'Do I know you?': Soaps’ strangest recasts!

[SFK]

I always say this, but my stunt casting choice for Alex would have been Faye Dunaway. She would have brought that threatening yet vulnerable soft-spoken icy blonde quality Beverlee possessed.

[slick jones]

recasts that made no sense: Taylor Miller to Heather Stanford to Barbara Kearns

Susan Walters to O'Hara Parker

Justin Deas to John Novak

Marg Helgenberger to Carell Myers

[Vee]

Faye would've been great, but Faye would've never "lowered herself" to soaps, despite what's become of her and her career.

Also, she was at least still doing great, critically-acclaimed quasi-indies like James Gray's The Yards around that time and her face had yet to be destroyed.

[RomeAt50]

The Kate recast on General Hospital was strange. Kelly Sullivan acted nothing like Megan Ward and she looked way too young to be believable as someone who was supposed to be about the same age as Sonny.

[cuzIsaySo]

What makes the Kate recast even more strange is that at the time MW was willing to return but the PTB didnt want her back.

I dont know if it waas jfp or wolfe that shut the door on her return but that was a huge mistake imho. MW was perfect as Kate. I never liked any of sonny's pairing but Skate 1.0 is easily one of my top 5 favorite couples

[dragonflies]

It was Frons' doing. KSu is a Frons type hire, blonde hair and big boobs, that's all he cared about

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Another weird one. IMO. But, I did like her a bit. Martha Byrne to Noelle Beck (Lily, ATWT)

[amybrickwallace]

Of course, from a physical standpoint, recasting the tall, blond Sean Kanan with the much shorter, dark-haired Billy Warlock was a head-scratcher. I don't know if SK was fired or left of his own volition, but either way it was a hasty departure and they needed someone to step in FAST. I think BW more than made the part his own. He played AJ for over six years and fit in well with the wacky Qs. Of course, when they did give him a wife, the show screwed it up BIG TIME. The only time I ever liked Alicia Leigh Willis' Courtney was when she and AJ were together, only to sacrifice her to the altar of "Saint" Jason.

From SB, it is so hard to imagine Robin Wright and Eileen Davidson playing the same role - though there were two Kelly Capwells between them (Kimberly McArthur and Carrington Garland). At least they never recast my favorites (Eden, Cruz, Amy and Brick) - each of their exits left much to be desired.

Next?

[cuzIsaySo]

At the time of his exit SK had alcohol abuse problem which made the storyline he was involved in even more difficult to play. I dont know if the show and sk came to an agreement but real-life events led to the recast. I never liked BW in the role. Wish they recast with someone else. I always thought that Judson Mills would have been perfect. Or maybe Brian Gaskill.

Another recast i had a hard time with was Tammy the hooker who was portrayed by Patricia Healy (i loved her in that role and wish they had delved deeper into the friendship between Tammy and Hannah) but was let go allegedly for showing up at work high on prescribed medicine. She was replaced by Tamara clatterbuck who i found kind of enjoyable but didnt fit who Tammy was supposed to be imho.

[John]

Judson Mills and James Wleck were up for AJ when BW got the role

[cuzIsaySo]

Was wendy riche still EP at the time? Maybe she was too busy launching PC to give GH her full attention because You got to be high to pretend that BW could pass for SK.

I know look isnt the be-all end-all when it comes to recasting but you go from sexy beat SK to one of Snow white's seven dwarfs BW?

[John]

Yes she was and yes PC was launching at that time as well

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Ok. The BW is a dwarf comment has me LMFAO.

Perfection.

[amybrickwallace]

Yeah, BW and PC first made the ABC scene in the summer of 1997. I remember that because that's when I first really started watching GH. I remember Judson Mills the best for his portrayal as the henpecked boyfriend of a girl who gets pregnant just to extort money from prospective adoptive parents in a 1994 episode of L&O.

[cuzIsaySo]

I remember him mostly from Walker the texas ranger (im so ashame lol) but i caught some of his stuff on ATWT. And from one sexy as hell photo shoot in Soap opera update