AMC: Monday, June 21, 2010

[Ann_SS]

It is evil Eve from Angel. She should definitely be Marissa. I don't know that the actress who currently plays Marissa has managed to keep that role. She must know someone at ABC.

[Clear Drama]

Me too.

That should be interesting.

That's RPG all in one.

I can't wait till it causes her the marriage and everything. They should have recasted her. IDK if evil she can play, it's adding life into a character and she hasn't done it. Trent's ex. had more spunk in that 1 scene, SRSLY WHY SHOW! she could have been Marissa!

It's simple they'll lie or Marissa will break that up and shower JR w/ guilt while Annie is guilted what she might be doing to Scott.

[Cheap21]

I knew I knew her from somewhere, but I couldnt figure out where. IA, Id take her as Marissa

[R Sinclair]

Ugh! This means I'll have to watch... even though I shut it off after the first act break. The way people have been so extreme about Meryl Streep -- I mean, Christina Bennett Lind's Bianca, I need to see this for myself.

[Jonathan]

I thought CBL was great in this episode. She toned it down and her and La Lucci have a believeable daughter/mother relationship.

[R Sinclair]

That was it? That's what all of this raving is about? She appeared just as sugary sweet and sappy as Marissa pre-I Wanna Be Baaaad Like Dad!

That face should've told me all I needed to know.

[Cheap21]

Did you watch season 5 of Angel? She was quite good in that and played a more devious and manipulative character

[Clear Drama]

She was also in Cruel Intentions 2, but yes, she'd be a huge upgrade. Too bad.

[AllMyDaysatGH]

She can be sugary sweet like how Marissa used to be, but she can also be a fierce biotch, like how Marissa is trying to be now to keep up with Annie. Brittany Allen is still falling short in that department. She still comes off as a boring, snarly potted plant. If Sarah Thomson was re cast in this role, I believe we would see a huge improvement in the character.

[marceline]

She's doing okay. I'm not a recast-friendly viewer but she seems like a solid actress.

Say it again. Bitch is a psychopath.

[R Sinclair]

Erica should've just let go of the company months ago. Playing dirty is playing dirty and they're both guilty -- except Fusion is Greenlee's company. Forget about it and move the hell on.

[marceline]

But Erica's not doing it for herself, she's doing it for her DAUGHTER Kendall! And her other DAUGHTER Bianca! And her DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER Miranda and her DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER'S SISTER Gabrielle!

[Ann_SS]

LOL! The word, "grand..." will never pass through Erica's lips.

[SFK]

marceline love, what's your deal with recasts?

[marceline]

I just don't do them. When I like a character it's usually because I like that actor's portrayal and I tend to "imprint" on that version and if there's a recast, I always picture how "my " actor would do it. I don't do it to be mean or stubborn and I try not to hate on recasts but its very rare for me to grow to like a recast if I liked the original. For example, when I watched OLTL, not a day went by that I didn't wonder how Mia Korf would've played Blair. KDP has been in that role for 15(?) years and I still see her as a placeholder. Same with AM's Kendall. (Blasphemy, I know.) There's only been a handful of times I grew to really accept a recast. Think about it, other than soaps and James Bond movies what other medium regularly expects the audience to accept recasts?

I like Eden Riegel but I completely understand her reasons for calling it a day with AMC so I have NOTHING against CBL. Like I said, she seems like a solid actress so far but she's not Bianca for me.