9 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

IMHO, she was the best of the three actresses to play the role. She had screen presence and spark. Her replacements were adequate, but Gina became much less interesting after Stuart left.

Thanks. I remember Stuart speaking of the role a bit in SOD long ago but can't remember what she said. Stuart is one of those rare actors who seemed to have four popular or fairly popular soap parts but I don't hear a lot about Gina so I don't ever know how fans felt. 

Edited April 23, 20251 yr by DRW50

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks. I remember Stuart speaking of the role a bit in SOD long ago but can't remember what she said. Stuart is one of those rare actors who seemed to have three popular or fairly popular soap parts but I don't hear a lot about Gina so I don't ever know how fans felt. 

Mine is but one opinion, of course, although according to other GH viewers whom I knew, they didn't feel the recasts were particularly captivating, either.

Just now, vetsoapfan said:

Mine is but one opinion, of course, although according to other GH viewers whom I knew, they didn't feel the recasts were particularly captivating, either.

That so often is the case...

Beyond the Alices who would you say was the least compelling AW recast?

21 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

That so often is the case...

Beyond the Alices who would you say was the least compelling AW recast?

To me, Wesley Pfenning and Linda Borgenson were the worst Alices.

Other weak recasts:

Margie Impert (Rachel #2)

Robert Hover (Russ #2)

David Bailey (Russ #3: handsome but bland)

Lynn Milgrim (Susan Matthews #4)

Brian Murray (Dan Shearer #2)

Nancy Wickwire (Aunt Liz #3: a major come-down after Audra Lindley)

...to name but a few.

Some of the Jamies were not cast well; Richard Bekins owned the role.

On the other hand, AW struck gold with Beverly Penberthy as Pat #2 and Susan Sullivan as Lenore #2.

 

3 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

To me, Wesley Pfenning and Linda Borgenson were the worst Alices.

Other weak recasts:

Margie Impert (Rachel #2)

Robert Hover (Russ #2)

David Bailey (Russ #3: handsome but bland)

Lynn Milgrim (Susan Matthews #4)

Brian Murray (Dan Shearer #2)

Nancy Wickwire (Aunt Liz #3: a major come-down after Audra Lindley)

...to name but a few.

Some of the Jamies were not cast well; Richard Bekins owned the role.

On the other hand, AW struck gold with Beverly Penberthy as Pat #2 and Susan Sullivan as Lenore #2.

Thanks.

I hope to see some of these someday, unlikely as it is. We do at least have some audio of Nancy, which was fine, but it's tough to compare to Audra Lindley (I'd love to see her too). 

I do wonder what their plans even were with Margie Impert. I can only assume she impressed someone at P&G with her work on GL.

3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks.

I hope to see some of these someday, unlikely as it is. We do at least have some audio of Nancy, which was fine, but it's tough to compare to Audra Lindley (I'd love to see her too). 

I do wonder what their plans even were with Margie Impert. I can only assume she impressed someone at P&G with her work on GL.

To be fair, Nancy Wickwire was fine as an actress, but after the ferocious intensity Audra Lindley brought to the role of Aunt Liz, Wickwire's more restrained, pallid interpretation was a major disappointment. Aunt Liz was just not Aunt Liz anymore.

5 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I'm not sure why they set all that up and did little with it, beyond tension between Olivia and Josie. They were right to not try to go back with Russ/Sharlene, but they could have done something with him - maybe paired him with Donna when she split with Michael. I would have recast Russ rather than bringing back Bailey.

At least Liz had a few good scenes with Olivia over that run, but they never did anything to build a relationship with Josie.

Josie always should have been a more compelling character than she was - consistently flat writing and iffy casting. 

You didn' t love her when Amy played her? I ask only because I did.

2 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

I don't really want to read about false info generated by AI...

Eddie ran it by & shared with me, the results, such as they were. And, BTW, any time you don't want to read something, just don't. No need to announce it. We are not in an airport or train station.

In terms of recasts how about

Dawn Benz and Taylor Miller as Sally?

Leon Russom as Willis?

Rhonda Lwein as Vicky?

2 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

In terms of recasts how about

Dawn Benz and Taylor Miller as Sally?

Hard pass.

2 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

Leon Russom as Willis?

Could be.

2 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

Rhonda Lwein as Vicky?

Hard pass again.

32 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

 

In terms of recasts how about

Dawn Benz and Taylor Miller as Sally

 

The biggest blunder TPTB at AW ever made was killing Sally in 1986.  After Taylor Miller, Sally should have left town and they rested the character for awhile.  Then, had her return to Bay City with a different actress.  Killing Sally marginalized Aunt Liz and gave no reason for Alice to ever return to the show.  Sally could have driven story until the show went off the air in 1999.

1 hour ago, watson71 said:

The biggest blunder TPTB at AW ever made was killing Sally in 1986.  After Taylor Miller, Sally should have left town and they rested the character for awhile.  Then, had her return to Bay City with a different actress.  Killing Sally marginalized Aunt Liz and gave no reason for Alice to ever return to the show.  Sally could have driven story until the show went off the air in 1999.

I would take that one generation back. Worst ever was firing JC in the first place. Not  concerned about Dwyer or Reinholt, just JC. No Alice ever worked.Now, in theory could they come up with  a good recast, maybe so but to me they did not.

 

Edited April 23, 20251 yr by Contessa Donatella

6 hours ago, chrisml said:

Speaking of false information, I came across a book that claimed the Matt/Donna relationship was a copy of the relationship in Northern Exposure. I don't remember much about that show, but this does not ring true in the slightest. 

From another book where the author is upset with P&G's hypocrisy:

I don't remember the storyline with a camera behind a mirror -- what was that? 

25 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

I don't remember the storyline with a camera behind a mirror -- what was that? 

I believe they are referring to a one way  mirror ... 

5 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

BTW, any time you don't want to read something, just don't. No need to announce it.

Thanks for the unsolicited advice.

1 hour ago, Paul Raven said:

Thanks for the unsolicited advice.

Thanks for the un-needed unnecessary snarky commentary.

Edited April 23, 20251 yr by Contessa Donatella