ALL SOAPS: Best and Worst Recasts

[detroitpiston]

Amen! She was horrid, and the only reason people started to like her in the end was because of the "Real Greenlee" campaign.

I know I must be in the minority, but I loved Jennifer Bransford as Carly.

[SFK]

I actually think MCE would have made for a better Greenlee recast than SS.

[All My Shadows]

Michael Graziadei is miles and miles and miles and miles and miles ahead of Cam Gigandet. Gigandet improved immensely by the time get got to "The OC" the next year.

[DavidEvanSmith]

I was trying to think of the name Melody Anderson for Natalie's horrible recast, but I couldn't think of it. She was just too sweet for Natalie. There was always a fire in Kate Collins. I absolutely HATED Anderson. She was just so plain. Horrible hair, horrible chemistry with David Canary (WHO knew it was possible?!) and she couldn't have been killed off fast enough. ICK. Just the definition of a wet blanket.

As for Sabine Singh, I didn't think she was bad at all. She was working her ass off on that show. I definitely think she was on par with Alicia Minshew as far as ability to portray emotions. I don't understand the backlash about the actress, and they just should have stuck with her because I think the story was the problem with her introduction, not the acting.

I actually liked Jennifer Bransford as Carly very much. She definitely could do "gutter trash", as evidenced by every fight scene she had where she just went all out with Kelly Monaco and Kari Wuhrer. I wish she'd been given more time. She came off as "one of the boys" with Jason and Sonny as well. I think she just needed more time because Laura Wright still has yet to really feel like Carly to me. She's a very watered down version of Carly. I still see more Carly in Claudia.

[jinx_avery]

BEST

Laura Koffman as Cassie Cramer (OL)

Ava Haddad as Cassie Cramer (OL)

Jane Badler as Melinda Cramer (OL)

Brynn Thayer as Jenny Wolek (OL)

Judith Light as Karen Wolek (OL)

Dorrie Kavanaugh as Cathy Craig (OL)

Jennifer Harmon as Cathy Craig (OL)

[PAsoapfan]

I disagree with your first line, but I totally Agree with your second line.

Jennifer Bransford played Carly so well, 100 times better then Tamara Braun ever will be,

[Dr Neil Curtis]

WORST EVER:

DONNA REED AS ELLIE EWING!!!!

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

I too loved Jennifer as Carly on GH. While I dont think she was better than Tamara, she acts circles around Laura Wrong.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Um, Jennifer Bransford played Carl Lee, not Carly.

Laura Wright just plays a parody of the Carly character.

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

Carly, Carl Lee...Tom Casiello...hell, Jennifer Bransford played that role damn good!!

[Paul Raven]

I agree about Donna Reed.

I always thought Hope Lange would have been a good Miss Ellie.

Any other Dallas fans agree?

[JackPeyton]

Brown has one up one evry recast because she was there when the writing was god.

Braun was ok agt first, but gre to be an amazing actress and turned the [!@#$%^&*] they gave her into gold.

Bransford is an awful actress. in a bad story.

Wright plays Carly the way its written. Shrewish, OTT, selfish. And i like it. When they give Carly a heart or make human Laura plays it, they ust dont write it.

[spiderweb55]

Best:

Hillary B. Smith as Margo Hughes (ATWT)

Ellen Dolan as Margo Hughes (ATWT)

Gregg Marx as Tom Hughes (ATWT)

Hunt Block as Craig Montgomery (ATWT)

Jon Lindstrom as Craig Montgomery (ATWT)

Cady McClain as Rosanna Cabot (ATWT)

Nathan Fillon as Joey Buchanan (OLTL)

Kevin Stapelton as Kevin Buchanan (OLTL)

Billy Warlock as A.J. Quartermaine (GH)

Worst:

Andrea Pearson as Gia Campbell (GH)

Danica Stewart as Maxie Jones (GH)

Jacob Young as Lucky Spencer (GH)

Jeff Meek as Craig Montgomery (ATWT) (fine actor, wrong role)

Grayson McCouch as Dusty Donovan (ATWT)

Christina Chambers as Molly Conlan (ATWT)

Kelli Barrett as Maddie Coleman (ATWT)

Tim Gibbs as Kevin Buchanan (OLTL) (see Jeff Meek)

Don Jeffcoat as Joey Buchanan (OLTL)

Bruce Michael Hall as Joey Buchanan (OLTL)

Tracy Melanchior as Kelly Cramer (OLTL)

[juniorz1]

I remembered another WORST.

Tracy Middendorf as Carrie Brady

[SFK]

Two from AMC...

Sandra Quarterman as Angie. Nothing against SQ, but there can never be another Angie. That voice, those dimples, that iconic place in daytime history, Debbi is Angie.

Kelli Taylor as Taylor Roxbury-Cannon. Ugh.