Members amybrickwallace Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Like I said before, I liked him a lot in the role and thought he and Nathan Fillion really did look and sound alike enough to pass for brothers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Oh you could see Ava as Cassie in that clip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Barely. It was enough for them to get away with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 I agree & I believe thats why they allowed the clip to air 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Yeah, I already said that twice but it means a lot more coming from you, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Do you guys think Melissa Archer/Natalie would have still emerged as the show's young sweetheart/ingénue had Erin Torpey chosen not to leave? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 I think they would have developed as separate and distinct types of heroines, as they were doing already. They tried to continue that with Bree's Jessica up to a point, but ultimately it came down to her only stories being DID and [!@#$%^&*]. Which left Natalie as the only really stable core heroine (other than Starr, ugh). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Even though I liked bree's Jess. I kinda wish they would have rested Jess for a year after Erin left. Thoughts? Also anyone know why Brandon Routh was replaced with Steve Richard Harris/Steve Glasser Was it just that Brandon was a prick on set sorry dont wanna step on your toes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Thank you, Vee. I think that Torpey and Archer had a very interesting dynamic and it would have been fun to see it continue. She did good work opposite Ilene Kristen as well. As it's been said here before, Torpey had the good sense to bail while the going was still somewhat good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) You didn't step on anything, I just wish you'd not always restate everything. I think they were right to recast when Erin chose to leave, though she wouldn't have done so had Gary Tomlin handled her better BTS. The mistake was the stories they gave Jessica in Michael Malone's (and Brian Frons's) rush to make her a more mature young adult female lead. In Malone's mind that meant pairing with her first love's much older brother in an OOC storyline that was on everyday. In Brian Frons's (and Malone's as well, IMO) that meant making her a lily-white damsel in distress who had an IQ of room temperature. IIRC at least part of the reason they fired Routh was because Gary had planned for the gay story with Seth and Rex. I do agree Erin and Melissa were wonderful together, especially near the end as their relationship mellowed. Erin was even and more mature, Melissa was the fire and they complemented each other without it being caricatures or one person being good vs. bad. Edited September 2, 2014 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 i always foret Rex was gonna be at least BI and going after Rex but I read that Brandon Routh didnt wanna do a gay story How did Tomlin mess up Torpey staying on as Jess In the oral history of OLTL by Jeff Giles, Torpey says she ws gonna exit in 99 when she turned 18 but resigned but knew she would depart in 2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 I don't know about everyone else, but I was sure scratching my head at the pairing of Antonio and Jessica. I don't think they would have done that pairing had Erin stayed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 I agree with that but I think the Jess pairing is what kept Antonio on the show so long story wise. Just my opinion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Hearing that Routh didn't want to play a gay storyline is kinda ironic in hindsight considering he played a gay guy on the short-lived sitcom "Partners" a few years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 2, 2014 Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) Could be, Routh was actually not playing Seth when Rex was introduced that was Steve Richard Harris/Glasser . I dunno. I know that JPL was game to do the story Edited September 2, 2014 by John 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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