Quote Originally Posted by storyseeker1 View Post
More or less true. Di Angelo was originally hired to play Dean only for a certain time, during which the rape would occur, and then he would leave (presumably for prison or just leave). But then DTC ending up changing their minds and asked him to stay on, presumably so they could do the Jade storyline. And now it seems they've asked him to stay on yet another year. I don't know if Di Angelo had wanted to or not, but work is work.

What's good looking got to do with being a rapist? It doesn't matter what you look like, but what you're like on the inside that matters, and Dean is damaged.
The looks point was one of the preconceptions that the storyline was intended to challenge. It was in a previous interview, I think it was one of DTC's comments about the rape storyline at the outset. It's perhaps assumed that as a good looking man, Dean wouldn't need to rape anyone since he could have his pick of women. As you say, that's not the case and it's because Dean is damaged that this happened.