“The show’s head writer Ron Carlivati had a character [Paulina] in mind.
“That’s really what you want as an actor someone to create a character just for you.
The idea of it being [ongoing] appealed to me.”

However, it wasn’t necessarily the promise of big stories that convinced Harry to join “DOOL.”
Instead, it was the character description.
“She’s rich!

I’m Dominique Deveraux [the role played by the late Diahann Carroll].
I’m Joan Collins [Alexis]!”
And Paulina certainly is rich and glamorous and a self-made woman.
What could be better than that?