Members DRW50 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I think it's less of a stigma because soaps are much less known to the public today. I feel like a lot of the younger people who leave soaps and don't get big roles probably just never would have in the first place. They either have no talent or don't have the look. Bree Williamson, someone I see as very untalented, still gets a lot of primetime work, probably for the right look. That's interesting. I appreciate getting to learn more about the process. I think Jennifer wore the getups more for the magazine interview than she might have in an actual audition, just to put a face to what she meant. Either way, it was a very insightful look. It's one of the reasons I hated what became of Soap Opera Weekly in those last ten years (the interview was from a 1996 Weekly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Actually, a lot of them DO have agents. Particularly the younger actors. Without an agent, it's damn near impossible to audition for a soap to begin with, unless you pay to meet a CD at one of those audition workshops or get seen in a school showcase and are lucky enough to get called in. A lot of the NY soap actors were signed with Abrams for example. The thing is, say Abrams submits you for Guiding Light and you book it, well, Abrams gets their 10% every time you get a check (and the longer you're with the show, the more they continue to negotiate your contract and get you more money). That's good money compared to another actor with the agency who may only do two plays or a commercial over the course of several months. So the agency is getting paid, yet they are limited in terms of what other projects they can submit the client for depending on his/her contract and availability with the soap. Here's where "heavily recurring" is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Yes. The younger actors all have agents/reps, where you'll find the older actors represent themselves and got rid of their agents a decade ago. When GL, ATWT, AMC, & OLTL all ended, a lot of the veterans commented about getting agents and getting back out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 More than having an agent, they need a good agent with actively employed actors in movies and primetime. A lot of them have agents with mostly out of work actors and fellow soap actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Yeah, SAG used to have a website where you could type in a member's name and see who they were represented by. This info is still available to IMDB Pro members. But I remember Strasser and Wyndham for example were both with Don Buchwald at the time, Lucci and Young were with Innovative, and like I said, several were with Abrams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 True, an agent who can't even get you seen, yeah, that's no good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I remember Don Hastings saying when ATWT was over he'd have to go back to having an agent, as he hadn't in years (I will say any primetime show would be lucky to have Don, but then, I'm biased, as I'm a fan...). I wonder who the most successful people are who don't have agents. Daytime or primetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I read that Beverlee got the Bronco Billy role because Clint Eastwood's then partner Sondra Locke was an AW/Beverlee fan and suggested her for the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 You know, that does sound familiar. If I could pick and choose actors to play my relatives, my mind goes straight to soap names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 MT is the most renowned casting director in soaps? Since when? Other casting directors have had higher sucesss rates than him. He doesn't have the brgging rights some of them do for finding actors who went on to steady primetime and movie work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StevieM Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 I heard that Jonathan Jackson was once considered the favorite for the role of Anakin Skywalker, but got turned down because George Lucas didn't want to hire a soap opera star. I know that when Genie Francis took the role of Diana Colville on DAYS it was considered a step backwards as far as the industry was concerned. Coming out of the L&L heyday, with Genie so young, sexy and famous, she was thought to have a big future. But she also hadn't had a regular paycheck coming in for quite awhile. Genie seems to recollect her time on DAYS negatively, but she did come very close to coming back in 1990 (at that point, neither Deidre Hall nor Marlena were anywhere in sight). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted January 3, 2013 Webmaster Share Posted January 3, 2013 I'm presuming you're referring to me regarding MT? My exact words were "Mark Teschner is possibly the most well renowned casting director in the soap business today" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doolfan Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 But another reason it is tough is because if you are on a soap for years and years then you become identified with your character. Soaps still get millions of viewers a day and even those who don't watch anymore might've watched a certain actor a few years back playing the character they are playing now. Here recently we were watching that thing on I.D. Discovery with Susan Lucci and what was the first thing out of both my mom's and grandmother's mouths? Hey there's Erica Kane! LOL some people become identified with a certain character and that is all people think of them as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doolfan Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 +1 +1 +1 I agree Mark is one of the best. Maybe he didn't have all these stars go to primetime but GH has an amazingly talented cast because of him. He is responsible for most of the great actors we see on GH. Seriously GH has a lot of talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted January 3, 2013 Webmaster Share Posted January 3, 2013 I still believe any movie Jennifer Aniston appears/stars in that she's not only playing Rachel Green, but Jennifer Aniston. She's a one note actress who I can't see playing anyone other than herself or a version of her NBC persona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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