Members Paul Raven Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Just another case of MAB's combined lust for 'big name ' casting and 'honoring' history. Instead of creating a new character that Maura could run with (hypothetically,since the writing/character depth is atrocious these days) they looked back and thought 'wow Diane has a past with Victor,let's rehash that',even though age and looks wise Maura was nowhere suitable as Diane. Same for Eden/Heather. God knows who they'll swoop on from AMC/OLTL to play Matt Miller,Scotty Grainger and Cole Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 But that's the thing, she wasn't Diane because Diane wasn't a background or supporting character, nor was she a stupid bitch. Even when she wasn't front burner, Diane Jenkins was a firecracker, especially under Alex Donnelly's time. I'm not attacking the Maura West at all, she did very well with what she was given, but she didn't have the charisma to play Diane when she's not front burner, she just didn't light things up. Of course it's the writing's fault. This is MAB and Sheffer and Hamner, they destroy everything their pens touch. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Sheffer pushed for Maura to be (mis)-cast. He wanted to do a hatchet job on her from day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Are we sure all this big name casting is MAB? Yeah she's a crappy writer but reading about how Sony thinks its a great idea to now go after AMC and OLTL castoffs for YR and maybe Days, it sounds like they are "soap star" crazy moreso than MAB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 I think the decision to bring MW to Y&R in the first place was a good one. It makes sense that they would try to get a popular actress from a canceled soap, in the hopes that viewers might follow her. I think some viewers did. After that initial decision mistakes were obviously made. Still, I'd love to know what happened behind the scenes. It's hard for me to believe this was entirely storyline dictated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 One or two stars I can see but Y&R has a myriad of them. And it hasn't added much value. Y&R basically treats all of these like casting stunts which is not a long term strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 So Y&R fired Maura and continue to keep mediocre Eden Riegel. Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 The mediocre and pregnant with a lawyer mother Eden Riegel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 I think they'd keep Eden even if she hadn't been pregnant/just had a baby. She was an ABC star and that means a lot to someone at Y&R. Otherwise I don't know if Liz Hendrickson, after her fourth or fifth straight failed pairing and story, would still be arond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 That is a point. I don't really want anyone to be fired, but if these soaps are going to fire people, they should fire the right people, the mediocre actors who cannot make the material interesting. I watch a little of Maura on Y&R and thought she turned in some solid performances. The character was sabotage by consistently bad writing, but Y&R writers could have still salvaged the character if they wanted to, obviously they didn't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Soap Opera Weekly has learned that Maura West was let go from her role as YOUNG AND RESTLESS's Diane last Friday, May 20. Sources say that character will be exiting in a rather dramatic way. See future issues of Weekly and Digest for more. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/west-out-yrs-diane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 She gets shot and her major organs are divided up by the Newmans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Oh God. They just have to kill her off, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Man, if they kill off Diane Jenkins, I'll be so pissed. Here's to you Diane! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVkNgBzxRa0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Either that or the Newman studs tell her she's a dirty whore and throw money at her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Oh no, oh no, oh no. They're going to kill Diane off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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