Someone said some time ago that JFP and/or Guza had tried to snag Colleen Zenk when ATWT went down in 2010, to use her as the recast Bobbie Spencer on GH. Tony Geary, who had stepped in years prior when Jill and Megan McTavish had tried to send Bobbie off to Ferncliff and can Jackie Zeman to speed the ascent of Jensen Buchanan's Nurse Melissa during their brief reign, vetoed it again.

I do often wonder if Colleen would've made a better evil Irene Manning on OLTL in 2011 - she's played Roger Howarth's mother before, but I'm not sure she could sell being Erika Slezak's contemporary.

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Interesting idea. Irene was so campy so it could have been a great fit for Zenk as Barbara was quite camptastic at times.

Someone said some time ago that JFP and/or Guza had tried to snag Colleen Zenk when ATWT went down in 2010, to use her as the recast Bobbie Spencer on GH. Tony Geary, who had stepped in years prior when Jill and Megan McTavish had tried to send Bobbie off to Ferncliff and can Jackie Zeman to speed the ascent of Jensen Buchanan's Nurse Melissa during their brief reign, vetoed it again.

I do often wonder if Colleen would've made a better evil Irene Manning on OLTL in 2011 - she's played Roger Howarth's mother before, but I'm not sure she could sell being Erika Slezak's contemporary.

Interesting idea. Irene was so campy so it could have been a great fit for Zenk as Barbara was quite camptastic at times.

She would've easily been better than Barbara Rhoades, who had her moments but was mostly just very awkward IMO.

Or you could've gone really nuts and dug up Lara Parker or Kathryn Leigh Scott from Dark Shadows, but I digress...

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I have to agree that Rhoades was quite awkward. It surprised me that she was cast after her less than compelling turn on Generations. Now, Lara Parker. That would have been really cool!

She would've easily been better than Barbara Rhoades, who had her moments but was mostly just very awkward IMO.

Or you could've gone really nuts and dug up Lara Parker or Kathryn Leigh Scott from Dark Shadows, but I digress...

I think someone wanted a pseudo-primetime name (as she'd been many years earlier) and didn't care about the rest. I doubt they even considered soap actresses.

I think someone wanted a pseudo-primetime name (as she'd been many years earlier) and didn't care about the rest. I doubt they even considered soap actresses.

I don't think anyone could remember Barbara Rhoades for anything, honestly - I don't think it was a Maria Arena Bell type situation or anything. It seemed like such a random choice. And RC and FV, in my experience, generally go for daytime names vs. primetime (even Donna Mills, one of the rare outliers, is mostly known for a primetime soap). So I doubt it was like 'ooh, she has some primetime credits from 1975.'

She was on SOAP and in some game show panels, at a time that Ron was coming of age. You may be right...I guess I'm not sure why else she would have been cast.

Among those said to be offered the role of Hecuba on Passions before Robin Strasser: Victoria Wyndham, Sally Kirkland, Louise Fletcher and Lesley-Anne Down.

Those Hecuba choices could have been good too

Among those said to be offered the role of Hecuba on Passions before Robin Strasser: Victoria Wyndham, Sally Kirkland, Louise Fletcher and Lesley-Anne Down.

whoa could def see Lesley - Anne Down as Hecuba.....I wonder if they would have kept her British accent?

I'm a little surprised Sally Kirkland's crazy ass said no.

What does Victoria Wyndham do all day, just sculpt?

Ms Wyndham is a renaissance woman with many varied interests.

Ms Wyndham is a renaissance woman with many varied interests.

I heard she threw an emmy at somebody because they annoyed her....is that true?

How you gonna throw somebody else's Emmy at somebody?? Because it certainly wasn't hers.

How you gonna throw somebody else's Emmy at somebody?? Because it certainly wasn't hers.

I don't know why I take whatever Jamey says on DC so seriously......??