I don't understand why they made this group so old so quickly. They had at least a good 4 years worth of material and they wasted it by aging them up so fast.

I agree. It was waste to never have a teen group with Abby, Fen, Noah, Kyle, and even Summer.

I don't understand why they made this group so old so quickly. They had at least a good 4 years worth of material and they wasted it by aging them up so fast.

Well according to Maria, you can't write "a sophisticated story" for teenaged characters.

They both look good! I hope they can act. I'm very shocked that it seemed they've deAGED Abby so much. She went from 35 to 21. Can't wait to see her on screen!

The new Abby is 29 years old...and doesn't look 21 to me. But I also never though Marcy Rylan looked like the wizened old lady everyone pretended they saw.

Marcy Rylan is similar to Kate Mulgrew in that she looks older than she actually is. When Kate started on Ryan's Hope she was 21 playing a romance with a man who was probably mid-40s and they seemed relatively the same age. That doesn't mean she was ugly and isn't an insult, but she looked mature for her age. I feel the same about Rylan. She just had a look and a feel that was too old for the character of Abby based on what they wanted to sell us. Her hair color could be a big part of why she looks old as well. I've never bought her as a blonde. This new actress may be 29, but she looks believable age-wise.

I'm curious if Rylan will have the same old lady problem when she joins GH. Kirsten Storms will be her contemporary and she looks and acts pretty young for her age. They'll be an interesting pair.

Edited March 28, 201312 yr by Chris B

The new Abby is 29 years old...and doesn't look 21 to me. But I also never though Marcy Rylan looked like the wizened old lady everyone pretended they saw.

It's not just this board that thinks MR looked too old onscreen I was on other boards including non soap message boards and upon seeing MO's picture said Abby looks much younger now. And I never understood making MR Abby and then giving her that reality show story which was bad in general but looked worse with someone who visual looked mid 30s.

I don't understand why they made this group so old so quickly. They had at least a good 4 years worth of material and they wasted it by aging them up so fast.

Even worse was they aged the kids up quickly with not one story in mind for them then had the parents have replacement babies!

Nu-Kyle looks better with the darker longer hair..I'll just be happy if he doesn't sound like a douche bag when he speaks like Blake Hood.

He looks better with longer hair.

They both look so old. I mean you can see wrinkles/crinkles in nuKyles face for crying out loud? And new Abby doesn't look any different than MR when it comes to aging in the face....

Kyle looks so weird there....I'm just not feeling it.