I would've been interested to see how Beth Ehlers played Liza, at least for one episode. Beth Ehlers has never played bitchy so it would've been cool to see her try that.

I would've been interested to see how Beth Ehlers played Liza, at least for one episode. Beth Ehlers has never played bitchy so it would've been cool to see her try that.

What do you call that horrible period when she was paralyzed and screaming to be in Iraq again? She was bitch for 3-4 months straight, and that's what made me hate Taylor and BE. Since then, she's become tolerable again, but man those were some bad months.

What do you call that horrible period when she was paralyzed and screaming to be in Iraq again? She was bitch for 3-4 months straight, and that's what made me hate Taylor and BE. Since then, she's become tolerable again, but man those were some bad months.

Agreed. Beth Ehlers would have been a horrible miscast if she did end up playing Liza. Pratt was smart to nix that one.

Pratt apparently wanted her to play Skye, but Frons nixed the idea. Surprising, since Frons never seemed to do right by Robin Christopher, but then she was the "good soldier." She never complained in the press, she eschewed fan clubs and wouldn't even allow anyone to set up an "official website" for her (which probably hurt her in the long run, although there is something to be said about not "using" your fans as so many soap stars do, either for leverage, appearance $$$, or pyramid schemes, lol). And I have to think that ABC's official statement that there was an "open door" for her to return as Skye when she left GH, while likely a crock, would really have proven disingenuous had they recast her role.

It's time for actors to stop playing "good soldier." It's not good for them or the genre. That's why I've loved the statements made by Victoria Rowell, Cady McClain, Lauren Holly and others. This genre is essentially a big inbred mess and it's long past time to shine a light on it and chase the roaches away.

It's time for actors to stop playing "good soldier." It's not good for them or the genre. That's why I've loved the statements made by Victoria Rowell, Cady McClain, Lauren Holly and others. This genre is essentially a big inbred mess and it's long past time to shine a light on it and chase the roaches away.

I disagree. I think when it's comments being made out of genuine concern and adoration for the future of the genre (i.e. McClain), then I can fully put my support behind the making of such statements. It's the shameless self promotion of Rowell that I cannot abide. Her ego is clearly inflated to the point where she's not seeing that Y&R hit a 4.0 in her absence, is on a creative upswing and now has a strong black cast (they may be stuck in their own sucky storyline, but at least they are THERE...when casting the role of a young African American female on my online soap I wasn't exactly overrun with choices from today's daytime landscape), she says these things under the guise of 'I love Y&R and the soap genre and I'm a crusader and blah blah blah' when all she wants is to get her name in the press. Unfortunately all she's doing is making a bad reputation for herself as a diva with a screwed up view of her own self importance. And Nia Peebles isn't much better.

Actors who 'take one for the team' are the ones keeping this genre afloat. If every actor walked out over demands about screen time and star preference then the soap genre would be in an even worse state than it currently is. For every Eden 'this will do until something better comes along' Riegel there's a Peter Bergman, a Rick Hearst...immensely talented actors happy to make a career in daytime, even if it means playing second fiddle to someone else's star.

What this has to do with Jamie Luner joining All My Children, however....