Members amybrickwallace Posted September 18, 2014 Members Share Posted September 18, 2014 That's right - I'd forgotten about that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 23, 2014 Members Share Posted September 23, 2014 I don't fully agree. By the '80s, anyway, they were clearly hiring a lot of the younger cast (especially,) based first on looks and as others have pointed out they always cast models. Of course even what's considered attractive with models has changed drastically from the 1970s to now. The big difference though, especially for the New York based soaps (and I'd say AMC and possible OLTL in particular,) was that they still cast different *types* in leads. As you point out, they would balance it out with character actors, etc--and, between casting more from theatre and also having better rehearsal and acting coaches and training at their actual shows, the discrepancy was less apparent. But, for example, if you read any soap book from the 1970s they will comment on what a striking change it was when Y&R started casting usually with an eye to glamorous looks first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 24, 2014 Members Share Posted September 24, 2014 i do feel based on how they cast together. None of the original cast of Ryan's Hope would have been cast today if that soap was just starting out Its sad they want looks over talent. You need to be able to act damnit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted September 24, 2014 Members Share Posted September 24, 2014 Crazy. 24. So matronly. It's so weird how people had such an older essence to them back in the day. Imagine Farah Fath post-DAYS as 1971 Viki? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted September 24, 2014 Members Share Posted September 24, 2014 I was watching some of the recently uploaded 1981 GL clips, and Kristen Vigard doesn't fit the mold of what would be a teen starlet today. For one thing, she actually had meat on her bones. Then, due to her red hair, light eyes and very fair skin, she was highly freckled. (She looked like a REAL KID!!!) Finally, she had been trained both in voice and acting since childhood, so by the time she joined GL, she was a seasoned vet. She was adorable, cute as a button, and held her own opposite John Wesley Shipp, Lisa Brown, Kevin Bacon, Geraldine Court, Charita Bauer, etc. But the Kristen Vigard of yesteryear wouldn't get an audition today. She'd be told to lose at least 20 pounds, get a nose job and bleach her skin to get rid of the freckles. Sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kathyj Posted September 24, 2014 Members Share Posted September 24, 2014 Suzanne Rogers once said that someone at Days didn't want to hire her because he (she) thought she had no sex appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted September 24, 2014 Members Share Posted September 24, 2014 And here she is, 40 years later!! Glad she proved them wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted September 24, 2014 Members Share Posted September 24, 2014 All the Y&R actors Bill Bell cast were attractive but they could also act. It wasn't a Ford Family on OLTL situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted September 24, 2014 Members Share Posted September 24, 2014 Yes - and it made all the difference in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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