Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 I don't think I ever accepted Marj - I just saw her as one big stuttering hot tranny mess most of the time. I preferred her on AMC though. McKinsey had just defined that role, just as Chris Bernau defined Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Well, Marj had poor writing for about 90% of her tenure. I never could imagine anyone but Beverlee McKinsey in the role, but so much of what they gave Alex was so poor (which is one of the reasons McKinsey left - that started in her last year as Alex). She was campier, way too campy, but she also had a bad hand. I think when she played Vanessa she got more of a chance to show her range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Love Marj, but for me it was like Glenn Close subbing in for Meryl Streep. Brilliant actress in her own right, but she was replacing THE best ever. And yeah, I was always imagining how Bev would play a scene, whether she was railing against Roger or flirting with Fletcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Did you ever watch Ryan's Hope? That show was like the Let's Make a Deal of recasts, you never knew what would be behind the curtain. Recasts were even blamed by some like Carolyn Hinsey for the show's death (I think it was inability to move on from the same few stories). They had three of my favorite recasts ever (Randall, Daniel Hugh Kelley, John Blazo). Then they had others I...would rather forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Which soap had recasts that were consistently worse than the originals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 I don't think any soap had recasts who were always worse. I guess if I had to choose I'd say Passions. I think only one recast was well-received (Deanna Wright's Kay), and maybe some of the Simones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 I sometimes cant accept it when they recast a character with an actor of a different race. Often times an actor has a generic look so that it isnt an issue but there are times when it is. For example, I could never get behind PC's Irish Catholic Joe Scanlon played by Mexican, Alex Mendoza. He was just wrong for the role Cathy Doe's Simone definetly was and so was Martsolf's Ethan. Oh and of course Natalia Zea as Gwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 I think for the most part I'm pretty accepting of recast with a few acceptions. I too don't really like when recasts are of a different ethnicity pf the actor before them especially in characters that are supposed to be ethnic. Unless of course the character is supposed to be ethnic and get recast with someone who better fits the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Never liked whoever replaced Laura Wright as Cassie on GL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Heather Rattray as Lily. It took me a while to get use to her as Lily but fell in love with her so much that i was sadden when I heard she was leaving and Martha was returning. I still remember Martha's first scenes back and she had Rattray's hairstyle. The only time I accepted KMH as Emily was when she was paired with Royce Keller(Terry Lester) other than that Melanie Smith was Emily to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Give me Rattray over Byrne any day if the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Only recast I really didn't like (And, this is just going from the old clips I've watched) was..... Danica Stewart as Maxie on GH. She was horrid. I like to call her "Duckface Maxie" Because, she always looked like she was doing the 'duckface' lips. Oh, and sticking with GH. Not much of a fan of Colton Scott as Nik either, or Jacob Young as Lucky. Come to think about it. GH had some really [!@#$%^&*] terrible recasts of younger actors in the early 00s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 She was a bad Jessica recast as well. I preferred Jade Harlow and still don't understand why they fired her for Danica right after GH fired Danica. Though I never took to KS as a Maxie recast either. Her voice and mannerisms grate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 I always hear people saying he wasn't as good as the first Ethan (although I liked him). I forgot about Natalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted November 13, 2012 Members Share Posted November 13, 2012 Can't believe nobody has mentioned two of Daytime's greatest recasts: GH: Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine John Ingle as Edward Quartermaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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