19 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Yes, the recasting was ridiculous.

It seems like the third Cristal recast was purely because the actress opted to leave, so in that regard, it was unavoidable. However, her replacement easily could have been the first Cristal in terms of character. And Elaine Hendrix as Alexis? PERFECTION! Should have been Alexis since day one.

An interview with James Healey. The interviewer tries to bait him into trashing Joan Collins but he praises her.

It's an awkward interview as Healey is trying to play too much to the audience but still interesting. He talks about his (bad) Bond audition as well.

I never knew he was on Santa Barbara or that he turned down the lead in Mad Max.

I was surprised to hear he had a lot of training as I don't remember anything great from him on Dynasty...although by that point unless you were Stephanie Beacham you weren't going to be giving much in terms of acting.

Dynasty Star James Healey - Australian TV Interview with Bert Newton in 1989 - YouTube

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1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

An interview with James Healey. The interviewer tries to bait him into trashing Joan Collins but he praises her.

That's funny since Joan (allegedly) didn't like him.

3 minutes ago, te. said:

That's funny since Joan (allegedly) didn't like him.

I'd forgotten about that. Looks like she said as much in her memoir. Based on his demeanor here I can see why she might have been annoyed.