Members Contessa Donatella Posted March 17 Members Share Posted March 17 https://chng.it/9s22wzb7rF This is Beverlee McKinsey in Mar. 1985 outside the studio. If you have not yet signed my petition for her please do so because this week I am sending it to NATAS. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted March 18 Members Share Posted March 18 (edited) Please register in order to view this content Image courtesy of Texas Facebook group I'm a terrible spelling, so I am the last one who should criticize, but it never ceases to amaze when newspaper editors can't get an actor's name correct (Zaslow not Vaslow) . Edited March 18 by j swift 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Franko Posted March 18 Members Share Posted March 18 Shot in the dark ... were they considering Michael to play Eliot? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted March 18 Members Share Posted March 18 (edited) It's a good guess. I just checked AWHP. Jeb first appears in October 20th, and on October 17th Eliot calls Dennis to tell him that he's alive, then he premieres on screen a few weeks later. MZ would have been a good Eliot, because he would have been a formidable player in Iris's triangle. Daniel Davis was not a large enough presence, even as opposed to Bert Kramer. Iris may have had a “type” after Brian Bancroft and Eliot (brainy, not brawny), but I picture her as more suited for an even more charismatic guy. I always think back to that scene of Eliot slapping Iris when he found out that Alex was Denis's father. Davis played that with such a manic energy that it seemed cruel and humiliating. Whereas, I think MZ could play intense anger from a more internalized and darker place without needing the physicality. Edited March 18 by j swift 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mona Kane Croft Posted March 18 Members Share Posted March 18 Daniel Davis is a good actor, but was horribly miscast as Eliot. His interpretation of Eliot was completely different from that of the former actor, James Douglas. Zaslow, although not a great choice for Eliot, would certainly have been better than Davis and could have played the role more similarly to Douglas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted March 18 Members Share Posted March 18 I think Zaslow would have also been more believable in the triangle with Denis and Paige, because I never understood what Paige saw in Davis's Eliot. I mean, the character was a mess overall because his backstory with Barrett got rewritten as often as John Black in DAYS, (okay that's a bit hyperbolic, but you get my point). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted March 23 Members Share Posted March 23 Caryn Richman reunites with her Texas co-star Dana Kimmell on the 80's series The New Gidget. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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