Members aMLCproduction Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Very well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I give Jill a lot of credit for GH won many Emmys under her reign, but her casting decisions speak for themselves. Firing a 90 year old, several 30 year veterans, and GH's last two remaining original cast members is something that no matter how hard Frank Valentini tries, will never be able to be fixed 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Who was the other original that she fired other than Rachel Ames? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 GH didnt have any original cast members on its roster when JFP took over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I know Rachel Ames is often just considered to be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin) was recurring when JFP took over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I forgot that he was still on the show at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Rachel Ames (Audrey) & Peter Hansen (Lee) were always billed as original cast members since they came on so early in the show's history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 They are not original cast members. Ames joined a year after debut, and he 2 years. He wasnt even on contract at anytime during JFP's run. Most of his appearances were on PC in his latter years and she chose not to use him when that was over, outside of Lila's funeral if I recall correctly. That doesnt equate to firing him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Rachel Ames came on in Febryary 1964, so not quite a year after the show started I'm willing to accept her as an original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Ames has always been billed as an original cast member. I don't know why, but she has. And since Lee was an original character, Hansen often was considered an original cast member. He, Susan Brown, & Anne Jeffreys were recurring on both GH & PC until JFP took over and seized using them on GH. That may not be firing them, but it is still releasing them/letting them go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 10 months. Big difference. Thats close enough to a year It doesnt matter what they were billed as. The fact is, neither was originally there when the show started and hnce neither was actually an original cast member even if some would rather think they were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I don't think it's unreasonable to think that one person can't be perceived in different ways by different people. Melody Thomas Scott recently raved about JFP (she didn't have to and wasn't asked about Jill, but she did anyway), when most of us initially thought she was the type of actress Jill would want to fire or backburner completely. It's not always predictable which actors/characters a producer will take to and those they won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Well Lee was an original character for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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