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Y&R: Recast Ashley

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Blech!!! Tracy Melchior? Jensen Buchanan? Kristina Wagner? Are you guys serious with these? I cannot at all see any of them as Assley Abbot. Jensen is perhaps the most overrated actress ever on daytime. Kristina, whom I love, just isn't right for the part of Ash. Tracy as recast= character-killer!!! Sorta like Susan Batten or Christina Chambers?

If Brenda Epperson wouldn't come back, this is who I'd like to see at least auditioning:

Beth Chaimberlin

Catherine Hickland

Joanna Johnson

Alison Rice-Taylor

Marcy Walker

Karen Witter

Any one of those ladies would be a far more suitable Ashley.

To the naysayers who say Ashley won't be re-cast, I say this- Ashley has been on the canvas since 1982 and recast three times (twice with a newbie, then ED's return). She ain't going anywhere for long. She'll be back before the end of the year, sniffing at TGVN's behind & mixing chemicals in her lab, having affairs with men who are no good for her. Ashley has become a part of the fabric of Y&R and they will not leave Jack isolated for long. And no, they don't want Traci back. They couldn't care less about Traci. Never could.

Juniorz some of your choices are great but a few of them I personally could never see as Ashley. I admit that some of my choices were not that great either. I still stand by my best choice after Brenda Epperson would be Genie Francis.

I love the actresses you mentioned but could never see Catherine Hickland, Alison Rice Taylor or Karen Witter as Ashley. They just don't fit the role at all.

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I love Catherine Hickland but she's so not right for Ashley. Plus she's already on OLTL I couldn't see her moving to the west coast when her hubby is on AMC.

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It's funny that Catherine Hickland is mentioned, because she said on Soap Talk that she auditioned for Ashley back in 1982 and lost to Eileen.

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Just a precision: Catherine Hickland & Michael E. Knight are divorcing so it wouldn't be a problem for her to move, I think. However, I agree: she would not fit Ashley's role. I'd love Kristina Wagner for sure!

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In the end I'm sure LML is just going to pick up one of your lackies on a previous show she wrote for. Hence, the undesireable Tammy Lauren.

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I love Catherine Hickland but she's so not right for Ashley. Plus she's already on OLTL I couldn't see her moving to the west coast when her hubby is on AMC.

Well she and Michael Knight are divorcing or already divorced.

And she is only on recurring with OLTL. They fired her and just use her when they see fit. So she has not ties to them, and I am sure if she got a contract offer, she would take it. And she has already lived on the West Coast for awhile (after she left Texas and was on Capitol).

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I don't by any means see Catherine Hickland as the perfect Ashley, but I think she could pull of the part. I bet she'd have great chemistry with MTS & Peter Bergman. I'm surprised you couldn't see Allison Rice-Taylor because I could TOTALLY picture her in the part. Is it the brown hair that throws it off? Because Jack also used to be a blonde.........

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I don't know what throws it off for me with Allison. I love her but I just don't see her as Ashley at all. And years ago I would say that Catherine Hickland fit Ashley too, but not anymore. She has evolved into a totally different actress, and the role of Ashley just doesnt' fit her anymore. I do think she would be great on Y&R though. Not sure what role, but she definitely fits for there or Bold & the Beautiful. Either show could use her too.

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