Wow, I can't even see that - maybe because Jean Leclerc is so identifiable in the role.

Actress Mary Grover was cast as Leslie Brooks before Janice Lynde was given the part. I apologize if this was already in the thread, but Its been a while since I read it.

I've never even heard of Mary Grover, but that might say more about me than her.

James de Paiva auditioned to play Jamie on AW in 1986.

A SOM from April 1996 talks about rumors of Emma Samms being cast as Morgan Fairchild's sister on The City.

Adding to this, a tabloid from around the time Jane Eliot joined The City claims that Emma Samms had been in talks to have Holly on The City, and she might move back to GH instead (which would happen about 10 years later...).

Wow, I never heard that. Cool.

There was also talk of Noelle Beck bringing Trisha to The City with her son & starting her life over

In an interview with Michael Fairman, GH's Robert Palmer Watkins (Dillion) says he auditioned for Morgan back in 2013 when Bryan Craig was cast

Originally, it was rumored that when B&B first went into production back in 1987, Mitchell Ryan (ex-Burke Devlin, DARK SHADOWS; ex-Alex Hunter, AMC; ex-Frank Ryan, GH) was considered for Eric, Constance Towers (Helena, GH; ex-Julianna, SB; ex-Clarissa, CAPITOL) (fresh from her Clarissa McCandless gig on CAPITOL) was considered for Stephanie, John McCook (his then-dark Black hair made him young enough to be in contention for Ridge, but not old enough to play the silver haired patriarch Eric Forrester) (Eric, B& was considered for Ridge, and Ronn Moss (ex-Ridge, B& was considered for Thorne.

Dan McVicar (Clarke, B& tested for Ridge, and Susan Flannery (ex-Stephanie, B& beat out other contenders like Susan Seaforth Hayes, Jane Elliott, and Jamie Lyn Bauer for the role of Stephanie.

Constance Towers and Mitchell Ryan as Eric and Stephanie?

Julie Benz auditioned for the role of Kendall Hart back in 1993, but Sarah Michelle Gellar won it instead

I don't know if anyone posted this, but I read that Elvera Roussell auditioned for Delia on RH before she landed the role of Hope Bauer on GL.

On the one hand, Julie Benz would have been more age-appropriate as Kendall.  But, on the other hand, unless she had been willing to become a brunette, she would have looked all wrong as Erica Kane and Richard Fields' offspring.

In an interview with Michael Fairman, GH's Robert Palmer Watkins (Dillion) says he auditioned for Morgan back in 2013 when Bryan Craig was cast

And Bryan auditioned for Rafe. 

In an interview with Michael Fairman, GH's Robert Palmer Watkins (Dillion) says he auditioned for Morgan back in 2013 when Bryan Craig was cast

And Bryan auditioned for Rafe. 

That would have sucked

Juliana Margulies auditioned for Maria Santos on AMC in 1993

I was reading a Soap Opera Weekly from late 1991 or early 1992, and they mention the cop who was supposed to be a love interest for Andrew and lasted for about 5 minutes (her name was Maggie). They said that Saundra Santiago was originally cast as Maggie, but once she was told it would run longer than 4 episodes, she left. What I was trying to figure out is if she aired for those 4 days or if she was never onscreen at all.

 

It's nice to know that Sandra was a part of OLTL in bizarre circumstances for 3 consecutive decades.