ALL: They Almost Became

[John]

ATWT Alum, Kelly Hensley (ex-Emily) in a recent Soaps In Depth reveals she lost out on role on GH. Kelly however does not say what the role was.

Edited January 30, 2012 by John

[AmandainNC28655]

If it was recent, I wonder if the role was of Kate.

[John]

Maybe Kate Or Dr Maggie

[AmandainNC28655]

I could have seen her in the role of Kate actually

[DRW50]

Tom Fuccello said he was offered the role of Jack Finelli on Ryan's Hope, but turned it down because the pay wasn't good enough.

Jackie Zeman tested for the role of Reenie Szabo, and was close to being offered a three-year contract, when they told her they'd found someone else (Julia Barr).

Edited February 7, 2012 by CarlD2

[John]

Tom Fuccello woulda been interesting as Jack. Im glad Jackie didnt get Reenie, the part didnt last long

[ellabelle]

I don't believe for a second that anyone ever seriously considered temporarily recasting Erica Kane in 1999/2000. Agnes has said that she would kill off Erica before she'd ever want her recast because Susan was so identifiable as Erica. Agnes considered her irreplaceable.

Susan wrote at length about that time in her book as well. She was supposed to open in Annie Get Your Gun right after AMC went on hiatus for Christmas, so she wasn't going to be juggling both the play and the show at the same time until after the holidays. She was diagnosed with pneumonia right before AMC went on hiatus but was apparently still working. If you look at scenes from the 2000 Crystal Ball, you can hear it in her voice - she sounds really sick but they managed to slap enough make up on her to make her look good. The producers of the AGYG delayed her opening until she was well enough to sing. She wrote that it was a huge relief when AMC went on hiatus because she could just focus on getting better and getting on stage.

[DRW50]

I think that was partially down to AMC wanting Julia.

Of course OLTL cast Jackie as Lana only a year or so later, so clearly someone there had an eye on her.

[SFK]

LOL! I've mentioned this before here on the forum, but we had tickets to see Susan in AGYG but when we got to the box office we saw the notice that her standby was going on. Our friend who bought the tickets was refunded. Ha, I remember the kinda cheesy New York Times ad for her stint in the show... they had her in the Annie Oakley costume with a gun in one hand and her Emmy in the other.

[DRW50]

Wayne Northrop tested for Josh Fallon on DAYS, as initially they wanted older actors for Roman.

Kimberly Beck auditioned for Sloan on Capitol.

[John]

I wonder if Kimberly woulda lasted the whole Capitol Run as Sloan instead of just a year as Julie (Replaced by Cat Hickland)

Wayne Northup I never saw Josh Fallon so I cant gage

[DRW50]

I can't see Beck working as Sloan at all.

[John]

Never saw Capitol except On YT so I dunno

[SFK]

Yeah, she didn't have the stuff for Sloane. She was definitely a Julie-type. Julie was more McCandless than Clegg, or Denning for that matter.

[John]

I remember KB as Corey's Feldman's Sister In Friday The 13th : The Final Chapter (1984)