Just now, amybrickwallace said:

It's not as that's never happened before on soaps. 😉😂

 

LOL!  Yep!  In fact, I'm STILL wondering what the hell happened to Kirk and Sam on ATWT after they escaped from that sinking yacht (or whatever)!  Or AMC's Kevin Sheffield after the explosion that levelled Holidays!

Just now, Khan said:

 

Remember, though, that the last we saw Oxenberg's Amanda was when she fell into the pool at La Mirage.  Unless Oxenberg made clear her intention to leave BEFORE that scene was filmed, I don't think there was much TPTB could do about it.

 

Of course, they could've just...not mentioned her again after that, lol.

 

I just read up on her leaving the show after @amybrickwallace's comment and apparently she was fired over a salary dispute. I don't understand why they didn't just kill off the character. The recast looked more than Elisabeth Shue than some European heiress.

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

LOL!  Yep!  In fact, I'm STILL wondering what the hell happened to Kirk and Sam on ATWT after they escaped from that sinking yacht (or whatever)!  Or AMC's Kevin Sheffield after the explosion that levelled Holidays!

 

Not to mention why DAYS' Don Craig never returned after mailing that letter. Then you have the original forgotten kid, AMC's Bobby Martin.

3 minutes ago, Darn said:

I just read up on her leaving the show after @amybrickwallace's comment and apparently she was fired over a salary dispute.

 

That would mean she was fired AFTER the scene in the pool, then.

 

Well, I GUESS they could have said Amanda drowned that night.  Heck, they could've hired a stunt double to pose as her lifeless body (face down, of course).

 

1 minute ago, amybrickwallace said:

Not to mention why DAYS' Don Craig never returned after mailing that letter. Then you have the original forgotten kid, AMC's Bobby Martin.

 

LOL!!

 

(I better not say anymore, though.  I'm loathe to encourage a certain someone into posting more random nonsense on this or any other thread.)

Edited October 24, 20196 yr by Khan

Just now, Khan said:

 

Well, I GUESS they could have said Amanda drowned that night.  Heck, they could've hired a stunt double to pose as her lifeless body (face down, of course).

 

But would anyone have been able to tell the difference?

 

(Catherine Oxenberg is...an actress)

Just now, Khan said:

Well, I GUESS they could have said Amanda drowned that night.  Heck, they could've hired a stunt double to pose as her lifeless body (face down, of course).

 

See, that would have made sense - hence why they recast a European princess with an American Valley Girl!! 😝

3 hours ago, Darn said:

But would anyone have been able to tell the difference?

 

LOL!  It's people like you, @Darn, that make coming here still worthwhile.

 

Wish I could say the same about all other posters.  😕

 

3 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

hence why they recast a European princess with an American Valley Girl!!

 

Karen Cellini was the Charity Rahmer of her day.

25 minutes ago, Khan said:

Karen Cellini was the Charity Rahmer of her day.

 

Ouch. 😂

On 10/24/2019 at 1:18 PM, amybrickwallace said:

 

See, that would have made sense - hence why they recast a European princess with an American Valley Girl!! 😝

I remember from the E! bts show on Dynasty that the Amanda issue was three-fold.  First, Joan Collins had just tried to have a sick-out in order to get more money, so when Catherine Oxenberg asked for more they didn't want to start a presidence.  Second, the follow-up season to the Moldavian massacre was when Dynasty started to slip in the ratings.  Third, once they recast Amanda, The Colby's was cancelled, so the return of Fallon to Denver made Amanda redundant.

34 minutes ago, j swift said:

I remember from the E! bts show on Dynasty that the Amanda issue was three-fold.  First, Joan Collins had just tried to have a sick-out in order to get more money, so when Catherine Oxenberg asked for more they didn't want to start a presidence.  Second, the follow-up season to the Moldavian massacre was when Dynasty started to slip in the ratings.  Third, once they recast Amanda, The Colby's was cancelled, so the return of Fallon to Denver made Amanda redundant.

 

OK, that all makes sense then. The show never had the kind of ratings again pre-Moldavia, did they?

11 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

The show never had the kind of ratings again pre-Moldavia, did they?

 

AFAIK, they didn't.  They really blew the momentum they had built up from the Moldavian massacre.  Not just because the event itself carried little fallout (all that violence and bloodshed, and only two, minor characters are killed off?), but also the stories the following year (such as the Krystle/Rita storyline, IIRC) were just flat-out DUMB.

4 minutes ago, Khan said:

(such as the Krystle/Rita storyline, IIRC) 

 

Yeah, what was the point of that story? Did Linda Evans want to play an antagonist for once?

1 minute ago, amybrickwallace said:

Yeah, what was the point of that story? Did Linda Evans want to play an antagonist for once?

 

I wish I knew, lol.  I certainly would not have endorsed such a storyline if I had been in Aaron Spelling's or the Shapiros' position.  Linda Evans (God bless her) had a hard enough time playing Krystle, lol.

 

I've always thought Linda Evans was a bit butch, and none of this did much to help matters. If JER had been writing this story, he probably would have had Rita assume Sammy Jo was hitting on her, and crawl into bed with her.  

On 10/24/2019 at 10:08 PM, Khan said:

 

Remember, though, that the last we saw Oxenberg's Amanda was when she fell into the pool at La Mirage.  Unless Oxenberg made clear her intention to leave BEFORE that scene was filmed, I don't think there was much TPTB could do about it.

 

Of course, they could've just...not mentioned her again after that, lol.

 

On the other hand, in the season seven premiere she was unconscious in the lobby of a burning La Mirage (I suppose we were to believe she and Sammy Jo had gotten out of the pool and was knocked out by someone) and saved by a mysteriously re-appearing Michael. 

 

In all honesty, they could've just used Karen as a body double for Catherine, shown her stumbling over from behind and being left to burn in the hotel while panicked guests were fleeing to the outside. Or just paid Oxenburg that extra $2k a week she asked for.

12 hours ago, j swift said:

I remember from the E! bts show on Dynasty that the Amanda issue was three-fold.  First, Joan Collins had just tried to have a sick-out in order to get more money, so when Catherine Oxenberg asked for more they didn't want to start a presidence.  Second, the follow-up season to the Moldavian massacre was when Dynasty started to slip in the ratings.  Third, once they recast Amanda, The Colby's was cancelled, so the return of Fallon to Denver made Amanda redundant.

 

The Colby's wasn't cancelled until the season after and Fallon only returned in season 8 (bar the brief visit in season 7). Leslie was the official Amanda replacement - suddenly appearing as Ben's daughter/Blake's niece after Amanda mysteriously went to London never to be ever mentioned again on the show.