Members classicmoment Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 Even during Jer's reign I always though Sami & Lucas was more of a teaser or just an added component to characterize Sami and more importantly (with Jer's writing approach) keeping a sesnse of suspense within the plot, I never saw them as endgame. Didn't see them as endgame after, Datillo isn't a strong enough actor to keep Lucas up to be leading man for Sweeney's Sami (while Sweeney barely crack my top leading ladies on soap this decade, she does Sami well and she is proving more and more to be leading material, she has definitly grown much her start). I thought they would have done this earlier and can see why they did, no room for him as has been said already in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 darn, how awful. I like BD a lot and Lucas too. He has a very unique presence to him. In a soapworld where so many actors and actress all look and sound alike, he stood apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yeah, and IMO you can be a supporting player without being a prop, something the writers failed to do with Lucas since he came out of his coma in 2002. Except Higley's time as HW in 2003, she gave Lucas a life outside of Sami's when he worked for Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucid Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 Not a Lucas fan by any means, but it's unfortunate for BD, sucks loosing your job, best of luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 They're slowly fading out the Roberts/Reeds. Kate will probably go next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dc cubs Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Ali Sweeney tweeted that she didn't know Bryan had taped his last episode and she's devastated. Sounds like Lucas will get a Steve/Kayla type of exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 That's the thing though JP, they COULD have written for him, but they didn't, they chose to focus on other characters I know I don't give two craps about. Does EJ even serve a purpose anymore(not that he ever did), Daniel sure doesn't, and others. Why not get rid of the dead weight and write for Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 I think it's like w/ Scott DeFreitas (ex-Andy) and why HE was let go from ATWT. Someone - either at NBC, or at Sony - just doesn't think Dattilo is "hunky" enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PhoenixRising05 Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 The thing lost in all this is that Bryan may not have wanted to stay because he probably knew what would happen. His interview in SOD a few weeks ago had a very bitter tone. He talked of the "Passions actors" and how James Scott had to be on five days a week. He realizes now it was over for him two years ago when the writers decided to whitewash EJ's crimes and destroy what was left of LUMI after JER. JER started the downturn and Sheffer finished it. The one thing Higley could've done was fix LUMI but she never got the chance with the Ed Scott debacle and then Tomlin/Whitesell came in. Bryan was nearly axed twice in a 6 month period in the latter half of 2007. I don't know why he was spared in August 2007 but I do know he was spared at the end of the year due to his fans. Lucas was not supposed to be coming out of that jail. There were even rumors at the time of Lauren Koslow going too and Julie Pinson was axed as well. It became clear there was a plan to eliminate that whole family but something changed. They kept Koslow and Dattilo and only got rid of Pinson. Koslow may have gotten the good end of the deal as she is now married to Stefano but what did Dattilo get? He got a forced pairing with Chloe and then yet another affair story where he comes off looking like an idiot. I think even if AS or the fans stepped up again on his behalf, he probably felt it best to go. It's clear Lucas has not been viewed as anything worthy from a character standpoint in years now. Let Bryan go on to better things and, if nothing works out, you can always bring him back from time to time or even permanently when a story does come up. He was fired in 2001 and brought back a year later so it's possible and, personally, I doubt he will get work on another soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David_Vickers Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 It's a shame that TPTB are axing Datillo, I think he's a fine actor, plus Lucas as a Horton, is a important character to remain on the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 But they have tried, and it never worked. Many diff HE's have tried over the years. Daniel or EJ to Sami, Bo, Maggie all serve whatever purpose the writers give them. What i am saying is that every purpose Lucas served is easily filled in by various other characters. He doesnt leave a void, and he is just like roman in that way. I do find it amusing that on some boards people like to blame Sweeney. Thats amusing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David_Vickers Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 I'm thinking since Bryan Datillo was fired and that Datillo is stating there's no exit story for Lucas, could it be that DAYS is re-casting Lucas. Nelson Branco is reporting that a source states that Datillo is a lot like Lucas in real-life, I think a big hint that Datillo has a drinking problem, which has been rumored before. Maybe DAYS can grab up a better actor to potray Lucas and change Lucas some in the process. A GL or ATWT actor might work in the role.... Maybe Michael Park(Jack, ATWT), Mark Collier(ex-Mike, ATWT), Daniel Cosgrove(ex-Bill, GL, soon to be out of job in the unnamed role on ATWT), Paul Anthony Stewart(ex-Danny, GL), or Stephen Martines(ex-Nikolas, GH) or Greg Vaughan(ex-Lucky, GH). IMHO, Lucas is too important of a role not to be on DAYS (ties to Maggie, Sami, Will, Kate, Phillip, Chloe, Hope & Victor, and more), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alexisfan07 Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 That's a very interesting thought. I just don't if they'd see Lucas pivotal enough to recast, especially if the main reason they would ever put Lucas back with Sami is because of Bryan and Alison's chemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted December 29, 2009 Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 She's with Rafe now, and there isn't really any signs of a reunion with EJ anytime soon...So I assume she will end up with Rafe, or maybe someone else, but something tells me she won't end up with EJ in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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