Y&R: Vivica A. Fox Coming to GC?

[Cashton]

A chatter on another board (am I allowed to say what board it's on?) is blasting away that Vivica Fox is coming to Y&R as either a Yolonda re-cast or.....Drucilla! Prolly too good to be true but if there is anyone who could play Drucilla it would be Vivica. Her career has been uneven lately and she would welcomed (by me at least) if there was no way to get VR back. And she would certainly make the role of Yolanda more interesting if she were to come on for a short-term role. Didn't DTC have an interview with Viv a while back ago about possibly coming to Daytime? I don't really listen to podcasts (cept for the VR one of course hehe).

EDD - Wasn't Fox once on Y&R as someone else?

[dm.]

Vivica was Stephanie Simmons back in 1995, as per the imdb credits.

Hmmmm.... I like the actress, and since Rowell seems to be doing everything in her power to make every single person at the Y&R team hate her, I guess we need to be looking for a different Drucilla. But Rowell will always be the only Drucilla for me. Always.

[Robert Barr]

That would be interesting if the paired her up with Kristoff St. John again. They were paired up on Generations back in the day.

[Manny]

I think she could actually do well as Dru.

[Cashton]

IA - VR will always be Dru. Just like Heather Tom will always be Victoria, but I'm still glad to have the character of VN on my screen than sitting in a chateu in France cooling her heels off-screen. Same goes for Dru.

[Chris B]

They need to take Yolanda and create a new dynamite black female who could help revamp this family. If Dru isn't Victoria Rowell let her stay dead. If Eric Braeden or Peter Bergman left the roles wouldn't be recast. Yes Bergman is a recast, but at this point he *is* Jack, just like Rowell *is* Drucilla and Jess Walton *is* Jill.

[Vee]

Crazy-ass Vivica Fox. Is she that desperate for work?

[dm.]

Hmmmm... IMDB says her entire 2008 is full of movies to come, and she's already booked for 2009. I just don't see her coming back to daytime.

[BadZoe]

That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard of. Not bringing her back, I liked her on Y&R the first time, just bring her back as the character she originally played. The hot doctor involved with Malcolm.

[SFK]

I don't think this is going to happen. Vivica is no A-lister, but she doesn't "need" Y&R right now, and especially not on a contract basis. I could see her doing a short stint.

I also don't think she'd be interested or comfortable with taking Vicki's part. I don't think it would go over well, Hollywood is a tight knit community. If Vivica does come back, bring her back as Stephanie and beef up the part, giving her some really delicious stuff to do with Adam, I mean Neil.

[JackPeyton]

Now are these strihg to DVD or TV Movies?

because that does matter.

[sheilaforever]

Especially since her Y&R stint back in the 90s was already cut short because she headed for bigger things...

Stephanie was a nurse at GC Memorial and was linked to Malcolm although there never happened much due to the Keesha story and/or Fox' departure.

[Cheap21]

I dont think Y&R could handle Vivica. She's an even bigger diva than people claim Victoria Rowell to be