On 1/30/2017 at 5:03 PM, Vee said:

To this day I'd recast Grant Aleksander as Jeff Webber. I don't think the age disparity is too much, and Grant has aged visually.

I kind of agree, but I have to admit it would be strange to see him in scenes with ex-wife Monica with this casting.  But he's great and I miss seeing him onscreen.

Well, wasn't Monica always into Rick and ended up with the younger brother? I think it can work given how Grant has aged.

Rebecca Budig was offered a role at Y&R in 2011 but she turned it down. Wonder what role it was.

Lucky them.

23 minutes ago, cassadine1991 said:

Rebecca Budig was offered a role at Y&R in 2011 but she turned it down. Wonder what role it was.

Chelsea???

Rebecca Budig was in a position to be turning the #1 soap down? Lord have mercy!

 

What's next? Alicia Minshew was too good for Victoria? 

Edited February 24, 20178 yr by YRBB

According to Barbara Morgenroth, the final HW of The Doctors, soap newcomer Hillary Bailey (Smith) was cast as a nurse named Kit over three future movie stars in 1982...Holly Hunter, Ellen Barkin and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Ms. Morgenroth and her senior line producer wanted Holly Hunter for another role, but NBC decided they wanted a man to play the role. That man was Jamey Sheridan, later of L&O: CI fame. Ms. Morgenroth joined TD's FB fan group not long ago and revealed all of this.

Edited March 18, 20178 yr by amybrickwallace

Ellen Barkin claimed on Inside the actors studio that she did a soap I believe she said SFT but cant find proof of that

She was on Search For Tomorrow as Denise, Wendy's roommate in 1981.

Marcia McCabe tested for Carolyn and Laine on SFT before landing the role of Sunny.

On 3/19/2017 at 8:31 PM, slick jones said:

She was on Search For Tomorrow as Denise, Wendy's roommate in 1981.

Thanks Ellen spoke of SFT very fondly on inside the Actors Studio

14 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Marcia McCabe tested for Carolyn and Laine on SFT before landing the role of Sunny.

 

Did they create the role of Sunny for her?

Terri Conn tested for Georgia on ATWT and then was cast as Katie.

Brytni Sarpy (Valerie, GH) auditioned for the role of Felix's sister, Taylor in 2013

She was deemed too old to play the age of 16

 

Sarpy also auditioned for the role of Jordan Ashford but deemed too old to play the mom of a teen son.

 

She also auditioned for various roles on Days of our lives

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Spencer

Edited April 15, 20178 yr by John

Colleen Zenk in an interview says that in June 1975 and the months following her moving to New York City she auditioned for Guiding Light, All My Children, As the World Turns, Another World and Search for Tomorrow and they turned her down. And then she screen tested for a role as a hooker on ATWT in 1978 but then she said that she was placed on contract but they didn't know what to do with her and then gave her the role of Barbara Ryan. She also turned down an offer from DAYS in 2010.

 

Wonder which roles she was up for?

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by cassadine1991