train after accepting that Rafe was gone. Just as her train pulled away, Rafe returned to Earth for a permanent stay. He chased after her and jumped onto the moving train. The train used was an early-1900s Pullman car. Since the scenes were shot during the day and the story setting was night, the windows of the car had to be blacked out to simulate nighttime.〔 For Rafe jumping onto the moving train, Gaskill wanted to perform his own stunt. He attempted the jump on his own, surprising the producers. A lookalike stunt man was used instead.〔 On December 30, 2002, Rafe and Alison's failed wedding aired in the premiere episode of the tenth book, "Surrender". For the event, the usually half hour show extended to a full hour.〔 Hershey Presely experienced discomfort in the wedding dress costume. "It had a corset top that laced up in the back and took a really long time to get into," she said. "And there was a lot of beading under the arms that rubbed me ''raw''!"〔 She tucked pieces of silk into the bodice of the dress to cover the beading. During her scenes she said she "popped them in her top."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rafe Kovich and Alison Barrington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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