IMO, SC was too identified with being a blind farm woman on Y&R to be effective as Annie aka Terri.

If you were to recast Harley in 2008, would you bring back Hayley (ex-Courtney, ATWT) or go completely fresh. For old times sake, I would bring on Lucy to replace Harley. I would recast tho. Maybe Erin Hershey (port charles)? Jessica Morris (oltl)?

Ironically, when SC came back as the real Terri.. it was the first time that she fully connected on GL and there were fans back in the day that wondered why they didn't just keep the real Terri on the show instead of quickly writing her out and focusing on just Annie Dutton.

The other issue with SC playing Annie was that she played Annie as being controlled and calm in all of her actions/interactions, which was the direct opposite of how Annie was written/portrayed previously. Not to mention, she was replacing Cynthia Watros... who made Annie into quite a memorable and fascinating character to watch.. so anyone coming in to play the character had an uphill battle.

The one thing in SC's favor was that she actually had chemistry with RR, which viewers back in 1998/1999 took note of.. and that was what made viewers theorize that she would turn out to be Annie... even after the initial writing had her painted as someone interested in Frank.

During this period, the show was focused more on plot without really examining long term effects... hence why any Holly story thread that popped up after the Nursey Rhyme story ended got dropped pretty quickly (her growing bond with Annie, Fletcher coming back, Sam the con artist).

So it wasn't a surprise that once the initial Annie coming back story played out, the show didn't really know how to use the character... although the show did manage to write SC's Annie in scenes with Lizzie and showing her maternal side.. but it was too little, too late.

1 hour ago, Spoon said:

IMO, SC was too identified with being a blind farm woman on Y&R to be effective as Annie aka Terri.

I read somewhere that it was between Signy Coleman and Teresa Blake (Gloria Marsh AMC) for the role. In an interview with the Locher Room, Signy's ex-husband (Vincent Irizarry) claims he pulled some string for Signy to get the part. Because he wanted his daughter on the East Coast, and that would happen if Signy got a role of a NY Soap.

14 minutes ago, TheyStartedOnSoaps said:

In an interview with the Locher Room, Signy's ex-husband (Vincent Irizarry) claims he pulled some string for Signy to get the part. Because he wanted his daughter on the East Coast, and that would happen if Signy got a role of a NY Soap.

I don't remember much of the particulars about HER interview with the Locher Room, but I do remember getting the impression that she had been very, very unhappy working on GL. She seemed almost...mad.

Yes, and VI did say that, which was great for the convenience of his family, but not so great for casting a part on a show. I only vaguely remember Teresa Blake on AMC, but from what I DO remember, she was a little over-the-top for my taste. Though maybe she would have reigned it in a little to play Annie.

9 minutes ago, DeeVee said:

I don't remember much of the particulars about HER interview with the Locher Room, but I do remember getting the impression that she had been very, very unhappy working on GL. She seemed almost...mad.

Yes, and VI did say that, which was great for the convenience of his family, but not so great for casting a part on a show. I only vaguely remember Teresa Blake on AMC, but from what I DO remember, she was a little over-the-top for my taste. Though maybe she would have reigned it in a little to play Annie.

I liked Teresa a lot on AMC, and she had played Gloria as a bad girl and later as a nut so I can see why she almost got the part. I do think she would have been a very bad fit for the whole cop story.

SIgny was good at those harder elements, and may have been fine with the softer elements too if given a chance, but it was Cynthia Watros who made Annie such a spark for fans and critics, not the character. They should have waited much longer, or never brought her back.

1 hour ago, Spoon said:

If you were to recast Harley in 2008, would you bring back Hayley (ex-Courtney, ATWT) or go completely fresh. For old times sake, I would bring on Lucy to replace Harley. I would recast tho. Maybe Erin Hershey (port charles)? Jessica Morris (oltl)?

I think I preferred Sonia Satra (for my criticisms) over either of them - Hershey in particular annoyed me when they tried to make her the saint of PC.

I'm not sure who I would have chosen as a recast. Maybe Marie Wilson as Harley or Lucy. She was being written out of ATWT around then wasn't she?