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.

Oh you could see Ava as Cassie in that clip

Barely. It was enough for them to get away with.

Barely. It was enough for them to get away with.

I agree & I believe thats why they allowed the clip to air

Yeah, I already said that twice but it means a lot more coming from you, John.

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?

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).

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

Yeah, I already said that twice but it means a lot more coming from you, John.

sorry dont wanna step on your toes

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.

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, 201411 yr by Vee

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.

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

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.

I agree with that but I think the Jess pairing is what kept Antonio on the show so long story wise. Just my opinion

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.

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.

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, 201411 yr by John