it took a long time to cast the complete tavernier family. once "eastenders" became a success, the producers had no difficulties in finding "good actors" who wanted to join the cast; however, what became hard was finding families—combinations of performers who "look and sound as though they could be related." according to producers corinne hollingworth and pat sandys, the taveriner family were especially difficult, as upon kofi's arrival, four male generations of the family were being featured, great grandfather jules (tommy eytle), grandfather celestine (leroy golding), father clyde (steven woodcock) and son kofi. hollingworth has commented "the most difficult job we've had was finding…black actors who fitted the bill for the tavernier family."