ALL: They Almost Became

[SteelCity]

I said this in another thread, but do you think Jennifer Bransford who briefly played Carly on GH could've been a good Phyllis?

[GSGfan2017]

But would Joe Campanella have been better than either Jed Allan or Charles Bateman?

[John]

Bateman probably but Yeah Jed was a great CC

[Carlos Abad]

Jed Allan was the best CC. 

[John]

Evan Alex Cole (Hunter, ATWT, 2009-10) auditioned for Joey Buchanan on OLTL in 2010 

[Paul Raven]

Just read that Larry Bryggman won the role of Mike Bauer on GL in 1963 but was drafted into the Army and had to forgo the role.

[depboy]

Source: DaytimeTV, April 1987

 

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Edited September 24, 2017 by depboy

[amybrickwallace]

 

That would also apply to the much-recast role of Dr. Mike Powers on The Doctors. A whopping TEN actors played the role in less than 20 years (the longest-running Mike being the fourth, Peter Burnell from 1968-1973, the shortest being the ninth, Ashby Adams from November 1981 to March 1982). Hey, there were similarities - both were young doctors, and both were the sons of doctors who happened to be legacy characters (Dr. Matt Powers and Dr. Larry Wolek, of course).

Edited November 18, 2017 by amybrickwallace

[amybrickwallace]

Rita McLaughlin Walter, who played Carol on ATWT for most of the 1970s and into the early 1980s, was up for the role of Tara Martin when AMC was first being cast. I read this in the book Rita co-wrote with her husband, Rev. Norman Walter (No Shadow of Turning).

[Paul Raven]

The Museum of Broadcasting Chicago has in the archive a screen test for Y&R featuring these performers

 

Baker, David L. 
Cheyne, Hank 
Diamont, Don 
Dickson, Brenda 
Eckholdt, Steven 
Kayser, Allan J. 
Wilson, Robert 

 

I assume this was for Brad Carlton and they were testing with Brenda Dickson as Jill.

[Franko]

Wait, Bubba from Mama's Family?

[Aback]

 

Wow! I'd love to see this.

 

Isn't it bizzarre that in a short space of time Jill had to interact with two different, good-looking male characters both named Brad?

[John]

Bubba Higgins on Mama's Family (Allan Kayser) Steven Eckholdt who has been a lot of PT in the 90s and is Robert Wilson the same one as Channing in Santa Barbara and the Killer Santa in Silent Night Deadly Night

[John]

GH offered the role of Raymond Berlin, Hayden's Jail bird dad to OLTL & GL Vet Jerry Ver Dorn. Ver Dorn had health issues at the time and had to turn it down

[John]

Jeanne Cooper was asked to read for the role of Julie on DOOL but turned down the audition