ALL: They Almost Became

[Vee]

Her name was Maggie Vega. I never liked that cop - they opted to go with the chemistry between Bob Krimmer and Laura Bonariggo instead. I also seem to recall that was a proto-"Antonio Vega" in the works around that time who never surfaced. Not the same character outline, IIRC.

Edited November 2, 2015 by Vee

[DRW50]

Thanks. I just sent you a PM with the same message - eerie.

 

I mostly remember her hair. That's about it. Between Laura and the chemistry he had with Jessica Tuck she really would have needed to be better than whoever they did end up casting, who was very Lifetime host.

[Vee]

All I can remember is she reminded me of a very loud, pushy clone of a young Valerie Harper or something. Like a Hobbit Valerie Harper. I was not into it. "Yo, Reverend!"

[John]

Alexandra Wilson who was April Hathaway on Loving & The Original Josie Watts on Another World was offered the role of Kelly Cramer on OLTL in 1995 but turned it down

[DRW50]

You'd think she would have been too old.

[Vee]

Somewhat ancillary to the original topic, but: According to William Shatner's new documentary Chaos on the Bridge (now on Netflix), about the tumultuous early seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roy Thinnes (Phil Brewer, GH; Sloan Carpenter /Alex Crown, OLTL) was one of the top 3 original choices for Captain Picard, along with Yaphet Kotto and Mitchell Ryan. Then Patrick Stewart blew them all away.

Edited November 19, 2015 by Vee

[John]

Mark Hapka Revealed that he auditioned for Will in 2009 but the show cast Dylan Patton because of their casting of Mia.

 

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[John]

In this video, Robin Christopher claims she tested for every soap in NYC, some of them twice and was almost cast as Gabrielle on OLTL. She says it was that audition that lead AMC to cast her as Skye,

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Edited January 27, 2016 by John

[DRW50]

Reading a Daytimers when Judith Chapman left ATWT, and they mention that in the past she'd nearly been cast as Leslie Brooks on Y&R.

[YRfan23]

interesting....but even if that was so long before her days of playing various schemers on other soaps....I feel that would have been a miscast.....maybe if JLB had left as Lorie at the time, I could see Chapman playing her.

[AArredondo02]

Richard Steinmetz (ex-Martin, PASSIONS) was rumored to have tested for the role of Sam Bennett when Passions premiered on NBC in 1999.

[Paul Raven]

The Criterion Blu Ray release of The Graduate (1967) starring Dustin Hoffman and Katherine Ross includes screen tests of other contenders for those roles incuding Robert Lipton (Jeff Ward ATWT) and Jennifer Leak (Gwen Y&R/Olive AW)

[UKBoi]

Was it not heavily rumoured when GH was recasting Carly when Tamara Braun left that Sarah Buxton and Galen Gering's wife Jenna were the front runners to secure the role? The casting of Jennifer Bransford was very surprising after these two names were banded about but I have to wonder if they knew all along that Laura Wright would be leaving GL in the coming months and wanted a placeholder Carly who maybe wouldn't be as well received to make the transition to Wright more welcomed by fans.

[Vee]

There were suspicions about that at the time. But I think JFP was 100% behind Bransford (a hire of hers at OLTL) and pushed it, and tried to put it over. Sarah Buxton was also far too weak an actress.

Edited February 15, 2016 by Vee

[Darn]

How often has that happened? A bland to bad recast that essential acts as a placeholder until someone better/someone the studio wants more comes along?

 

I'm pretty sure that happened with Charity Rahmer as Belle and recently with Old Man Burgess as Billy (even though he had the role for like two years) on Y&R.