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[Vee]

Chris McKenna really ought to come back. He's still handsome, talented and working. And willing to do nudity.

[KMan101]

Just in case anyone hasn't seen a recent picture.

[Vee]

Better yet, there's this from his spot on Castle not long ago:

And of course, Nathan Fillion couldn't resist.

[MissLlanviewPA]

Not gonna lie, Chris McKenna kind of reminds me of Fred Savage, which, given how I thought Fred looked like he was in elementary

school during his early Wonder Years days, is kind of creeping me out.

ETA: Actually, he kind of looks like a cross of Frank Valentini (it's the eyes) and Fred Savage. Even weirder.

[SFK]

Carl, thank you for mentioning Kirk Geiger.

[Khan]

[Khan]

I'll go along with that. After all, he was Joey for the AIDS/Homophobia story. Yeah, sure, why not?

[Khan]

Carlo Hesser: "You see, Viki, I knew how suggestible you and the rest of this town were...so I switched your precious son with my own. You remember Johnny Dee, don't you, Viki? The one you say Niki Smith killed? To think: my Johnny has been your Joey all these years. And you never suspected a thing."

[DRW50]

For me it was Kirk as Kevin and Chris as Joey. I think that Kevin Stapleton and Dan Gauthier also did a decent (in Dan's case, a very good) job in the role. Joey - I don't think the character has ever amounted to anything since being aged. The only exception for me was NF's scenes with Dorian.

[Cheap21]

Gauthier's Kevin was SMUG as hell. Good actor but the character's arrogant personality shift was not for the better and made him very unlikeable. Stapleton was definetly the most enjoyable actor in the role. Very charismatic, had screen presence, chem with his costars and was very rootable

[Vee]

That personality wasn't created by DG or the writers of the time - it was a reaction to the abysmal Tim Gibbs Kevin molded by JFP, the sneering, pitiless womanizer who stole his brother's wife. When Malone and Griffith brought Kevin back as played by Dan Gauthier, who played that smug facade to the hilt, they were reacting to the fan criticism of the character and the character's devolution during the JFP/McTavish regime. I thought it was a very honest and true move, as was what they did with Kelly as played by Heather Tom. Only by facing and exploring the characters' deficiencies and hypocrisy could they bring them out through the other side of it, which is what happened with both of them over the next year or so of story. And Gauthier was just as able to play a humanized, vulnerable Kevin who was facing his sins.

[Khan]

So, of course, he had to go.

I, too, noticed a streak of arrogance running through Dan Gauthier's interpretation of the role. However, I chalked it up to a combination of Joe Riley's genes and the Buchanan men's influence.

[dragonflies]

Chris McKenna is so freaking hot! He was in a holiday movie that Hallmark replays called "A Holiday Engagement" good movie. it came out in 2011

I agree though Nathan and Dan are the definitive Joey & Kevin

[Khan]

And if I were in charge at OLTL 2.0, I'd listen to that consensus. Would Nathan Fillion be available to reprise his role as Joey? Probably not. But I'd work, at least, on getting Dan Gauthier back as Kevin. Because, as a soap producer or writer, that's what you do: you set aside your personal likes and dislikes and you listen to the audience.

[dragonflies]

According to Frons' focus groups DG didn't test well *yeah right*