All My Children
Beth Ehlers as Taylor Thompson (2008–2009)
This character just did not pick up the steam; I believe that Julie Hanan Carruthers and James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten just did not do fair justice to the role, although, with the switch from Harmon Brown and Esensten to Charles Pratt, Jnr likely played a part in the shifting of the character; Taylor just did not click or properly integrate into the Pine Valley canvas. Perhaps her feelings towards JR Martinez (Brot) did not fare well with TPTB and audiences, but this casting/character was a combined dud.
The Bold and the Beautiful
Dax Griffin as Shane McGrath (2006–2007)
My only assumption is that Bradley Bell felt he could recreate the spark he got when he hired Adrienne Frantz (ex-Amber) and Sarah Buxton (ex-Morgan) from Sunset Beach, but Griffin, both in terms of his talent and character, fizzled and never caught on.
Courtney Grosbeck as Coco Spectra (2017–2018)
Ill-conceived and poorly cast, and yet this character fell into the same known Bell trope of using the character, getting bored, and tossing it to the wayside to never speak of them again.
Days of Our Lives
Genie Francis and Judith Baldwin as Diana Colville (1987–1989, 2019, 2024)
Casting a heavyweight like Francis should have been a golden landmine; however, she kept having to turn absolute dogshït into gold. Per Francis' own words, there was never a character in Diana (and I would agree), so when "the writer" returned the role in 2019 with Baldwin, it was even more apparent how the lack of character Diana had been.
Hunter Tylo as Marina Toscano (1989–1990)
Visually, Tylo should have worked on Days of Our Lives, but the lack of character for Marina, combined with the one-lane story direction they attempted with the character, just did not work out in the long run.
Schuyler Yancey and Nathan Owens as Cameron Davis (2010–2013)
Yancey was poorly cast, as was Owens (and yet, I am surprised at how decent Owens is doing at Y&R), and the character of Cameron ultimately lasted three years longer than it should have. On top of that, a failed romance with Abigail (then Kate Mansi) just did not do the character any kind of favours.
Vincent Irizarry as Deimos Kiriakis (2016–2017, 2021)
On paper, casting Irizarry as a Kiriakis works, but making it a retconned role that was never known prior just did not work out in the long run. It was a casting choice that went awry and was ultimately wasted. He had chemistry with everyone he worked with, but paired with unfortunate writing (Josh Griffith and Dena Higley), this role was never going to work beyond the run it had.
Marie Wilson as Summer Townsend (2016, 2020)
Do I need to explain this one? From the casting choice to the storyline, this character was never going to amount to anything. At all. Even Wilson's previous like (Bree Tjaden) was a dud. It was like trying to watch TPTB at Days of Our Lives trying to make "fetch" happen.
Paige Searcy and Gabrielle Haugh as Jade Michaels (2016–2017)
Another character introduced that just did not work. And in the case of a recast, it made the role even worse.
The Young and the Restless
Vincent Irizarry as David Chow (2007–2008)
Again, casting Irizarry was brilliant, but the role of David Chow was simply one that was unforgiving. A plot-driven character is never going to win over your audiences, and this character was one of those. It is unfortunate, as his chemistry with Melody Thomas Scott's Nikki was quite delicious, but the characters themselves did not work well together.
Laur Allen as Juliet Helton (2017)
This role was a poorly developed concept as a way of trying to drive a wedge between the insufferable Cane (then Daniel Goddard) and Lily (Christel Khalil), and all that came of it was a child we never see. Hopefully it remains that way.
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