http://www.soapoperafan.com/passions/comngo.html

Blair Redford (ex-Scotty Grainger Y&R) has ben cast as the new post-hell Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald.

oh wow. pssns doesnt seem to care about race at all huh?

well hes a good actor- not great but he is good.

He's good @ least. Maybe hell made him a white boy.

LOL! He's a cutie, but boy isn't that good of an actor, but that never has anything to do with casting on PSSN.

I guess they'll ignore the ethnicity. LOL!

He was all right on Y&R.

It'll be interesting to see how they take Miguel in a new direction since with Jesse and Adrian, Miguel was basically meant to stand there with shirt off showing off his huge arms and pecs. Blair, while handsome and a cutie with a decent body, is far from that.

Congrats to him.

why couldnt tehy jsut keep Belliani?

Cause Bellani chose to leave. The show didn't get rid of him. He opted not to resign when the show moved to DirecTV.

Bellami is headed for NBC Primetime isn't he?

Unbelievable how such awful actors find jobs. Can't have sth. to do with their looks, huh? LOL!

He was good on Y&R. I heard they were going to make his character gay, then he was suddenly fired when Y&R switched headwriters.

Was Christopher Douglas (ex-Antonio) Latino? I don't think he was but thats probably just me.

And YAY! A certain cutie pie witch-ling is back and the actress is still playing her!

Okay, I've been waiting for days for someone to ask this...so I will.

1. When Blair Redford was fired, I didn't miss him. I'm one of the few who actually liked Kimberlin's last return, but Redford was a real weak link. He had no emotional range whatsoever. I mean, it worked to imbue him with a certain cluelessness (so Sheila could use him as a pawn in her many machinations), but the man had little reaction.

This came clearest in the denouement of the story...Lauren assumed dead...and he just kept on with this Ronn Moss-style stoicism.

He wasn't that much to look at either.

If you go to the soaphunks image page, and click on Y&R, and scroll down to Blair Redford, you'll see two shirtless collages of screencaps. He's not bad--I won't ever pass up those pecs--but he was kind of pale and ordinary. He didn't even "pop" as well on screen as did his two scene partners that day (Michael Graziadei and Greg Rikaart).

2. Now, I know emotional range has never really defined the Miguel character...neither Jesse Metcalfe nor Adrian Bellani were top-form thespians. I think Metcalfe has grown on Desperate Housewives (within the limits of what he has been given to do), but Miguel always WAS a kind of clueless block of wood...so I think Redford could work for that.

BUT AESTHETICALLY, how can Redford live up????

Go to the soaphunks site, and click on the Passions link, and then peruse Metcalfe and ESPECIALLY Bellani.

My GOD, these men are truly the epitome of physical perfection. Swarthy, defined to the max, bulging musculature. And, both are now allowing their natural furriness to flourish, and this has just made them utter icons of male beauty. They both also have really beautiful faces and eyes.

Redford, IMO, is just so much more ordinary. He won't cause nearly the same buzz.

Am I way off base here?

^how many timnes was Scotty shirtless on Y&R?

how many times has miguel been pretty much full on nekked on pass? with both AB & JM in the role?

it doesnt even compare. so the pix on soaphunks dont matter, because he was exposed what.. once? .. on y&r.

^how many timnes was Scotty shirtless on Y&R?

how many times has miguel been pretty much full on nekked on pass? with both AB & JM in the role?

it doesnt even compare. so the pix on soaphunks dont matter, because he was exposed what.. once? .. on y&r.

Good point.

If you, or anyone, gets Passions, please let us know how Redford fares as Miguel...in both acting and body :-)

No one will ever top Bellani for me in this role. So so purdy, and he quickly amassed the largest set of shirtless pictures in my site's history in just a couple of years!

No one will ever top Bellani for me in this role. So so purdy, and he quickly amassed the largest set of shirtless pictures in my site's history in just a couple of years!

And I mean absolutely NO ONE!!!! Bellani brought on the "purdy" like no other, and even outshined original Miguel played by Jesse Metcalfe, IMO. I think this was also largely due to Adrian's version of the character being more manly and macho than Jesse's version, who seemed girly and effeminate. This Blair Redford person seems all wrong for the part (he is so not hot!) and he's already gotten a chilly reception from most people on the NBC Passions message boards.