‘Twilight’: Who’s In, Who’s Out

Characters in both the Los Angeles and New York versions of “Twilight, Los Angeles: 1992”:

Rudy Salas Sr., sculptor and painter

Angela King, aunt of Rodney King

Sgt. Charles Duke, L.A. Police Department, use-of-force witness for the defense

Josie Morales, uncalled witness

Anonymous Juror, Simi Valley trial

Daryl Gates, (now former) chief, Los Angeles Police Department

Chung Lee, Korean American Victims Assn.

Elvira Evers, cashier whose unborn child stopped a bullet and survived

Katie Miller, observer who’s mad at newscaster Paul Moyer

Anonymous talent agent

Julio Menjivar, lumber salesman who was arrested

Judith Tur, reporter

Reginald Denny, beaten truck driver

Walter Park, Korean immigrant and gunshot victim

June Park, his wife

Chris Oh, his stepson, a medical student

Elaine Brown, former Black Panthers chair

Twilight Bey, gang truce organizer

Maria, juror, federal trial

Mrs. Young Soon-Han, former liquor store owner

Characters in Los Angeles who were cut for New York:

Stanley Sheinbaum, former president, Los Angeles Police Commission

Allen Cooper, gang truce activist

Theresa Allison, founder of Mothers Reclaiming Our Children

Lt. Owen Smet, Culver City Police Department

Harland W. Braun, counsel for Theodore Briseno

Gladis Sibrian, Salvadoran activist

Characters in New York but not in Los Angeles

Ruben Martinez, author-journalist

Keith Watson, co-assailant of Denny

Dorinne Kondo, anthropologist

Elaine Young, real estate agent

Suzanne De Passe, producer and former Motown president

Anonymous Young Man, former gang member

Diane Van Iden, Brentwood mother

Anonymous Young Woman, former gang member

Queen Malkah, spokeswoman for the Latasha Harlins family

Charles Lloyd, counsel for Soon Ja Du

Jay Woung Yang, liquor store owner

Joe Viola, television writer

Shelby Coffey III, editor, Los Angeles Times

Lydia Ramos, reporter

Paul Parker, Free the L.A. Four Plus Defense Committee

Jessye Norman, opera singer

Homi Bhabha, academic and critic living in London

Officer Ted Briseno, L.A. Police Department, acquitted in King beating

Bill Bradley, U.S. senator (D-N.J.)

Dan Kuramoto, jazz-fusion band leader, Hiroshima

Lani Guinier, civil rights attorney

Lt. Dean Gilmour, L.A. County coroner’s office