Screen Sirens: The Women of ’90210′ and ‘Melrose Place’

We’re continuing the trend of branching Screen Sirens out to television! If you’re not familiar with it, what we do is take a female role in any field of entertainment, be it a television show, film, or even a book, and cast a Diva or Knockout in the role based on her personality, looks, and some good old-fashioned imagination. Oscars may not be in their future but the women of wrestling, in all their shapes, sizes, colors, and creeds are surely diverse and interesting enough to make the speculation nearly as fun as seeing them on the big screen.

Tonight, The CW premieres the second season of 90210 as well as rebooting Melrose Place. Both shows spoke to a generation in the 90s before being resurrected last year by the fledgling teen network.

90210 is a teen drama set in Beverly Hills, California and centers around the love lives, drama and school work of a bunch of rich teenagers. Sound familiar? Meanwhile, it’s older sister, Melrose Place which begins it’s first season tonight, is based around an apartment complex filled with 20-something year olds — hence the name!

Let’s begin with 90210, and we’re looking at teen characters Annie Wilson, Naomi Clark, Silver and Adrianna Tate-Duncan.

Character: Annie Wilson is the young newcomer to Beverly Hills along with adopted brother, Dixon. Having moved from Kansas with her family, Annie struggled to fit in at first and spent much of the season trying to be accepted by the other girls. Eventually, Annie scored the token hot boy — Ethan, former boyfriend of the ‘bad girl’, Naomi.
Played By: Shenae Grimes
Diva: Courtney Taylor
Why?: Annie is an awkward, ‘homely’ girl who struggles between her Kansas roots and big city lights of Beverly Hills. Courtney, as a new girl herself, has a similar ‘girl next door’ homely look that could fit the awkwardness of Grimes’ Annie. She looks like a nice girl but also could pass as one of the popular girls.
Alternatives: Maria and Tiffany.

Character: Naomi Clark is Beverly Hills High’s resident bad girl. The most popular girl in school, can get any guy she wants — but beneath that cool exterior, homegirl has insecurity issues… not to mention daddy issues!
Played By: AnnaLynne McCord
Diva: Maryse
Why?: Could there really be any other Diva to play Naomi? Maryse has the narcissistic tendencies it takes to play the head bitch.
Alternatives: Angelina Love.

Character: Silver is the beautiful girl that doesn’t know it. She marches to the beat of her own drum, is quick to stand up for her rights and is the perfect student. Careful though, scratch the surface and you may find that Silver has issues of her own — she’s a tad bipolar.
Played By: Jessica Stroup
Diva: Christy Hemme
Why?: Like Silver, Christy has long been accused of being bipolar. Always running on some sort of weird energy, Christy most definitely marches to the beat of her own drum and is quirky in a way similar to Silver.
Alternatives: Mickie James.

Character: Adrianna Tate-Duncan is the rich popular girl with a drug problem. Tragic, right? A wannabe actress, Adrianna started showing a nicer side to herself when people got to know her and before long she became the ‘statistic’. That girl in high school who gets pregnant by the douchebag jock!
Played By: Jessica Lowndes
Diva: Madison Rayne
Why?: Madison is the perfect example of a fresh faced girl who gets in with the wrong crowd and ends up doing the wrong thing. Inside, we know that she is a sweet, nice girl but the pressures of conforming to her social status are much too much. Let’s hope Madison doesn’t end up knocked up, trailer park style!
Alternatives: –

And now, vote for the 90210 casting you most agree with!

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Melrose after the cut:

Bowing for the first time tonight is the revival of the 90s classic, Melrose Place and with a host of new inhabitants 90210‘s older sister brings girls more age appropriate to our Divas! With the show just beginning tonight, not much is known about the characters but let’s try and cast it anyway…

Character: Ella Simms is an ‘up-and-coming publicist who strives to reach the top at any cost’ says the character breakdown. Ella has a ‘tongue as sharp as her stilettos’.
Played By: Katie Cassidy
Diva: Melina
Why?: Melina may seem like sweetness and light, but don’t let her smile fool you — she has her eyes firmly on the prize that is the Women’s Championship, at all times. She strives to the best in her field and would stop at nothing to prove that she is the most dominant and talented Diva in the WWE. But she still has that warm exterior that makes her leading role material, like Ella.
Alternatives: Michelle McCool or Trish Stratus.

Character: Lauren Yung is the ‘straight arrow med student forced by hard times to exchange sexual favors for financial ones’. Sounds saucy!
Played By: Stephanie Jacobsen
Diva: Jillian
Why?: Like Lauren, Jillian must do what she can [i.e. degrade herself] to make ends meet. A girl’s gotta eat, you know?
Alternatives: The Bella Twins or Rosa Mendes.

Character: Riley Richmond is a ‘sickly sweet school teacher’ that’s engaged to one of the other Melrose inhabitants. We get the feeling she’s the ‘homely’ type that is extremely compassionate & loves her man… an all around good girl!
Played By: Jessica Lucas
Diva: Gail Kim
Why?: Gail Kim gives off vibes of being a sweet, respectable girl that you could take home to mom. Perhaps in another life she would be a school teacher? She loves to cook and seems like the perfect home-maker should she find that lucky guy!
Alternatives: Maria or Mickie James.

Character: Violet Foster is a ‘seemingly naive young woman who has a dark side’. She’s from a small town but don’t let that fool you, she can play the ‘sex kitten’ to have things go her way.
Played By: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz
Diva: Velvet Sky
Why?: Velvet may seem like a country bumpkin, but you know homegirl would flash the football team when daddy wasn’t looking. Minus all the trashy outfits, Velvet could look like the girl next door but as we all know, she’s got a kinkier side.
Alternatives: Candice Michelle or Maria.

Which Melrose casting do you agree with most? Vote below

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