PMV would have been a great hire for GL (I know he had a small role but I mean a more permanent part). I might have brought him in as a recast of someone like Johnny Bauer and tried to expand the Bauer family that way. 

Finally saw the Simon interview. Enjoyed it! Lots of tea ☕ spilled. Interesting to see Peter admit he hated how Ed was portrayed in Maureen death. How he pretty much hated the Bauers..lol.  Pretty much hated playing Ed. How he had his favorite writers but didn't mention them. How everyone hated the actor playing Rick so much that they were going to kill him off. How Maureen changed when played by Parker.

 

Courtney saying how GL and ATWT were family. How bad the writing for GH was with the propping of Sonny and Luke.

Edited September 6, 20205 yr by Soapsuds

41 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Finally saw the Simon interview. Enjoyed it! Lots of tea ☕ spilled. Interesting to see Peter admit he hated how Ed was portrayed in Maureen death. How he pretty much hated the Bauers..lol.  Pretty much hated playing Ed. How he had his favorite writers but didn't mention them. How everyone hated the actor playing Rick so much that they were going to kill him off. How Maureen changed when played by Parker.

 

Courtney saying how GL and ATWT were family. How bad the writing for GH was with the propping of Sonny and Luke.

 

Where was it in the interview where he said people didn't like the actor playing Rick?

 

I wonder if the circumstances on how he was hired to play Ed back in 1981 colored how he viewed playing the character?  I do know that he thought the show didn't really play out the Maureen death angle as much, and he echoed the sentiments expressed by many.. that the show lost a great actress in Ellen Parker.

49 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Finally saw the Simon interview. Enjoyed it! Lots of tea ☕ spilled. Interesting to see Peter admit he hated how Ed was portrayed in Maureen death. How he pretty much hated the Bauers..lol.  Pretty much hated playing Ed. How he had his favorite writers but didn't mention them. How everyone hated the actor playing Rick so much that they were going to kill him off. How Maureen changed when played by Parker.

 

Courtney saying how GL and ATWT were family. How bad the writing for GH was with the propping of Sonny and Luke.

 

You ENJOYED a Locher Room interview? LOL  but I still need to watch this one. I don't do them live and I'm behind on a few of them, lol. 

 

Glad to hear some tea was spilled.

During their chat about Charita is when the Rick character being killed off was mentioned. How hated the actor was by the actors.

26 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

 

You ENJOYED a Locher Room interview? LOL  but I still need to watch this one. I don't do them live and I'm behind on a few of them, lol. 

 

Glad to hear some tea was spilled.

I usually see them live but I've been busy with other things😉 You know it's good when the hour and half flies by. I only have the casting directors one to see. I saw the Bloss one on Friday.

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

PMV would have been a great hire for GL (I know he had a small role but I mean a more permanent part). I might have brought him in as a recast of someone like Johnny Bauer and tried to expand the Bauer family that way. 

Yeah, he just was the full package as a soap Everyman. Wholesome but not bland or weak, witty, lots of chemistry with partners, handsome in an accessible way. Sort of a Middle America archetype that would have been well-suited for a Bauer. Or another role. He would have been young for Rick, but I think he would have fit the MOL mold while executing on a higher level. (It wouldn’t have been a *totally* new direction in terms of look or type.) But, in any case, GL (or any soap) would have been lucky to have his presence onscreen.

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25 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Yeah, he just was the full package as a soap Everyman. Wholesome but not bland or weak, witty, lots of chemistry with partners, handsome in an accessible way. Sort of a Middle America archetype that would have been well-suited for a Bauer. Or another role. He would have been young for Rick, but I think he would have fit the MOL mold while executing on a higher level. (It wouldn’t have been a *totally* new direction in terms of look or type.) But, in any case, GL (or any soap) would have been lucky to have his presence onscreen.

 

I don't think the show would have been interested in Rick whoever was in the role, to be honest, which is why I suggested another role, but I see what you mean.

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

I usually see them live but I've been busy with other things😉 You know it's good when the hour and half flies by. I only have the casting directors one to see. I saw the Bloss one on Friday.

 

Other ... things? ....   

 

I'm glad though it was a good one.

Edited September 6, 20205 yr by KMan101

On 9/4/2020 at 10:33 PM, Paul Raven said:

Mart Hulswit was cute as younger man but by the early 80's he was overweight and balding thus the decision to let him go.

Don Stewart had aged much better, so Mike was retained at that time.

 

I'm sure it was more than just a (slight) degradation in Hulswit's appearance which led to his termination. Douglas Marland was too vitriolic, almost gleefully so, about the actor for the firing to be about MH's looks.

 

And truth be told, Peter Simon was quite close in age to Hulswit, and had thinning hair as well, so Marland's contention that they needed a "younger, sexier Ed" was absurd. 

Wait, they all hated Michael O'Leary and wanted him fired? He probably should've been in the 90s tbh but...

9 minutes ago, Vee said:

Wait, they all hated Michael O'Leary and wanted him fired? He probably should've been in the 90s tbh but...

 

No. They were referring to a child actor on the show back in the early 1980s. They didn't seem to recall who the actor was or which character he played. The decision was made to kill off the character but then the producer announced at a meeting that they had changed their minds. At that point, Charita turned to the person sitting next to her and said something like, "Well, he'll be dead in our hearts forever."

 

Peter Simon talked very glowingly of O'Leary.

Edited September 7, 20205 yr by robbwolff

1 hour ago, robbwolff said:

 

No. They were referring to a child actor on the show back in the early 1980s. They didn't seem to recall who the actor was or which character he played. The decision was made to kill off the character but then the producer announced at a meeting that they had changed their minds. At that point, Charita turned to the person sitting next to her and said something like, "Well, he'll be dead in our hearts forever."

 

Peter Simon talked very glowingly of O'Leary.

 

I just watched the interview. It appears to be Gary Hannoch who they are referring to. He played Freddy Bauer from 1972 to 1976. 

How horrible of a kid was Gary Hannoch that they thought killing the character off was the best option?? Lol. 
 

Found a photo of him from his GL days.
 

 

I thought there was another Rick in the early 80s I vaguely recall from the classic eps CBS used to run. Phil MacGregor! That's the name. Simon didn't start on GL til '81, long after that kid above.

MacGregor posted by someone on our own site, when I google searched:

 

Edited September 7, 20205 yr by Vee