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Drucilla "Dru" Winters (formerly Barber) is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. Created by William J. Bell as an effort to add more African American characters to the cast, the role was portrayed by Victoria Rowell. In 2000, Rowell chose to exit the soap opera to star in a Showtime miniseries, and Alexia Robinson was introduced as Alex Perez, a replacement character, shortly after. Rowell later returned in August 2002. In 2007, Rowell became unhappy with the soap opera behind the scenes, labeling daytime television and ''The Young and the Restless'' as racist for not having enough African American cast and crew.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.blackpress.org/victoriarowell.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Y&R: About the Actors - Victoria Rowell )〕 She also argued the directions of her storylines which weren't heard, prompting her to leave. Within the storyline, Drucilla fell off a cliff and was presumed dead as her body was never found. Rowell has openly expressed pleasure in returning 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victoria Rowell Not Ruling Out Return to The Young and the Restless )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victoria Rowell claims three actors are preventing her return to Y&R )〕 and, due to the character's strong appeal and popularity, viewers have begged the series to re-hire her. However, CBS has stated that having Drucilla return is not the creative decision they are looking for, which has disappointed fans of the actress.〔http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2012/10/24/ex-young-and-restless-diva-victoria-rowell-says-les-moonves-and-steve-kent-dont-want-dru-〕 The character is a ballerina-turned-model, and is well known for her forward personality and feisty persona. Her storyline revolves around her relationship with Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John), sleeping with Neil's brother Malcolm Winters (Shemar Moore), which resulted in the birth of her daughter, Lily Winters (Christel Khalil). Lily was raised by Neil; it was not revealed publicly until years later that Malcolm was in fact Lily's biological father. Drucilla is also known for her rivalry with Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), which often provided the series' comic relief, and friendship with many pillars of the town, including Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case). ==Casting== Victoria Rowell originated the role in May 1990. Dawn McMillan filled in for Rowell while she was on maternity leave in 1996. Kent Masters King also filled in for Rowell in 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/general-hospital/profile/kent-masters-king.aspx )〕 Rowell exited in 2000.〔 Drucilla's exit in 2007 was not without controversy. She was unhappy about her character, and voiced her opinion about it. Ultimately, Rowell opted to be let out of her regular contract. Months after Drucilla's death, Rowell had an interview with ''Black Press Magazine''. She explained her reasonings for leaving: "We have the most popular daytime show and the number one show for African Americans, hands down. Yet, there are no black writers, there are no black producers, there are no black directors. There are no Black make up artists. There are no Black hairstylists."〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theybf.com/2010/07/22/ne-yo-is-no-homo-victoria-rowell-calls-out-the-young-and-the-restless )〕 Rowell went on to say that to get any attention or recognition, she had to write her own script for it to be comfortable with her.〔 She had pointed out signs of racism, as she was a top actress for her work on ''The Young and the Restless'' yet had failed to secure many Daytime Emmy Nominations, and never won once.〔 Rowell even expressed her displeasure with the situation on social networking site Twitter, too.〔 In an interview with ''Soap Opera Digest'' prior to her final airdate, Rowell stated: In the same interview, she had revealed that accomplished and central actors on the soap opera such as Eric Braeden, who portrays Victor Newman, had asked her to stay.〔 Rowell said that she tweaked her script to give Dru a voice, but explained that "everything happens for a reason and where I couldn't exercise that particular artistic expression with ''Y&R''."〔 Since her departure, speculation has arisen multiple times that Rowell would return at some point, but this has never materialized. In February 2015, Rowell sued ''The Young and the Restless'' and Sony Pictures Entertainment for retaliation, alleging that she was blacklisted by the network and production company due to her speaking out against lack of diversity on and behind the cameras at the soap opera. Rowell also alleged in her suit that she faced years of racial discrimination during her time on the series, and was denied writing and directing opportunities which have been granted to Caucasian actors. 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「Drucilla Winters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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